do 17" wheels catch on mk3 escorts, when theyve been lowered a bit?

not sure on how low it will be but it will have rose jointed and coilover suspension front and rear, multipoint weld in cage thru to front strut tops, as well as weld in front and rear strut braces, and also be corner weighted.

and do they have any detrimental effects on the handling? or is that something i dont need to be worrying about?

 

should b ok with the coilovers mate, mines just on koni's with gmax springs and i dont have any probs and thats with a 40mm drop, only thing it can suffer with handling wise is a bit of tramlining but i think u could solve that if u went for a 7j wheel instead of 7.5 like mine

 

do they never catch the arches etc if the cars is being thrown about into corners ?

 

the worst i get is a bit of scrub on the back on a couple of really shitty speed humps near me but other than that its fine, are you set on getting mo's ?

 

yeah, if i change to aftermarket wheels they WILL be mo's

 

can u get that spoke pattern in 17'' ?

 

I tried 17's on my 16i and it handled wank, the rear was ultra skippy. The problem with Mk3's is altho it's independant rear susp it only has a small amount of movement so it's pretty sensitive to changes

16's were ok but 15's were better.

 

dunno i just assumed



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got to admit mate if its going to be a track car 15''s would probably be your best bet, ive had no probs like matt has mentioned but i dont tend to chuck it around that much, horses for courses !

 

the mo's in them pics only come in 18's, you can get the new 6 spoke mo's in 17x 8inch..

 

i'll probs end up sticking with the 15's for now as money is the deciding factor over the next few months

 

when mine was in the body shop my mate had a set of escos rims knocking around so we stuck them on for a laugh and omg did it look hard, would have needed the arches pulling though .................... maybe one day