Violetfusion Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I currently drive a 2016 Ford Fusion I’ve got a set of touren TF03 on my fusion the 5x108 17x7.5 with a 40 offset I ran my oem tire size down to the ground finally of 235/50/17 to some 215/45/17 I really like the size I’ve ran it on a few cars but I want to make sure everything is correct and can order the write lowering springs to finalize everything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Violetfusion said: I currently drive a 2016 Ford Fusion I’ve got a set of touren TF03 on my fusion the 5x108 17x7.5 with a 40 offset I ran my oem tire size down to the ground finally of 235/50/17 to some 215/45/17 I really like the size I’ve ran it on a few cars but I want to make sure everything is correct and can order the write lowering springs to finalize everything. Hi Violetfusion. We would be happy to help. However, I am not sure exactly what you are asking about. I can not tell what tire size you have now, what tire size you want to get etc. Would you please rewrite your post, and add some punctuation, to make it more understandable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violetfusion Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 I do apologize,it’s been a rough& stressful day. I currently am working on building a 2016 Ford Fusion SE. It’s the 2.5L non turbo. My OEM tire size is 235/50/17. I have installed some Touren TF03 matte bronze rims. There 17x7.5 with a 40 offset. I just installed some 215/45/17 tires on my wheels today,and noticed it is a smaller size tire/gap between the rim and fender. I’m trying to Lower the car but still make the steering fully functional without any kind of scrubbing or damage to my suspension/front end. I’d like to keep the 215/45/17 size as my current size but am having a hard time calculating what size lowering springs I would need to order for everything to still be accurate. 1 hour ago, bbf2530 said: Hi Violetfusion. We would be happy to help. However, I am not sure exactly what you are asking about. I can not tell what tire size you have now, what tire size you want to get etc. Would you please rewrite your post, and add some punctuation, to make it more understandable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 13 hours ago, Violetfusion said: I do apologize,it’s been a rough& stressful day. I currently am working on building a 2016 Ford Fusion SE. It’s the 2.5L non turbo. My OEM tire size is 235/50/17. I have installed some Touren TF03 matte bronze rims. There 17x7.5 with a 40 offset. I just installed some 215/45/17 tires on my wheels today,and noticed it is a smaller size tire/gap between the rim and fender. I’m trying to Lower the car but still make the steering fully functional without any kind of scrubbing or damage to my suspension/front end. I’d like to keep the 215/45/17 size as my current size but am having a hard time calculating what size lowering springs I would need to order for everything to still be accurate. Hi Violetfusion. Okay, now I understand. ? I can not help with the lowering spring question. Hopefully another member who has used or is more familiar with them will jump in. Concerning the tires; Yes, there is a very big difference in tire width, overall diameter, sidewall size, etc. etc. I will mention that is a small and narrow tire to use for your Fusion, which is a relatively heavy car. Do the tires you have on now (215/50-17) even have a sufficient load rating for your car (equal or greater to the factory tires)? I would recommend you use this Tire Size Calculator to see the tire size changes: https://tiresize.com/calculator/ Just plug in the tire sizes and you will see the larger size differential. That size wheel/tie combination is going to have a lot of negative effects on your car. It is going to throw off the handling, speedometer, odometer, fuel mileage, result in high rpm at highway speeds, etc etc. I do realize the small tire/negative cambered/dropped look is popular with some. Perhaps that is what you are going for. Again, hopefully another member more familiar with lowering springs will jump in to help you there. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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