Installed the wheels today, and I have the weights. The TRM wheels with the Sumitomo tires weighed in at 34.6lbs per wheel. Thats a reduction of 7.6lbs per wheel over stock, or 30.4lbs total. Not bad if I do say so. Aesthetically, I like them much more than I thought I would. On the road, there is basically no difference, except maybe it's a little softer. There was maybe less than 1/4" difference in the total height of the tires compared to stock.
Lightweight 17's?
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I have been doing some research and from what I have found, previously mentioned, 4x100 bolt pattern is about 99.99% sure to be what it has.
Center bore and offset not yet known.
Also there seems to be plenty of room for wider than the 16 and 17 wheels it will come with which are probably 17x7.
The offset is rather shallow from looking at pics but not terribly so, the stock ST wheels are quite that way and there is room on our cars for wider wheels if carefully worked out, I run 15x9 but the rears took serious work to fit.
The aftermarket companies get specs sooner than we do in most cases so the delay in getting custom fitments for it should not be as long as our cars as they sell a great deal more of them that Ford does the FiST and 4x100 fits many other cars.
It will be awhile bit I am quite sure some very good wheels are going to appear before a great deal of time passes but in the mean time, just get some nice low weight 17x7 or 16x7, 7.5 or 8 if you can find them and be happy or go to 15's and save more weight and usually cost.
The single biggest gain in overall performance, besides adding a bunch of power which only effects one aspect, is a low weight wheel and tire package, period.
This is purely physics based so not really arguable even though some try
Center bore and offset not yet known.
Also there seems to be plenty of room for wider than the 16 and 17 wheels it will come with which are probably 17x7.
The offset is rather shallow from looking at pics but not terribly so, the stock ST wheels are quite that way and there is room on our cars for wider wheels if carefully worked out, I run 15x9 but the rears took serious work to fit.
The aftermarket companies get specs sooner than we do in most cases so the delay in getting custom fitments for it should not be as long as our cars as they sell a great deal more of them that Ford does the FiST and 4x100 fits many other cars.
It will be awhile bit I am quite sure some very good wheels are going to appear before a great deal of time passes but in the mean time, just get some nice low weight 17x7 or 16x7, 7.5 or 8 if you can find them and be happy or go to 15's and save more weight and usually cost.
The single biggest gain in overall performance, besides adding a bunch of power which only effects one aspect, is a low weight wheel and tire package, period.
This is purely physics based so not really arguable even though some try
Has anyone tried Centerline wheels?? http://centerlinewheels.com/wheel_deals_detail.php?id=12437&type=vehicle&data=37
I still have a set that I used on my svt focus. The "Storm" one, 17.0 x 7.0 42mm-offset w/ 4-4.25" pattern
Their site says "This 17-inch forged wheel weighs only 15-16 lbs"
I still have a set that I used on my svt focus. The "Storm" one, 17.0 x 7.0 42mm-offset w/ 4-4.25" pattern
Their site says "This 17-inch forged wheel weighs only 15-16 lbs"
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