[built01zetec]

so recently i really got into the euro scene hense having a lot of vw friends. i was wanting to put some keskin wheels 16x7.5 in the front and 16x9s in the rear.ive seen one other focus on here like this but never new the specs on the wheels.am i going to have fender issues? will i have to pull the fenders?

 

[besthaticouldo]

yes youll have issues...yes youll need to roll the shit outta the fenders...

id run an 8.5 and a weird offset and see what happens.

 

[dirtbrown]

ive mounted a 15x7.5 rota with a 45mm offset to the rear of my car and it was SO CLOSE to rubbing I couldent imagine anything wider ever working right.

 

[fallacious_focus]

When I had my 18s I could tell that there was room for about 1" more wheel on the outside (i.e. a 18"x8.5"). That said, there is also room to go on the inside too, so a 9" wide wheel may not work.

 

[besthaticouldo]

ive mounted a 15x7.5 rota with a 45mm offset to the rear of my car and it was SO CLOSE to rubbing I couldent imagine anything wider ever working right.

that should fit with no problems at all...

 

[built01zetec]

ive mounted a 15x7.5 rota with a 45mm offset to the rear of my car and it was SO CLOSE to rubbing I couldent imagine anything wider ever working right.

ya i have 18x7.5 enkei evo 5's right now with 1.6 degrees negative camber and i have a lot of room i can def. see fitting a 8.5 in there but 9 was questionable

 

[built01zetec]

sooo i was browsing fanatics showroom and found a german focus show. I also came across focus-gallery.de to find that numberous foci have 9" wheels on the back. So hopefully within the next 6 months ill post some pics. euro for life!

 

[stoopidsteve87]

not seeing why you'd want wider wheels on the back of a fwd car...

but that's a whole different debate. anyways, idk much about this topic...but i do know i've never seen anyone post anything about having rims that wide...so that may say a little something.

 

[Der Meister]

ya i have 18x7.5 enkei evo 5's right now with 1.6 degrees negative camber and i have a lot of room i can def. see fitting a 8.5 in there but 9 was questionable

It's been done. Here is a website where you can purchase rims and such. But they have a gallery with info on setups and of course there are some foci

Main Link
http://www.tunershop.com/


Ford Gallery Link


http://www.tunershop.com/Gallery/Ford/

 

[metallicnotazx5]

thing you gotta worry about when playing with offset is keeping your steering feel. a lot of times you can get a floaty feeling in the steering wheel playing with the offset too much.