... do you prefer?

Went out for a drive today and God do I hate the standard setup
The car is all over the place and the handling is... well... WHAT handling???
So some powerflexes and another suspension will be on the shopping list asap

And since the "let's keep it standard"-plan will probably die peacefully anyway I was already looking out for a set of 18" wheels

5 options...

1) Standard wheels in 18"


2) OZ Superturismo (new style)


3) Rondell/Engels


4) Speedline Corse GT1


5) Tecnomagnesio Detroit F1


What do you guys think?

 

As I`m in the same dilemma (how standard do you keep the car?)

And just on a stage one I`m thinking - 18`s, GAZ coilovers and brakes.

On that note, theres only two choices from above :

RONDELLS or 18" ESCOS ALLOYS

 

On my wish list



Mark

 

Get yourself a set of these off Paul Ripley



Although the standard 18's look awsome especially if you want that unmoded look

 

Rondells, THE wheels of choice for the Escort cossie, sorry but in 15 years nothing has even come close IMHO

 

2 and 5 look awful in my opinion,sorry,rondells are the classic but been done to death,the speedlines are quite diff though,but out of those id go for the orig style 18" versions,i think they look superb

 

Rondels or orriginal, nothing else

 

18" Escos wheels or Rondells.

 

i would go for the orig 18's but they aint cheap are they. I do like the Speedline Corse GT1 though i think they look different and clean. Jamie

 

opps how did that get here

 

LOL

Only one minor problem....

I'm probably the only person on this planet but... I don't like those wheels


Speedlines were on our old EsCos. I know there weren't many fans of those wheels but I think they looked really different.
18" original wheels would be my first choice but I HAVE to be sure big brakes would fit without the use of spacers.
And you can never go wrong with the Rondells imo... Although we'll probably get a full load of "Nice but to bad there the Engels wheels and not the original Rondells"-cr@p

Tecnomagnesio's are a no go
OZ's look good but they'll need a lot of cleaning so I think I'm going to forget about them aswell.

Woohoo already down to 3

 

as much as i think you would be better changing to something else.out of all of them the only one i like is the 18" original.i dont mind rondells but they are so common for an aftermarket rim. nothing else out there you fancy?

 

If you have other suggestions => shoot

But no bigger than 18" and I don't want to use spacers

 

Thats cool I like the original ones out of the selection you gave

 

same here.

 

I think the Originals

 

i will have to have a think.

 

18 inch originals first then the 18 inch monte,s second the oz,s third none of the others.

 

As far as i'm aware you'll need spacers for the original style wheels if you want to fit bigger brakes (bit of a design flaw there?)

Of the ones you've posted i'd go for the Rondells

or how about a set of MO's in white?

 

my fav list

OZ Monte
Wolf ATS
Rondell´s

cheeRS MAX

 

Compo TH2 in white...

 

or rondells obviously

 

and here really like the 18" original wheel

steve

 

keep it original and get some wheels like mine
its nice to have Genuine Ford 18" alloys
ideal for people who like rare kit

 

I think I'm going to sleep over it for another 24581 nights or so

One advantage off living in Belgium is you hardly ever see an EsCos "in the wild" so I don't really have to take the "everybody's got those"-argument into account.
Think the Rondells and the Supert's (after seeing Bullett's picture ) are at the top of the list for both of us atm.
Well actually the original wheels in 18" are but that would probably mean we never can fit bigger brakes
We'll see

So.... which 19" wheels for the FRS?

 

It's only the original orignal wheels that limit you to 310mm discs and stabdard callipers. The 18" "original" wheels with their ET15 offset, should be able to accomodate bigger brakes, I just don't know HOW big, but if you check the ones at the shows, some have bigger brakes on .

 

the picture in question for those that havent seen it on the other thread.

 

great pic, saved

 

Stop it Paul please

they are really starting to grow on me

 

Did this one tonight, even impressed myself I think I want my wheels to be black now

 

the ones in your sig

 

Nice they allmost look Anthracite

 

I want that one!!!!!!!!!

 

Keep this one standard...

It's such a nice example, and this one has to be standard!

There are non-standard car's all over the world!

Yours is mint, keep it as it is!

 

You know as well as I how a standard Cos drives
I remember you saying the car was all over the place last year at the Ring when you still had your standard suspension.
I took it to work on monday and even when I drive at normal speeds the car is going from left to right on our nice Belgian roads
And if you would change the suspension and lower the car a bit you need 18" as I don't like the look of a lowered car on standard 16"...
Springs will be here next month: we'll see how that looks

 

i think i just fell in love with a car! that paul,is simply the dogs big hairy bollocks! i want.

 

Now that looks the business
Think I'll need to convince someone ASAP

 

Now look what you did Paul

 

I take it im the only one that doesnt like this then

 

redrsmk5
yep you seem to be. you must be