Posted June 16, 200420 yr Hi, Getting my white 17" tooras see below. will they fit on a mk6 escort? will i have to get it lowerd? arches rolled?
June 16, 200420 yr You shouldnt have a problem with fitting 17's on your escort i have them on mine only thing is for some reason i needed spacers, as for lowering and arches they wont need to be done unless you want to have it done. I will be having my escort lowered once the kit is on but it has nothing to do with the wheels fitting its just the arches still look to open as standard, even with 17inch wheels.
June 16, 200420 yr i am the same as jackster m8, i have 17's on with no problem at all, but they are peugeot fitment not ford!! i am having it lowered by 35mm and it still shouldn't be a problem, can't say the same about the front bumper though!! Edited June 16, 200420 yr by rachyxx
June 16, 200420 yr i am the same as jackster m8, i have 17's on with no problem at all, but they are peugeot fitment not ford!! i am having it lowered by 35mm and it still shouldn't be a problem, can't say the same about the front bumper though!! THats the only worry i have when i lower the car is the front bumper is no doubt gonna suffer, especially where i live theres speed bumps. Fcuk knows how it will cope going up slopes in multi storey carparks.
June 16, 200420 yr I wouldnt get spacers just yet, get the wheels fitted drive around for a bit, test the steering on full if you here them rubbing then you need spacers, i had my wheels 2 weeks kept hearing the wheels catching so drove to kwikfit and asked them to check for me and ended up paying £200 for 2 new front tyres as they had been wearing and one wheel was catching on a bolt on the gearbox, so it was fcuked.
June 16, 200420 yr what sorta difference do they make to the speed of the car? They do slow you down when pulling away so you do notice the difference from standard wheels
June 16, 200420 yr Author oh rite but lets face it not really anywhere you can go fast anyway lol without get pulled by the old 50's. and they will look really nice.
June 16, 200420 yr oh rite but lets face it not really anywhere you can go fast anyway lol without get pulled by the old 50's. and they will look really nice. True!!! 17's certainly do make all the difference to look at if you have had standard wheels on, I had already bought the wheels before i even had the car, lol. I have the tws razors at the mo, only thing is, as with most tsw wheels the rims stick out so have to be careful when parking near kerbs. Edited June 16, 200420 yr by Jackster
June 16, 200420 yr Author yea i had some tsw venoms 15"s sold them for £200. got some pcw 15"s at the mo.
June 16, 200420 yr I have 15" venoms on my other escort that i still have, when i first bought them everyone loved them and wanted them but now looking at them i think there butt ugly, lol. Hopefully someone will buy the other escort including the wheels, lol
June 16, 200420 yr so will i need to get some spacers? to go on the shocks?not if u get the correct offset also with the correct offset a 60mm slam won't cause u any bother at all, definitely if u don't carry loadsa ppl a lot or heavy loads in the back Edited June 16, 200420 yr by Mike C
June 17, 200420 yr I lowered my car 40mm on 17'z and got no rubbing wotsoeva evan with 5ppl in the car. Didnt scrape on speed bumps either. I've now taken my 17'z off cos i found a set of mondeo Si 16" alloys that i've been after for ages and it sits a bit lower cos the wheels are slightly smaller and still my car doesnt scrape on speed bumps. Go -40mm and u'll have no worries matey! B.
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