i have seen some escos alloys for sale with 205 50 16 tyres on, Will these go on with out rubbing?? or do the tyres need to be 195???

also my cars lowered 35mm

cheers

 

you may need 195 45 16 and should be ok

 

thought so cheers tho mate

 

and ghia bolts from speed shack and it will drive crap mate

 

how bad do they drive with the ecossy wheel on?

 

in what way r they crap???

 

They wont fit right at all mate!

Offset is too far out IIRC and they are just too wide for the car!

You definately wont get a 195 section tyre over it, they are proper 8j rims! You'll need a 205 tyre at least, something like a falken that has a good shaped sidewall.

Arch mods will be pretty major aswell unless you want it sitting like a tractor!

We did this mod on my mates FRST about 6 years ago, spent a fortune on arch mods, coilovers etc and at the end of the day it wasnt perfect then, did sit better than any other attempt i've seen though

 

Seconded all the above

 

i had them on my s2 with 40mm drop on koni's and it never caught the arches. it drove ok but not as well as wheels with the correct offset. i used 205/40 tyres and they were fine. ive also seen them with 195/45 on too.

 

Totally agree

 

ive got them on my s1 and swaped bk to my rs7 an its like a nw car now

 

me too i had these on my s2 way back in 98, never sat right so had to low it 35mm i think. the wheels sat out of the arch aswell had 205/40 yokohamma A510s ( any one remember these )

 

jano at oddkiddcreations seems to run these wheels on a lot of his escorts with no problems??