9 x 18 ET20 available in gold, gunmetal, white and silver (and any other colour you may want if you pre-order) - £225 each - weight 10.7kg (2kg lighter per wheel than same size Comp Mos) . Will clear upto 378mm discs (with the correct calipers (CP5555) offset bells and rose jointed track rod ends) - see above .
With the CP7040 calliper, the limit is 355mm discs:






The benefits of lighter wheels (see this month's Fast Ford).

1. Improved acceleration.
2. Improved braking with reduced stopping distance.
3. Greater fuel efficiency.
4. Lighter, sharper steering.
5. Allows for softer damper settings giving more tyre contact & therefore better grip.
6. Tyre temperatures are more stable and generally lower.
7. Improved wheel & tyre balancing.
8. Reduced rim weight has the effect of at least 5 times the static weight reduction.

Summary:
The performance gain achieved by reducing the wheel mass (Un-sprung Mass) can be quantified using a factor of six. This means that to achieve the same performance gain by reducing the body mass, it is necessary to remove six times the wheel weight saving.
Example:
A saving of 2Kg Per Wheel x 4 Wheels = Removing 48 Kg from the Bodywork.

 

They look amazing on that EsCos... would love to see some pictures on the MK1 FRS too.


Cheers,
Grant

 

Look very similar to the Hyper alloys aswell as the CE28n's.
Very jap looking.
Stunning looking wheel for allot less then what a set of CE28'S would cost.

 

You'll be able to see what gold looks like at ND on Sunday . My car will be on the Escort registrar's stand .

 

Minging IMO

 

They look lovley

 

Man they look good mate! Need to see them in gold. Has me old mate finally ordered the comps? SHOULD have bought these.

 

Yep, even though these were available, he still chose the Mo's LOL.

Tyres arrive this week, so photos won't be available until nearer the weekend.

 

Absolutely bloody amazing (car and the wheels)

 

they look pretty cool, 9x18's would be sweet

do they fit the FRS even though the offset is different by nearly 30mm?

 

That's the offset for the Escort, the offset for the Focus MkI would be to suit that car (as would be the offset and stud pattern to suit the MkII ). Apologies if that wasn't made clear .

 

if i only hadnt just had my FRS wheels refurbed

they look awesome though

 

Like them!!alot...will they do these in grp a fitment???


cheers danny

 

These would look the dogs on a MK1 FRS

 

Looks ace Mike

I have a couple sets of the same wheels, once set in Antracite like your pics, and one in your infamous gold colour.

I put them on my brother's Evo a couple months back, here's some pics:









Same 18*9 as yours, the anthracite set had 235/40/18 wide D01J Dunlops on it, the Gold wheels have 265/35/18 R888s. IMHO they look best with 245 or 255 width tyres, can you lever those onto an Escort ok?

Congrats on getting this fitment sorted, there's a lot of cool Jap style wheels that would look as good as the default MOs

Si

 

dont like the wheels. car is absolutely stunning though. is it yours mike?

 

suit the car imho, and its nice to see an escos on other wheels than comps or rondells

 

They seem Better suited IMO to Jap cars

Not my thing but im stuck in the past and drive a golf so what would I know!

 

Same as what l had on my Evo!!

 

No it's my escort

 

Similar Dave - weren't yours Ultralites?

These wheels are Rota Force Drifts, replicas of Advan RS wheels that are something daft like £2500 a set

Makes £220 a corner from Mike a bargain IMHO for something different / original in the Ford world.

 

hideous on an escos

 

Too Jap looking for an escos

 

Do you mean the enlarged bolt size and ET33 offset as well, or just the bigger bolt size?

 

Exactly - chosen because they are different to the norm and look REALLY good in the flesh - especially gold on white .

Not to everyone's taste (as you would expect), but at least they aren't the "same old, same old" .

 

Cant wait to see them on an FRS, both 1 and 2.

Didnt like thyem here at first glance but they are pretty cool.

 

Nice!!

And not Comps, Super T's or Momo Arrows, result

 

The pics of the escort look mint.I love the them wheels.

 

those wheels look good on the escos but if i had them it would just look like every other EVO, subaru and skyline i see all too often every day here in OZ, however i have not seen many cars here with Comp MO,s.

 

ossie, is that your Escos in your sig? what size etc are the MO's on it? Look more dished than most ive seen before

 

Very nice, look ace.
And as already said, its nice to see an Escos with a stunning wheel that is NOT an MO.

 

Fair comment - you have the opposite problem to the quantity of a particular wheel design being seen on the cars .

 

awesome - makes a change from the boring Comp MO's - i would rather have std cossie wheels instead of MOs

 

Gunmetal (as per Duncan's car) and white back in stock .

 

Mike.... If those wheels will take 378mm discs with 5555 calipers then you will get bigger than 355 disc with a 7040 caliper inside there!! (don't know whoose kits you're using!). You also mentioned that the 'correct' caliper for a 378mm disc is a 5555, why?

 

On a normal Focus they would look sweet!

 

Hi Martin,
I don't know what kit Jan tried his wheel over (you'll have to ask him), but it was VERY close with the 355 disc and 7040 calliper (ask him to send you the pictures, as it was his mate's car he tried the wheel on). Accordingly, I am just being cautious, as the CP7040 requires more room and didn't want people to buy the wheel and then find it didn't fit . So "correct calliper" to fit 378s behind these wheels is the CP5555. The CP7040 won't fit with 378s behind these wheels.....

 

Its your kit, fitted on my friends Escos. There is about 7mm clearance between caliper and wheel. Maybe enough to squeeze 362mm on?

Edit:
Here is a picture, this metal bar is 8mm, and it didnt clear, hence why I'm guessing its about 7mm.

 

you wouldn't get a fag paper between the caliper and inner part of the rim in one of those pics

look nice though, nice car too Duncoss's I believe would have to be silver for me


Luciano

 

Martin,
If you're goint to Santa Pod this weekend, I could lend you a wheel?