charleslam
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i was in the same predicament. i purchased one for a 2012 off of ebay, and figured out how to remove the old one. just to find out the 2 wires that go to the vanity use a different plug between those years. im wondering if it will be safe to re-pin or if they have to be swapped or something. my ford fusion is a 2019. let me know what you did or if you ran into the same issue i went through.
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rezzing a dead thread because well, ive been busy. just wanted to clarify a thing or 2 and update my experience. it wasnt 8 pounds per wheel it was 8 pounds total. so 2 pounds per wheel but not too big of a deal. i should have been more specific. as for life experience and endless google searching, i found nothing. my background has been mainly wrenching on mitsubishi. and aftermarket has always been better than stock for the red diamonds. so far these aftermarket rims have been good for me. the install didnt really go that well as the tire was leaking air at the seal at one wheel. this shouldnt happen but some tire sealer fixed that up at discount tire. one could argue i got a junk wheel, but they seemed straight and the tires appeared to be in decent condition. i know its a controversial topic use bead sealer or not, for the record im on team bead sealer. fixed my issue with minimal fuss and have put about 30k miles on "Rachel" (I named her Rachel because i was thinking of the most white girl name i could come up with that was never exciting but generally nice. most Rachel's i have met hit that standard :P). Still hard to say that these stock wheels are more durable or less, but im not looking to hop curbs to find out. no curb rashes as of yet :) the mileage has been interesting to track to say the least. trip to work was always in the 60mpg range, but back home was hitting 45mpg per the car's gauge/report after turning off the car. maybe traffic or elevation? not sure. the overall average mpg was hitting 35mpg per the gauge before and after the changes has hit 43 mpg on good weeks, 40 on the not so great. stock air filter was robbing some of the mpg methinks, so I'll stick with the K&N. if i need to replace a sensor in the future so be it. stopped with the fuel treatment, because well i just got lazier with it and noticed zero difference. another thing that i thought would definitely effect mpg was moving away from the low rolling resistant michelins and replacing them with some good kumho tires. i may have lost 1 mpg...maybe per the report and gauge of course. I have realized the dealership i went to was horribad. went to a couple of others and had vastly better experiences. So never again am i going to that specific one. the safety package on this car is amazeballs. these features were not expressed enough when i was buying the car. the wife prefers driving this over our lexus now because of the adaptive cruise and backup camera. I am still tempted on getting ford responder rims. tested to survive train tracks at 50+mph iirc. would be nice, but man are they expensive to buy from ford. Also not sure i said this enough but really...thanks for the chime ins. while i didnt get what i was looking for, it did give me plenty food for thought (as for the "mooks on the internet", ive found their information to be more valuable than from the equivalent certified techs at least when it comes to mistubishi enthusiasts. so yall had some big shoes to fill lol)
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i appreciate the input from all parties involved. bbf2530 as for the "fixating the durability of a wheel". the reason i came here was for answers and guidelines. I still dont know how ford manufacturers the rims for this car, i still dont know how it stacks up as compared to what tire rack guy said. I was hoping someone in the know, possibly working with/for ford would be like "oh yeah they are made this way". End of day i can still sleep at night regardless because i will have this car working the way i want it to. but it does irk me that even coming to an enthusiasts forum that no one knows the specifics. because if enthusiasts dont know, the information probably isnt out there. While technically needless, it bothers me when i cant find info on something. mind you im not blaming you guys for not knowing its just upsetting i cant get the info. I did a search on the K&N filter seeing the split consensus on the forums here. you are right im way past 4k miles. im sitting at 36k miles. the mpg indicator on the dash is noticing a difference after the rims and filter replacement. as stated before not sure which one makes more of an impact. (8lbs off of the car's rims cant be THAT much can it?). so that leaves me to believe that the air filter is responsible. or maybe its more consistent and better because i dont have a slow leaking, unbalanced bent wheel in the front making better epg? ill try swapping back in the motorcraft air filter and see if the mpg still stays as good as it is now. waldo as for why worry about the wheels when you put treatment in your gas? as you stated STP has been around a while. and i have used it consistently in a few vehicles without issue (albeit none of them were hybrids). maybe i do have priorities backwards on this, but the wheels were a more immediate problem as i was consistently losing air. i was filling up the tire with air more often than getting gas, so maybe thats why i didnt think about it as much and why one was more of a concern than the other. Regardless it still seemed like no matter how i drove, i was never going to achieve better than 40mpg. i have tried driving silky smooth everyday following the braking score to the letter (usually 70% or better). now my overall average is creeping up from 40 to 41.2 now. I think i should try stock air filter and no treatment and see how that fares for a couple of weeks, and if it gets worse ill try one option at a time. if i can get away from the gas treatment it would ultimately be cheaper, so all i can do is just test and find out. Still thanks for the replies and well wishes all.
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after much debate and critical thought, i opted to get some sparco trefeo 5 rims. they are lighter (2.2lbs lighter), not sure if they are necessarily stronger. but if i run into the same issue, swap out with the stock wheels temporarily and then get steelies. The fiance' also agrees that this is not something we want to bother with as we just simply dont trust the reliability of the stock ford wheels. the way i look at it, get something lighter or get something more durable. we shall see how lighter works out for me. Regardless I dont trust the dealership. the service department was fair, but the sales was rather disappointing. getting a user manual for the car was like pulling teeth. like once the sale was done, definitely felt ignored by the sales person. there was one sales guy that you could tell tried to do what he could. there was just some communication issues that really shouldnt be a thing. i sat on their sales floor for 30+ minutes while the sales person was paged 3 times. i never did meet up with her over the user manual, but i did get one eventually from the other sales guy. as for the gas treatment, it does help keep injectors clean and ive noticed mpg improvement on other vehicles i have driven. its $1.50 a bottle per each fill up, and i figure it cant hurt things. I also swapped out the stock motorcraft air filter with a K&N filter. all said and done, im noticing a huge increase in MPG. like i stated before i was getting about 40.2 mpg on average and would fluctuate from like 15mpg and 45mpg. now it fluctuates even greater per each trip. sometimes im getting as high as 60mpg, other trips its getting 30mpg. more consistently im getting about 50-55 mpg per trip. not sure which one item had the greatest impact, but altogether im getting the mileage now i was expecting with this car.
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Hello everybody first post. all that good stuff. So I am in a strange situation with my 2019 ford fusion hybrid SE. i purchased the vehicle about a month ago. while my Lexus is a bit more fun, this car is meant to get me around while sipping gas. I noticed within my 2nd week of driving (i only drive in eco mode, like a grandma, getting about 40.2 MPG with STP Gas treatment) that my front passenger tire was going off with the tpms sensor. i believed it to be a nail or something similar. I have NEVER hit a pothole in this vehicle. Take it to the dealership where i bought it from, had them look at it, and there is a HUGE bend on the inside of the rim. this is causing the slow leak. With some heated discussions, cooler heads prevailed and we were able to come to a conclusion that they will fix it at cost and get me a loaner vehicle. Regardless, I have come to the conclusion on either 1 of 2 things. Either: 1. The rim was bent prior to me receiving the vehicle, shame on me for not demanding to inspect it under a lift. But a simple aluminium rim repair would be fine. 2. These factory OEM rims are made of swiss cheese and i should swap them out ASAP because i dont like swiss. prefer cheddar. I decided to discuss things with the chat from a guy on tirerack.com inquiring how we determine how durable a rim is, as i dont want to deal with this problem in the future. He stated that any of the construction methods listed on their site, (1pc. Gravity Cast, 1pc. Low Pressure Cast, 1pc. Low Pressure Cast w/Flow Forming, and 1pc. Tilt Cast) are all superior methods of rim creation vs. what ford does. He also stated that the 3 later options would be more durable than 1pc. Gravity Cast and that these are the options i should look into. That got me thinking, how DOES ford make their wheels? after googling for about 15 minutes, couldn't find anything. so I turn to you, the enthusiast community for answers and to verify that tirerack guy is correct or not. I have also looked into replacing with the police responder wheels. they are supposed to be tested for police to go over train tracks at 40+ mph over train tracks, so i'd imagine those would be the most durable. unfortunately they are also the most expensive. i believe at $283 a wheel and then i'd need the center cap at $66 each, that really racks up. Any advice over the durability side of things is appreciated. Thanks in advanced.