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Wheels I Found

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I found these wheels and I really like them. Haven't found a definite price, but looks to be $175 ea.

17x7
5x108
45mm offset

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I think they look pretty good
I found them for $160 like in the picture and $170 with hyperblack centers and silver outer rims.
I like them too. $160 seems kinda high for a brand I've never heard of.

45mm offset may require a small spacer to prevent the tire from rubbing the strut and inner fender liner at full steering lock, esp. if you use a 225 or wider tire.
Originally posted by spridget@Apr 14 2004, 05:11 PM
I like them too. $160 seems kinda high for a brand I've never heard of.

45mm offset may require a small spacer to prevent the tire from rubbing the strut and inner fender liner at full steering lock, esp. if you use a 225 or wider tire.
At some point you learned of a company called O.Z. Racing right? I mean you didn't know of them from birth. Did you question there $253 dollar Taurus wheel price?

ACE is a company from Korea. Probably make OEM wheels. I think a lot of Ford's OEM wheels are coming out of Korea someplace.

$160 for a 17" wheel is about average and choices are limited for the Taurus as it is, so I won't split hairs.
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Originally posted by spridget@Apr 14 2004, 05:11 PM
45mm offset may require a small spacer to prevent the tire from rubbing the strut and inner fender liner at full steering lock, esp. if you use a 225 or wider tire.
Thanks for the tip/reminder. You mentioned this in another post about wheels I made. Kinda forgot about it till I read your post.


A 3/16" spacer is 4.75mm Which would be about perfect. No all I gotta do is find some.
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All I have to say about open wheel designs is that you need to dress up the brakes behind them because they'll become part of what people will be looking at...
I'm not getting into that. If someone doesn't like my stock brackes behind the 17" wheels, well I don't really give a [email protected]%T. At a glance it'll look just fine. Now if I was building a show car, maybe I'd get into that. But for a daily driver, I've got more importent things to spend my payola on.
At least paint the calipers and drums body color...
Yeah.. painted calipers is pretty easy... (If a bit time consuming)

I had to change my rotors and pads recently and decided to paint my calipers as i was changing them..

Once done though they sure look nice... and when the wheels are at spin they look extra sweet!!!



Not bad eh?
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Originally posted by tjm73+Apr 15 2004, 08:17 AM-->QUOTE (tjm73 @ Apr 15 2004, 08:17 AM)
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@Apr 14 2004, 05:11 PM
I like them too. $160 seems kinda high for a brand I've never heard of.
At some point you learned of a company called O.Z. Racing right? I mean you didn't know of them from birth. Did you question there $253 dollar Taurus wheel price?

ACE is a company from Korea. Probably make OEM wheels. I think a lot of Ford's OEM wheels are coming out of Korea someplace.

$160 for a 17" wheel is about average and choices are limited for the Taurus as it is, so I won't split hairs.
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I've never paid more than $130 per wheel for wheels. $160 is average, I agree, but I would expect ACE to be cheaper.... especially if they are from Korea. These aren't Italian or German rims....
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Originally posted by tjm73@Apr 15 2004, 09:20 AM
A 3/16" spacer is 4.75mm Which would be about perfect. No all I gotta do is find some.
Ask and ye shall receive:

5mm spacers


My old 18's were 7.5" wide with a 45mm offset(originally for a Jaguar) and I used 5mm spacers to push the offset out to 40mm. You might want to find out if you're going to need hub-centric rings as well.
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