trev1976

hi

ive been having a search through the forums and found the gorgeous car



but how the hell do you get 18s on a escort ?? ive got 17s , gaz Coilovers and a rear disc coversion on mine and its a nightmare always rubbing on the rear and the left wheel actually starting catching on the coilover its self and ive had to have a 3mm spacer fitted so it dosnt catch but this has left me with less room in the arch to play with

but id love to ba able to make my car look similar to to this but have the feeling it cant be done with my car

also are those rims diamond cut ?

ta
Trev

Muska

i believe mega arch mods were the order of the day to achieve that.

vroooom ptssssh

undo 4 or 8 wheel nuts if u wish to do 2 wheels at a time, Jack it up on jacking point/chassis leg, unscrew the wheel nuts, satke off old wheel, replace with nice shiny 18" wheel...screw wheel nuts bk on, making sure u use a locking nut so these new wheels dont fall off into chav hands, tighten slightly, lower jack, take jack out from udner car, tighten wheel nuts to specified torque bobs yer uncle.....it prob wont drive tho

trev1976

this is what im worried about

TILLIO

Just need the right size wheel, the good thing about the arospeed wheels is there only 7 or 7.5j wide, so they wont scrub out on the arches or the inner wing.

Fitted my 18's over 4 years ago now, you do need to trim the metal arch, and the plastic bodykit, but they will go on. They will rub if you put it too low, but its pretty straight forward

vroooom ptssssh

But has it moved since Till?

TILLIO

Yes, its had 2 features, and drove for 8 months b4 it came off the road

cheeky sod

trev1976

what offset did you use ? the main problem i have is the wheel catching on the rear bumper and there only 7x17s

Been alot worse since ive had 2wd cossie rear brakes (like the discs are thicker than the original drums

TILLIO

Trev, iv'e got kahn RSR's, there proper ERST off set, with the rear bumper, you have to trim the bumper arch wrap around right back, drill a small counter sunk hole in the bumper strip swage line, screw thru the bumper into the sides of the bodywork, then stick the bumper insert tape over the top



As for the rear disc conversion, iv'e stuck my godspeed discs on the back, nad they dont catch, could laways see if you can get a couple of mm machined off the face of the disc to bring the wheels in a litte

vroooom ptssssh

trev1976

Cheers for the help tillio,those 18s do look good..those kahn rsr look loads bigger than the RSGTs (ive got kahn rss 17s) how does the car feel to drive on 18s

Ginge !

he cant remember, been that long ago

tont2002

TILLIO

Itdidn't feel all that different to when i had 17's to be honest. But then i never really thrashed the tits off the lil thing. It still handled well enuff for my lady like driving, although it does run Avo coilovers (this might be your best bet as the suspension is thinner than std shocks and springs