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hey guys I had a question , can the stock st fiesta wheels be used on a sedan fiesta ?? I know they are both 4 lug just don't know numbers are the same. I figured it would be a sweet upgrade to the stock sedan over having the wheels collect dust.
 


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hey guys I had a question , can the stock st fiesta wheels be used on a sedan fiesta ?? I know they are both 4 lug just don't know numbers are the same. I figured it would be a sweet upgrade to the stock sedan over having the wheels collect dust.
Yes the only negative thing I can say it's going to add weight, and wheel assembly weight is not the one you want to add. With the power output and brake rotor size of a ordinary Fiesta it just may drive worse.

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Yes the only negative thing I can say it's going to add weight, and wheel assembly weight is not the one you want to add. With the power output and brake rotor size of a ordinary Fiesta it just may drive worse.

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This! It will degrade braking, performance and put more stress on the suspension.
 


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This degrading in braking will be minute....its not like he's going from a 16 inch wheel to a 22 or 24 inch like I've seen on some vehicles that definitely give it more rotating mass to stop in an emergency. [dictate]
 


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From the personal experience going from 15 inch to 17 inch wheels on my daily driver Ford Focus. I lost fuel mileage, brake performance, and acceleration feel. Yes the handling and turn in response is better but on that car it definitely wasn't worth the negatives.

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This degrading in braking will be minute....its not like he's going from a 16 inch wheel to a 22 or 24 inch like I've seen on some vehicles that definitely give it more rotating mass to stop in an emergency. [dictate]
True. I guess that is not as big a deal as loosing what little performance a non ST has. If these cars were v6/v8, the difference would be negligible at best, but being the torqueLESS monster that it is, every little bit hurts/helps.
I have never been so wheel weight obsessed in my life till I got a FiST[emoji53]
On any of my previous cars, it never crossed my mind to size down, but here I am running 15s.
Being bone stock makes you more conscious of these things.
 


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Keep the tire height similar to stock. 205/40/17 should be as small as you can go on stock FiST wheels.

Try it out. You might like the look and handling.

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