So allot has happen since I was last here, I've recently changed my mind (again) about what wheels I wanted for the van. The issue is it's very difficult to locate the correct size (18) and the correct width (8). But I've located a set of wheels that will work on the van, but they're a bit wider than I like them to be. All the paper work says they will work, but I'm going to take it easy and buy just one wheel for a test fit.
The main reason I'm here today, is that after months of waiting to take the 05 T0Bird wheel to the powder coaters, they just called back saying the wheel has bene completed. Now we're off to the powder coaters this weekend to pick up that wheel, which we dropped off 2 weeks ago. Just in case anyone is wondering the 05 t-bird wheel has the same bolt pattern, center bore, bolt size and has a 1,480 load index.
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Image of the wheel at the powder coaters at the time of drop off. The coaters informed me in order to help protect the wheel form damage, they are going to clean the wheel, media blast it, epoxy prime it then coat it with my desired color CC Navy. They also informed me that they coated the wheel 3 times plus added 2 coats of clear.
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Sample color of the CC Navy which is the closest color to the Ford Blue.
Once we have the wheel in hand, we're off to Discount Tire 6 hours away (the closest center to us) to have them mount up a new spare tire. Which will NOT be a maxxis tire which has bene known to explode in the trunk of the car.
Also wanted to edit the chart above as to relocate one of the wheel sizes up to another category:
Factory Offerings Based on your Transit Connect Options:
• 16x6.5 ET50
• 17x6.5 ET50
• 17x7 ET50
Aftermarket Wheel Sizes Offset 38mm - 40mm:
• 16x7 ET40 ( Sparco Terra )
• 17x7.5 ET38 ( Voxx Capo )
• 17x7.5 ET40
• 17x8 ET:38 ( Vision 473 AXIS )
• 18x7.5 ET40 ( 2Crave N26 )
• 18x8 ET38 ( OZ Superturismo GT )
• 18x8.5 ET45 (Wheel to be revealed shortly)
Oversized Aftermarket Wheels (Modifications Needed):
• 18x9 ET35 ( ROTIFORM VCE )
• 18x9.5 ET40