has anybody seen this done or done it themselves,just wondering
how easy it would be to do bcause i reckon a s1 or s2 erst would
look sitting on a set of the new mondeo 18 inch wheels
either the st220 or zetec s wheels

 

there was a pic on ere a while back with a white s2 with volvo t5 alloys on

 

yeah thats a guy that belongs to the Surrey RSOC

Contact Flashpoint cos it was him that machined the new hubs and that [apparently it was a bit of a pig to do]

 

This one perhaps?

 

thats the only one i know if as well!!

all that hassle of 5 studding it and they put volvo rims on

 

Tell me about it I asked the guy at the time the point, i honestly can't remember his answer

 

T5R rims would have looked kinda cool tho!

 

what about using ford parts and just mixing and matching bits
would definately look different and would certainly make a few
people look twice

 

you could have some rings made up that bolt to the 4 stud hub and have 5 studs resessed from the back , and then just use wheels with the difference i the plate thinkness off the offset ...

 

Thing is mate, it's been done now, why not go a different route and try and put 3 stud citroen ax rims on

 

might look into it a bit more with ford parts,where i work ive got
access to a press which we use for doing wheel bearings so that
wouldnt be a problem,just searching through bearings and hubs
to match the size would be the worst bit

 

that sounds like a great idea,might try that instead

 

Yes the S2 in question is owned by a mate of mine, we spent some considerable amount of time getting the right and is not undertaken lightly , getting all the holes in thru right place is big headache, as once you have machined a hole you can't really move it , the only reason for doing this conversion was to be a bit diffract, but on the plus side the car drives really well as the offset is the same as the original ford wheel and the rim is still quite narrow for a 16" wheel, no problem with rubbing at all even with four people on board

Good luck


Cheers

Steve

 

noticed the car in last months PF mag on page 33, its been bugging the crap out of me ever since!

 

as above, noticed it at essex rsoc show at the ford place, dunton??

 

quite like the look of them rims! & the green bumper insert!!