Thinking about getting some banded steels done for my mk3 escort, just wondering what width would be suitable, and which steels you think would look best?

Thanks.

 

Anyone?

 

I reckon around 7.5-8 inch would be plenty, although not sure about arch work.
Mondeo steels would be cool, get some pictures up after

Hope that's of some help.

Ben.

 

I was thinking about the 16" mondeo ones, 8 inch would need arch work i would have thought wouldnt it?

Sean.

 

Yeah they'd look pretty cool.
You're probably right, it would be worth it though!

 

I know yeah, just need to find some steels first then get it done asap.

 

I've got 16x7 compomotives on my mk3 and i reckon you could get 8's on happily with a small amount of arch rolling

 

thanks, are your 7's fine or did you do any work on the arches?

 

a set of base model mk3 escort 13's would look cool in 8j

 

Mondeo 16" steels are 5 stud.

You need some citroen 16" steels but the offset will be quite low, somewhere around et15-20 I think.

Gavin.

 

The older mondeo ones are 4 stud arnt they?

 

mk1 and mk2 mondeos are all 4 stud and all mk3 are 5 stud

 

any idea best place to et some of these from mate?

 

Any scrapyard mate, they're not hard to come by mate, though bare in mind they'll need shotblasting and painting after being banded, plus tyres.

 

Oh thought you meant the mk1/mk2 Mondy ones, Ive got some 13" escort ones, you'll have to wait till I get my new wheels though

 

15x8 in a suitable offset would look best I'd say. Always thought anything above 16 looked a bit tall on an Escort. Also the lower the diameter the wider your dished wheels look

 

And ford 4 stud only go up to 15" unless you got hold of some st170 space savers and got them banded. Offset might be a bit too high but spacers would sort that out.

Gavin.

 

So, for example 13" would look more dished than 16"?

Starting to like the idea of original mk3 13"'s done to 8"

 

what about tire availability?

with a 8 inch rim your looking at 215, 225's

are 225/45 R13's easy to come by?

 

just has a look

R888 are available lol

http://www.tyredrive.co.uk/tyre.php?...(gg)+84v&did=2

although might be illegal next year

 

In reality the dish is the same size, but the optical illusion of a 'squarer' size makes them look wider.

13s look a bit too small on a Mk3 I'd say as well. Tyre choice is very poor as well both in terms of sizes and brands.
15s are just right....

 

15's are as small as i would go... 13's look tiny with standard arches plus my brakes wouldn't fit under them :P

 

pug ones like these are good
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthre...-(14x7-5-4x108)

 

Quite like those..

Just need to ring scrapyard see what they have got. 15's are decided then.

 

215?! I'd put that on a L200 or something of equal size.

8" wide with a 195, super stretched.

 

i've got 195 on my 7" wide wheels and they have a tiny amount of stretch. it doesnt matter what aspect ratio your tires are, tires that stretched will look stupid on a mk3 as the wheels will look tiny in the arches unless your running 17's

 

Think i have decided upon buying a set of these..

http://www.alonzecustom.co.uk/wheels-for-sale.php

The bottom ones.. It will work out cheaper as i wont have to pay for postage to and from an so on.. Will the et be okay do you think?

 

Shouldn't be to hard, plenty of tarmac rally cars will run wide wheels at the rear, and I'm pretty sure they need to be legal for road use (for road sections between stages), so you should be ok.