My winter setup: 17x7" Ford Fusion wheels with Dunlop Wintersport M3s

[Nliiitend1]

Got some proper snowshoes on last weekend (driving for 3 weeks on the stock "hockey pucks" in freezing temps/occasional snowfall was MORE than long enough) and decided I'd take a few pics after getting it all cleaned up and changing the oil this weekend.

I got the wheels and tires (Ford Fusion 17x7" et44 alloys with 215/50R17 Dunlop Wintersport M3s) on Ebay for a killer price ($400). The only catch was that I had to drive 2 hours to meet the guy to get them - in lake effect snow when the temperature was so low that the salt wasn't working...

We met at a Pep Boys so I could have them thrown on then and there. There was no way I was driving back on the stock rubber!

Anyway, here are some (merely adequate) pics!

I can't wait until the weather gets better and I have a chance to get some GOOD pictures of this thing up. Until then, these will have to do.

 

[CX-7owner]

Wow they don't look bad, they look like they could be OEM.

 

[DE31]

looks really nice, dare i say, better than stock?

 

[FunkRider]

Lookin good.
They are hubcentric too because the the Fusion/Mazda 6 right?

 

[Nliiitend1]

Yes, the hub bore is a 3-friendly 67.1 mm.

The guy I bought them from had gotten them last season for his MS6, but he got rid of the car last summer (got an A4 as a company car and it didn't make sense for him to pay for and license a car he never drove) and no longer needed them. He easily had twice as much $$ in the setup as he sold it to me for. Gotta love Ebay!

 

[SonicBoy]

Offset and everything looks to be a good match. I guess you couldn't use the center caps now could you. Maybe just paint them silver and put them on?

 

[Nliiitend1]

The centercaps weren't included in the deal. I don't think the previous owner had ever even had them. He bought the wheels used from some guy in Ohio last winter.

 

[WildChild]

I've got the same setup on my car for winter. I got them off ebay without the centers. I used them for my first winter without center caps. Last summer I found some chrome centers without a ford logo (also on ebay). I am starting to like these ford wheels better than the OEMs. The stance is more aggressive and there is more rubber on the road.