How come you never see them on Escorts?? Was just thinking I can't personally think of seeing many, if any on 17" rims..?

Any pictures? or reasons why people go for 18"/19" rims?

 

they dont look big enough rad.standard are small but pull it off.17's never look right to me.not wide enough or big enough

 

I don't think the cost difference is that big between 17 & 18 so most go for the larger size, gives more scope for bigger brakes in the future & they look better.

 

I have Azev a 8.5" et13, wide enough, but maybe not big enough

 

i had 17*9 inch oz mags on my escort cosworth.and i liked that alot..though i really wanted something bigger,and abit more special.now the car is gonna be rolling on a set of oz mag 19 inch centerlocks

 

Ahem :
https://passionford.com/forum/cars-for-sale/228855-450-bhp-escort-cosworth-lux-sold.html

Brakes and tyre choice being limited with 17s.

 

ooooh, Mike.. I actually forgot about Bills

 

The thing I can't understand is why people go up to 18" and use the 'wrong' size tyres... (looks mainly I guess)

In an ideal world, I'd have kept the std alloys, but no decent brakes available at the time. Didn't go to 18" because I wanted to keep as near to the correct rolling radius. When going up a size in diameter, you're meant to go down a profile and increase width. Follow that on an 18" wheel, and things get a bit more complicated....

Car handles and rides better on the smaller wheel imo, and brakes are 355mm with 6 pots, so reasonably big.

Function over form in my case.

 

That doesn't hold water, as you have fitted 235/40x17 tyres on, which are only 1.5% difference in circumference than the ones I am running on my 18s .

 

And could I have fitted 245x35x18 without coilovers.......?

Anyway, showed you a clean pair of heels (yeah, yeah, 10 degrees out blah, blah )

 

You had standard wheels on that day as well .

 

So I did

Anyway - about those 245's.... ?