Well seeing as far, im the only person who likes them lol, thought id post some pics up here, and see what your opinions are. although im expecting a slating

long story short, i was going to buy some FRS rims off kelv (thanks for being so understanding mate), but these came up at a price i couldnt refuse, so i bought them.

the car is minging, so excuse the state its in

 

Looks better then I thought it would tbh.

 

IMO they look very small

 

They are a bit on the small side but they look ok, the 18" copies would look good

 

im on the fence on this one, it certainly doesnt look bad but i cant make up my mind if i really like it or not.

and no drama on the other rims atall buddy

 

look ok actually, but mk1 FRS wheels would look ace

 

dont tell him that now

 

they look to small, imo

 

Like i said to you on the text it looks ok but i think cause of the size of the arches the wheels look a bit small.I think you should of got the focus rs rims.

We could of gone on a road trip to pick them up.

 

i reckon the tyres are too narrow,i bet some turkey with a front wheel drive car purloined them before you did and fitted stretched tyres ?

fit slightly wider tyres and it would look better imo

 

I like them too don't worry, i cant work out why but i do

I would increase the tyre size, they look a little stretched?

Slightly wider and increase the profile height i little so they fill the arches better, make the speedo slightly out but would look a lot better IMO.

 

Should of bought the FRS rims Mush.

...the 18" copies would look ace on a MK2 Mondo though, if they weren't so bloody rare or expensive new, then I'd have stuck some on my old ST200 for definite.


Cheers,
Grant

 

i like!

 

It looks too "euro" for my tastes to be honest mate.

 

im not keen to be honest think you should have got the others

 

i like them bit imo the car needs to go lower

 

that would have been a fair old road trip down to mine

 

Need the proper tyres to pull it off i think Fidster

nice colour although do look a little lost in the arches, wouldnt be able to go much lower with being a total pain to drive anywhere and takes the fun out of going anywhere in the car

 

definatly the 18s would look ace but the 16s look a bit euro as sum1 said

 

They would be awesome if they were bigger!!

 

What offset are they? Seem to stick out a fair bit. If you put wider tyres on I don't think you'd get away with it!

 

I like the idea of that fella.Ive got a pic of a saff with the 18inch wheels on and that looks cool.

 

cheers for the input lads, really appreciate it. rite, i agree with the to small comment, they run 16's as standard, so there tecnically the same size as standard rims, bar a lot wider, but even though id prefer them bigger, size isnt everything lol. the tyres are stretched, but there not euro vw style, dangerously stretched, its only a little stretch. as for putting wider tyres on, i actually have a full set of nearly new tyres on my st24 rims, that are wider, but even with the narrower tyres on, with my kids in the back, they catch a little bit, so if i was going with wider tyres, id have to get the arch lip chopped/rolled, becasue it would catch pretty bad.

 

It would be right fella.Its only down the road.

 

Yeah, no shit, i dont wanna hear it

 

mate, we would have had to use norms focus, or ruths fiesta, in my car, or yours, id need a fucking bank loan for petrol

 

I had a set of these rims on my old sierra.I had 215/40/16s tyres on and it used to tram line like fook.

 

You just cant keep you money in your pocket for longer than 2 weeks lol.You should of waited a bit longer and got the focus rs wheels.

 

You got the Escort Cossie wheels cheapy cheap... punt them on and re-engage with the original 18" FRS option matey.


Cheers,
Grant

 

would never happen on a mondy mate, the offset is wrong, and even with 16's there touch and go, and mines only lowered 35mm. to run the 18" reps, id have to remove my wings and rear quaters, to stop them catching

 

It could of easily be arranged lol

Like i said when i had the 215/40 tyrs on my rims they looked a bit stretched.I had to buy good year eagle tyres for the rims cause they looked better where as cheaper tyres didnt look right and you could see the rim of the wheels.

 

i did grant, £300. tyres are nearly new, and wheels are in good shape, although they could do with a repaint to be minty mint, as the paint needs touching up in places. but when you see dreamers on ebay wanting £600+ for a set with good tyres, i got them cheap as chips, which was actually the deciding factor in me buying them, although ive wanted a set of EsCos rims on most my cars since i past my test, so if nothing else, at least ive got that out my system

 

Wont be long now with all that rust they will just fall off.

Im good at bodywork i repaired ruths(the wife)cars back arch with a biscuit tin lol.

 

There you go fiddster.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-escort-RS...item230c94cd2a

 

Ive just found these.Im gonna keep an eye on them.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ford-focus-rs-...item564199e57f

 

by the time id bought tyres for them mush, it would have cost me nearly twice what i paid for the escos rims

 

Tight fuck

 

i bet the reserve is at least £450. a set went on ebay last week, that were in desperate need of a refirb, kurbed to bits, with no tyres, and they went for £290, + £45 postage

 

mills, that the ultimate comment from you. your wallet is a legendary subject on SMF, legendary, because you refuse to open it

 

they do have paradas on them, but still, its over twice what i paid