Well after seeing the german frs with the 18x9 pro race 1.2s i decided to get a set made off a lad off rsoc forum (his dad works for td)

I went for the exact same sixe as the german car with 18x9 and et35 picked the wheels up yesterday so had a trial fit today without tyres.

wheels





on the car





now the problem i feel like crying (real tears)

front which is the problem



rear



After looking back at the pics of the german car he only runs standard brakes, so all i can think is its the alloys bells on mine which sticks the fronts out?

any ideas please

 

how thick are the alloy bells?

they might be thick to give you clearance for the brakes.

you may have to get new bells and brackets made.

 

cant u put spacers on the rear to bring the rear wheels to match the fronts think it would look rather meaty like that,

 

can the wheel not be machined?

 

saying that though,the wheel is sticking out too much, may have to get it machined down to change the et

 

Expensive cock up

Steve

 

you can get some rear spacers from ford they are for a ka but can be modified to fit the frs.

 

have thought about that dave but dont know if id have issues with the wheels near the shocker?

 

that seem quite a bit out! will the wheel not tuck in once the weight of the car is on it?

 

dont want them sticking out at all mate, will destroy my arches lol

 

Get the standard brakes back on lol surely they are good enough????

 

did think of that also mate but surely if that was the case the backs would be out too.

 

yeah but its all to do with the camber on the beam etc.... you might find once its on the deck the front camber angle may bring the fronts in slightly...? i know when i jack my saph up the back wheels come right out...

 

Just measure how much you can go in before you hit the shocker,if you have clearance then get them machined down a little

 

Nightmare mate could you get the front arches modified so that they will cover the wheels.It might be a dear option though.

 

Tbh that top photo it looks like it's sitting out a good 20mm.out of interest,have you tried some of the other wheels on it just incase there's a difference?the car looks great with them on though.
You could extend the arches if that's your only option left,although that would be the most expensive route I'd guess,would look exceptional though!!!

 

Too slow,glenn beat me to it.

 

Pity you hadn't got hold of another wheel in the same size/offset to trial fit before ordering (not having a pop lol) or maybe try one on someone's car with the standard brakes??.....i love the look of that german focus on the 9" rims but no one seemed to have actually fitted them over on the rsoc so being the first is a gamble eh
Do you think you could possibly return them and see if they can change the offset perhaps??
Do you think the fronts would fit with a different offset or are they just too wide?

 

not sure mate all i know is they are the exact size and offset as the german car? and the only difference is he has standard brakes.

couldnt return them as they were made for me in the size etc i asked for.

 

also when you measure the width of the rim is it the inner where the tyre sits that needs to measure 9"

 

Not good buddy. fingers crossed you work something out

 

I think Reyland are clever with this kind of trickery, PM Martin?

Benni.

 

Are you selling your old focus rs wheels.

 

i think so, he offered them to me when i bought my EsCos rims

 

Mind you thinking about what i said,you wouldnt be able to machine that much off(looks about 1"?) just fit some stretched tyres and go with the euro look

 

The bells should be the same thickness as the originals so as to keep the proper wheel offset.

Problem lies with the wheels, not the brakes

 

Christ mate that's a mile out, but shouldn't think the bell is any thicker because it would still need to sit flush on the hub and you deffo would have noticed if the studs were shorter after fitting the brake setup.

Are you sure that's the correct ET? When I took that pic of the Focus in Holland, I didn't think to ask what the offset was, simply if it had coilovers on.

But I found out later that these are deffo ET35 all round, with 245/35/18 tyres and Bilstein coilovers with a 60mm drop. Also spacers fitted to the rear...

 

would be awesome to get some new wings flared out a bit

shoudl be no hassle getting 20mm taken from the mounting face, ideal now the tyres is off to measure clearance to see if it'll go

or 2 slightly thinner wheels need to be put on order, keep the wider rears tho

 

is there anyway to check the offset is correct? i know all the wheels have the size and offset stamped on, surely if its the offset the rears would be sticking out also.

dunno what to do probs best off trying to sell them on.

 

Might sound daft but have you tried the one on the rear on the front, incase one of the wheels is the wrong offset.

 

why not put a set of 8,s on the front lee and sell two of them on

 

machine some of the bell and the wheel for a match, then it aint gonna be as much or as said get the arches cut and extended a bit

 

Wouldn't have the same effect IMO, wouldn't be too bad if it had standard arches. But having both considerably wider, they need to be equal.

 

Love that German FRS looks an absolute animal and different from the rest - can't wait to see this sitting on them

 

The pics i took are of the same wheel i just swapped it from front to back.
Just been to a mates and tried wheel with standard brakes and its exactly the same grrrr so wheel offset must be wrong or that German one deffo ain't et35

 

To me, the wheels on that focus look more like 8*18.

 

rite ive just done one of them online wheel offset calculators things and i got it worked out the wheels ive got are et25, been in touch with the lad who had me the wheels made and if they are wrong they will make me some more.

going to take wheel to a tyre place and see if they can work it out properly for me.

 

When you say you've calculated your ET did you use this?

You need to know A and B dimensions to determain your ET.

 

ouch ,

hope u get it sorted fella


how much they set u back ?

 

Told you mate, they deffo are 9x18 ET35 on the German Focus