danme1987

Anyone got any pics on a focus? interested in a set of 18' but dont know if ill have probs with them. im on coilovers so stiffness should be fine but will they still rub? thanks

Pics pics pics please! 18s if possible

sykes2009

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On witch year focus

Davemurphy007

18's will fit just make sure they are ET42 or higher, no wider than 7.5" and wearing 215/35/18 tyres.

Superleggera's look absolutely fucking awesome on the mk1 Focus!

danme1987

yeah its a mk1 focus for the record and have only seen em on the rs. id love some pics if possible

phil_focus

mine on 16's with 205/50 rubber. very very tatty and now being kept as track wheels and will be sticking 205/45 on for track.

Davemurphy007

^^^

There is your proof that you NEED 18's

They look shit in 16's, just about passable in 17's but look the dog's funking danglies in 18's!!!

The RS with Superleggera's I'll bet were 19's - hard as fucking nails but impractical on a day to day basis (imagine having to replace the tyres every 6 months because they wear on the inside edges) and borderline pointless on a standard, non-wide-arched Focus.

phil_focus

unfortunately i cant afford to replace 18" alloys on a weekly bases and even 17's would get killed within a year on my roads...infact my standard 16's were killed within 8 months due to a hidden pot hole. unfortunately bucks county council are the WORST for repairing the roads. took them till august to bodge all the bot holes from december/jan time. i live in a little village and we had near 25 pot holes!!

they even completely resurfaced one road (shut it for a week to do) and within 6 months the 3 foot long, 2 ffoot wide and 1 foot+ deep pot holes were back!!!

those superleggeras were a cheap replacement

currently running 16" rial giros as daily wheels but gone from 205/50 to 205/55 and i actually think they look really good as the extra tyre fills the arch and i hate HUGE wheels with rubber band tyres!!

EDIT: i really liked the standard alloys, still got them but 3 have flat spots though from what i've seen they can be repaired.

Davemurphy007

Yeah that is the one big problem with Superleggeras - they are bloody light so do what they say on the tin (OZ supply Formula 1 teams with their wheels) but the offshoot of that is they don't take kindly to British potholed roads!

danme1987

i thought OZ were meant to be strong aswell as light? An yea on the RS they were 19's but they looks shit hot

hogdog

I bought two sets of second hand 17's and every one balances perfectly so they must be pretty strong despite weighing just over 7 kilos each...and no, I won't sell a set LOL. Apparently the alloy they were made from is very unusual in that it contains a small amount of titanium.

danme1987

i dont need to buy them now thankfully! i managed to get mine home (18's ET42, 215/35/18)



but the one with no tyre has this damage. hopfully just cosmetic

RichieST

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Should've stayed with 17s, the mk1 focus drives HORRIBLE on 18s! I put 18s on my old st170, was the worst thing that I ever did to it. Crashed through all the bumps, tramlined and seemed to make the steering very vague.

danme1987

well all i can do is try. ill prob be keeping my st200 alloys anyway. if not i wont loose money on em so not an issue to me really.

JamboRS

mines dont need changed every 6 month,you need a geometry set up once its lowered thats what kills tyres.

im on coilovers and dont suffer any of the above.tired shocks,lowered cars with no geometry set up cause the above,the rs came with 18's,dont think they would send a car from factory that did the above .i use mine as a daily driver

anyways couple of pics with 19's on my mk1 focus