Mondeo XR5 wheels on LV Focus?

[Franco Cozzo]

Hey guys, I'm looking into 18" wheels for my LV Focus, as I lowered it with the eibach pro-kit springs on Friday and yesterday I smashed off the wheel sensor wires on a speed hump, as the car is too low, so I'd like to lift it up a bit with some new wheels.

I'm looking at the 18" Mondeo XR5 wheels, will they fit on my Focus with the lowering? Or are they too wide and wrong offset?

Thanks much.

[Neale]

The mondeo wheels should fit the focus, as im pretty sure there the same dimentions as the focus XR5 wheels



The ony problems I can think of is that the wheels whont raise the car because the hight of the sidewall is smaller on the 18's so it should have the same overall diameter as a smaller focus wheel.
Why dont you try getting some tryes with a higher sidewall on the current rims, which should do what your after.
One thing that you may have to look at it changing the overall diameter of the wheels will make your speedo inaccurate unless you get it re-calibrated

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Neale

The mondeo wheels should fit the focus, as im pretty sure there the same dimentions as the focus XR5 wheels

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The ony problems I can think of is that the wheels whont raise the car because the hight of the sidewall is smaller on the 18's so it should have the same overall diameter as a smaller focus wheel.
Why dont you try getting some tryes with a higher sidewall on the current rims, which should do what your after.
One thing that you may have to look at it changing the overall diameter of the wheels will make your speedo inaccurate unless you get it re-calibrated

Oh ok, damn. I've got 205/55/R16 on the car at the moment, I'm hoping to go to 235/40/R18 with the new Mondeo wheels, but if it ends up the same I'll just have to be really careful in where I drive now.

That looks fantastic by the way.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

Oh ok, damn. I've got 205/55/R16 on the car at the moment, I'm hoping to go to 235/40/R18 with the new Mondeo wheels, but if it ends up the same I'll just have to be really careful in where I drive now.

That looks fantastic by the way.

My calculations say that the car will be raised by about 7mm with the Mondeo wheels you quote.

[DZFord]

Damo, have you done a search for a tyre size calculator?

As yellow festiva said, there will be a 7mm difference, which also means that you're speedo will be thrown out by a couple of km/h.

[DZFord]

Also, with the car sitting so low, did you check that European parts sent you the right springs? Eibach have different spring rates for different Focus models, depending on engine type. For the 2.0L duratec, as well as the 2.0L TDCi, the correct part number should be: E10-35-016-02-22

[andrich]

Those wheels look really good on that focus, suit it nicely

[ConradP]

With 18s and 40 profile tyres I'm pretty sure there was a >1% difference in overall speed on the speedo and it was lower, did the calculations when I was looking at wheels last year.

[DJM83]

Which model Mondeo?

[DZFord]

This is the calculator I've found to be pretty good: http://www.inawise.com/tyre-calculat...alculator.html

The radius of the tyre will change, according to it's width.

"40 profile" refers to aspect ratio, which is a percentage of the tyre's width.

So a 225/40/18 will have a different ratio / sidewall height to a 235/40/18, which is what Damo is referring to.

To keep your Speedo + rolling diameter close as possible to stock, I`d recommend 225/40/18. But if you wanted to 'raise' the car a little go the 235/40/18.

[Franco Cozzo]

225/40/18 are a hell of a lot more expensive than 235/40/18 it seems, I think the rims already have 225s on them. I'm finding out what year now.

[DZFord]

Too right they are, 225 is a lot more expensive but I think that is because they are more rare than the 235s.

Let me know how you go with spring model number.

[Franco Cozzo]

They're E10-35-016-02-22 for the springs. The wheels are for a 2009 Mondeo.

[Foconatic]

[quote=Big Damo]Hey guys, I'm looking into 18" wheels for my LV Focus, as I lowered it with the eibach pro-kit springs on Friday and yesterday I smashed off the wheel sensor wires on a speed hump, as the car is too low, so I'd like to lift it up a bit with some new wheels.

I'm looking at the 18" Mondeo XR5 wheels, will they fit on my Focus with the lowering? Or are they too wide and wrong offset?

Thanks much.[/quote
Larger diameter wheels will get your speedo readings out.

[Franco Cozzo]

With speedo reading, bigger wheel I guess means it reads high, so I don't really mind.

[rand0mn00b]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

With speedo reading, bigger wheel I guess means it reads high, so I don't really mind.

no, larger diameter wheels will read lower than the real speed

i.e. your speedo will say you're traveling 50km/h but you are in fact going quicker than that

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

They're E10-35-016-02-22 for the springs. The wheels are for a 2009 Mondeo.

So the ones in the above picture of the PB XR5. Are they cheap? Cause if it were me id just buy some LV XR5 Focus wheels it i were upgrading.

[Bucknaked]

Originally Posted by DJM83

So the ones in the above picture of the PB XR5. Are they cheap? Cause if it were me id just buy some LV XR5 Focus wheels it i were upgrading.

Good idea i think. They would look pretty sweet. Not a fan of the MB's. I could be biased but the MA ones are a nice wheel. Anyway, post some pics, keen to see how they look on your car.

[Franco Cozzo]

$650 for a set of 4 with 225/40/18 tyres

[Franco Cozzo]

Well the guy never showed up on Friday, said he couldn't get a car down to get the wheels to me, and then supposed to show up at 1pm today, messaged him, no reply, he didn't send me anything.

I guess if a deal is too good to be true it probably is, lol.

Tossing up between new better tyres for the 16s or do I still proceed with bigger wheels?