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[nose-gobblin]

What do youn think i should so for rims on my car also i got a red sedan not the infra-red but the LAser Red. im thinking White 17's 10-16 spoke WHAT-CHa think?

[03Focus_Guy]

i think ugly...any white rim with that many spokes is just bound to be puked on...if i were you i would go with 18' 5-7 maybe 9 spoke rims with low profiles and make it black, gunmetal, polished, or chrome

[zx2srdotnet]

chrome is flat out gay on a compact

nothing over 9 spoke, white, or gunmetal, or something with a chrome lip as most(all chrome is gay and heavy)

[Mustangman25]

To tell you the truth, I would stay away from anything larger then 16", possibly 17" if you want to push it unless you want to suffer from a decrease in handling. Also, please no chrome. Go with a gunmetal or dark color painted wheel on a red Focus.

[zx2srdotnet]

i agree 17's max

[nose-gobblin]

why would changin the size of the tire change your handling? and i wont do 18 then small side wall on tire there for 76786786786 dollars per tire and i dont want that, i was thinkgint 17by7, then lower it. i think 16 are too small, plus that what my stock rims are 205/50r16 and i want bigger assuming i can be told what handling problems will occur.

[Mustangman25]

I never said that 17's would screw up your handling, I said that anything higher then 17's could do that. You might experience some loss in handling ability from your car with 17's, but not too much, not much that's noticable anyways. 17's seem to be the most common size for new Focus wheels...I think that 18's just look too plain big on the Focus, except on the Euro Focus RS, which has suspension set up for the wheels, as well as some sweet looking flares which really complement the wheels. Go to http://www.tirerack.com to see what different sized wheels look like on your car. HTH

[nose-gobblin]

what size tires whould i have to buy to make sure that the outside diameter of the tire would be stock size so no spedometer changes would be nessesary? if i bought 17's

[Mustangman25]

Did some quick checking, and the stock tires with 16's should be right around 24". To keep this diameter with 17's, the tire should be around a 205/45/17. Just a slightly smaller sidewall, nothing that different.

[zx2srdotnet]

16's 205/50
17's 205/45

and why would you get 7in wide? this is an focus not a mustang, i dont even think 7in will fit

[Mustangman25]

Most of the 17's i was looking at were 7" wide...some were 7.5".

[zx2srdotnet]

thats overly wide for a compact

[S_chevy]

here is a link to a tire size calculator that was given in the chevy form of this web site.

http://www.miatanet.com/garage/tirecalc.html

[zx2srdotnet]

thats what i used to get the tire sizes

[nose-gobblin]

i would go up in tire but its illeagal in MAine because of spedo changes. the poluice are dumb and cant let you get a ticket of authentication that says your spedo was changed properly "