So Ford, in all their great automotive wisdom, decided that a 16x6" wheel would be best suited for the Focus.

Since I run the car in H Stock, I'm stuck trying to find a 16x6" wheel. The stockers are h e a v y, and I'd like to find something lighter.

So far the only other wheel I've found is the Mazda Millenia wheel, but it's not the right bolt pattern.

Does anybody know of a 16x6" wheel that comes in a 4-108 bolt pattern (yeah, another brilliant move by Ford).

I'm just trying one last ditch effort before I have some custom wheels made.....

EDIT: stock offset is 52.5mm, so ideally I'd want something in the 48mm range.

 

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get that ford junk outta here, this is a honda forum!

 

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get that ford junk outta here, this is a honda forum!

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Don't you drive a 30% Ford product? Bish!!

and wtf is up with the links on words like honda and mazda??

 

No idea on wheels other than thinking that some Preludes and Accords used that bolt pattern. I'm thinking that Audi may have also used it.

As far as the underlining, I found that if I "hovered" the cursor over them it put up an info box. In the box it had something like find out what this is and there was a link at the bottom of the info page to turn it off, so I did. I thought it was some new virus or spyware. I assume they are some sort of site sponsor.

 

You guys missed those threads apparently. It's a new HT thing, and there's a link floating around to disable it.

 

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care to share were? it bugs me

 

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If it was posted somewhere other than RR/AX, then yes, I missed it.

I rarely venture into the rest of H-T, it's scary out there!

 

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ya that is true, give you a great laugh though.


Have you thought about going after a custom wheel? It wouldn't be cheap but you could get some real light weight wheels.

 

as mohud said, click on "whats this" and scroll to the bottom of the page. and yeah, regler ht is scary as fack.

 

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Have you thought about going after a custom wheel? It wouldn't be cheap but you could get some real light weight wheels.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, my last resort is to call Kodiak, but my wallet trembles at that thought.

I sent tirerack an email, we'll see what they say.

 

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Well, my last resort is to call Kodiak, but my wallet trembles at that thought.

I sent tirerack an email, we'll see what they say.</TD></TR></TABLE>

how much do they charge? (kodiak)

 

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My guess is the bill will be upwards of $1200, but I don't know yet as the price changes depending on what you need, and I haven't actually called them yet.

Rodney, how much did you pay for your wheels? Oh wait, he's in Topeak....

I know a friend paid $1800 for his 17x10 CCWs for his STi.

 

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My guess is the bill will be upwards of $1200, but I don't know yet as the price changes depending on what you need, and I haven't actually called them yet.

Rodney, how much did you pay for your wheels? Oh wait, he's in Topeak....

I know a friend paid $1800 for his 17x10 CCWs for his STi.</TD></TR></TABLE>

you might look into something from volk, becuase im pretty sure they charge around the same and there wheels are under or around 10lbs.

 

Volks totally slipped my mind....

EDIT: It appears that Volk doesnt make anything narrower than a 7" wheel in 16" diameter. *sigh*

 

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AFAIK you can get them to make anything for little more then what they cost in the first place.


This is second hand info though. You could contact vtecvoodoo as he once has a set of custom volks. Also SSR IIRC seemed to have a wide range of wheels.


Doesn't this make you want to karate chop some one at ford in the throat?

 

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Like you wouldn't believe....

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed_93_hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Also SSR IIRC seemed to have a wide range of wheels.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Again, they only go down to a 16x6.5, which is actually the size those pesky Mini's run. Plus, I thought SSR went bankrupt, or did American Racing finally buy them?

 

Rota?

 

The threads about the link thing apparently keep getting deleted, there's some HT political BS going on with it. PM user "Splat" he has it saved.

 

I found this link which gives you bolt pattern and offset of just about any vehicle if you want to look:

http://www.discountedwheelware...e.cfm

Barry H.

 

IIRC certain Volvo and Mercury vehicles use that bolt pattern. 16x6 might be tough though. Some wheel shops can alter wheels. That could be an option if you find a cheap used light weight set of wheels that is a half inch too wide.

Edit: 2nd hand info below, grain of salt req.

4x108mm

Ford
Contour
1995 - 2000


Ford
Escort
1986 - 1990


Ford
Focus
1999 -


Ford
Tempo
1984 - 1994


Mercury
Cougar
1999 - 2003


Mercury
Exp, Lynx
1986 - 1990


Mercury
Mystique
1995 - 2000


Mercury
Topaz
1984 - 1994


Volvo
850 Series
1993 - 1993


Modified by mos at 1:11 PM 9/15/2005