GT500R Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Hey guys, I know this question probably doesn't come up a lot, but with winter coming up in a couple months and changing to winter tires is on my mind.... what is the smallest rim that will fit and clear the brakes (13.6 inches?) on the Edge Sport? I think 18's will right? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cds71 Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 18's will work....make sure you get the stock offset tho....problem Ive had is trying to find the bolt pattern in a steel rim. Seems it does not exist, so Im looking for cheaper alloys in an 18"....Ive also entertained the idea of using hub adapters, but again the problem would then be the offset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djtj Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 no one makes a steel 18" so far. Im getting 18" alloys with a continential wintercontactSI 245/60/18 for my sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) look for spares for the Taurus or police interceptor. not inexpensive, but they are available. sometimes at a discount on the net. 5x108, right? This 20" wheel is $135 on the net: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/400986623896?item=400986623896 hopefully 18" will be available in same or better price... http://www.nicheroadwheels.com/specs.cfm?id=2250 Part Number Finish Size Bolt Pattern Bore Offset Cap Num Rating (lb) Lug Type M126188033+40 MB -Black Machined 18 x 8 5x108 63.50 40 1003-22MB 1600 CONICAL Edited September 16, 2015 by WWWPerfA_ZN0W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500R Posted September 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 I see there are a lot of options on TireRack.com -> http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/results.jsp?&autoMake=Ford&autoModel=Edge&autoYear=2015&autoModClar=Sport Looks like they have a couple of 18'' options! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liptoss Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Found black steels at Canadian Tire for my SEL. On sale a couple of months ago for $68 CDN each. Mounted Motomaster Total Terrain W/T 245/60 R18's with FoMoCo TPS's. Hope they work well, time will tell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djtj Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Found black steels at Canadian Tire for my SEL. On sale a couple of months ago for $68 CDN each. Mounted Motomaster Total Terrain W/T 245/60 R18's with FoMoCo TPS's. Hope they work well, time will tell. Are u 100 percent sure they are for a 2015 ford edge? I don't know if the sel is different than the sport, but i have searched every manufacturer i can think of, and have come up empty handed for steel rims for my sport (18") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liptoss Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) I have the 2013 SEL Edge. According to the parts "dude" at the CTC counter and entering info ONLINE at the CTC website, these rims are to fit the 2013. They look like they will. I completed a look up on the CTC website for the 2015 Edge and they DO NOT list the steels when presented with the various models. Maybe the offset or something has changed for the 2015 perhaps? THEY BETTER fit mine though!!!! I haven't tried them yet. I'll bolt them on tomorrow and get back on here with the details. If all is good, I'll also post the part number listed on the receipt. Edited October 7, 2015 by Liptoss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cds71 Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) I have the 2013 SEL Edge. According to the parts "dude" at the CTC counter and entering info ONLINE at the CTC website, these rims are to fit the 2013. They look like they will. I completed a look up on the CTC website for the 2015 Edge and they DO NOT list the steels when presented with the various models. Maybe the offset or something has changed for the 2015 perhaps? THEY BETTER fit mine though!!!! I haven't tried them yet. I'll bolt them on tomorrow and get back on here with the details. If all is good, I'll also post the part number listed on the receipt. I believe the 2014 was 5x114.3 and the 2015 5x108. Edited October 7, 2015 by cds71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liptoss Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Installed the 18" black steels from Canadian Tire with Motomaster Total Terrain W/T onto my 2013 last Friday. Snow's almost here folks! I haven't driven with them in all out drifts yet, but damn they make more noise than the OEM tyres. Offset "visually" looks good, "maybe" a wee bit in more than the OEM alloys, but only barely if so. Turned in a tight circle and observed absence of any scrubbing on my installed splash guards, fender skirts, etc. Also picked up the ONLY set of wheel covers at 18" size that CTC offers, faux carbon fibre style. . My son tells me the Edge looks "mean" now and not like a gramps vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27Sport Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Installed the 18" black steels from Canadian Tire with Motomaster Total Terrain W/T onto my 2013 last Friday. Snow's almost here folks! I haven't driven with them in all out drifts yet, but damn they make more noise than the OEM tyres. Offset "visually" looks good, "maybe" a wee bit in more than the OEM alloys, but only barely if so. Turned in a tight circle and observed absence of any scrubbing on my installed splash guards, fender skirts, etc. Also picked up the ONLY set of wheel covers at 18" size that CTC offers, faux carbon fibre style. . My son tells me the Edge looks "mean" now and not like a gramps vehicle. You do realize this thread is about the 2015, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs2015EdgeSport Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Has anybody ever tried fitting a set of late-model Ford Explorer Police Interceptor rims (black steel, 18x8, 5-spoke, bolt pattern 5x4.5, part # DG1Z1015A) onto a 2015 Edge Sport that came with the 20" factory alloy wheels? Speedometer (VSS) calibration issues aside (an appropriately-sized 18" tire can makeup for the changeout of rim and tire), I am just wondering if these will even fit? After all, the front rotors and calipers on the Sport look pretty big, and already appear to be packed-in pretty tight, on the inside of the 20" factory rims. My 2015 Edge Sport is Tuxedo Black, and I love the blacked-out front grille... but was thinking that a set of those beefy black Interceptor rims and chrome hubcaps (or something along those lines) would complete the "stealthy" look of my Edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 i have a feeling the PI wheels will fit onto the 2011-14 just fine. But the bolt pattern is different on the 2015+ IIRC. http://www.fordedgeforum.com/topic/17962-is-the-2015-edge-bolt-pattern-same-as-2014-edge/?do=findComment&comment=137927 No idea on centerbore/hub bore difference if any. There ARE bolt pattern adapters, if you want to go that route. An idea of the patterns Ford has used in the past: http://prowheeladapters.com/ford_bolt_patterns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luminator Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 The dealership gave me a deal on stock 2015 SE 18" rims with winter tires. So that is the route I went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs2015EdgeSport Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thanks for sharing your inputs... It seems like it would be too much trouble to make such a change-out, and I don't like the idea of adding spacers, if it can be avoided. Perhaps it might be easier to just have my existing 20" rims powdercoated in a nice gloss black, which might tone them down a bit, while adding to the overall stealthy look I was hoping for. Has anybody ever seen photos on the forum of a later-model Edge, that had that done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Halstead Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Ideally, i dont know if any of the brake hardware is different. Don't think it is, but if all the brake hardware is the same across the board, you can rock base SE wheels. One of the benefits of the sport not having a big brake kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT500R Posted January 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Forgot to update this, I found 18'' rims on tirerack.com. They fit over brakes and with winter tires were around 7 lbs lighter each tire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONEDGE16 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Up to 2014 bolt patern was 5x114.3 and you could use 17"x7.5 rims for the winter tires with 235/60R17. As of 2015 bolt patern has changed to 5x108 and larger breaks which forces you to use 18x8, and they are only available in alloy. I took the winter safety package from dealership: EDGE SE rims with Dunlop Winter Maxx SJ8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs2015EdgeSport Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 I've confirmed that my 2015 Sport does indeed have the 5 x 4-1/4" (108mm) bolt pattern, thereby making it difficult to use the black steel wheel off of the Taurus SHO / Explorer Interceptor that I wanted to use, since the steelie uses a 5 x 4-1/2" (114.3mm) bolt pattern. However, I decided to order a used Interceptor steel wheel, along with one of those 108mm-to-114.3mm adaptors, just to see how it will look and fit. I think my problem may be that the steelies will stick out about an inch and a half (or slightly more) farther than the stock alloy rims, due to differences in the offset between the two, plus the additional 1" thickness of the required adapter. I really want to see if this might work or not, however. I did a similar thing to my 2011 Ford Escape, and, though it moved the tires and rims outward a bit, it actually gave the overall look of the car a more "wider stance" kind of look. Will report my findings in a future post, once the parts arrive... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs2015EdgeSport Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 OK, I've changed my mind again (about using the black Interceptor wheels on my Edge)... only because I've now found a nice new set of black-powdercoated OEM alloy wheels that are a factory match to my vehicle... thereby eliminating any worries about using adapters, offset mismatches, etc. These babies should certainly "complete" the stealthy solution I was hunting for. I have an appointment tomorrow, to have them swapped-out with my original 20" OEM rims. Will post pics after all is said and done, assuming everything goes to plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cds71 Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 if those are the oem black rims for the edge sport, then they are a 21" rim and not a 20".....just fyi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs2015EdgeSport Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 OK, I got my new rims on today, and they fit perfectly! They were an exact match for the original OEM rims that came with the car, as far as diameter, width, hole pattern and offset, so there were no problems with fitment. I think they look pretty nice on there (and, ironically, my local UPS driver asked me about them when he came to deliver a package this afternoon... telling me he noticed the change when he first pulled up, and that the black look really looks great on the car). Here's a first look... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgesportguy Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 17 is the smallest for a 2013. http://www.wheel-size.com/size/ford/edge/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs2015EdgeSport Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 I was also able to replace the OEM blue Ford center caps with a black version that Ford ordered for me... to complete the all-black wheel look! These OEM 20" rims look great on my car, and I've even gotten a few more compliments on them by passing strangers in parking lots, so I must be on the right track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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