Escort Cosworth Wheels...

Phil W · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:15

Pinched from CorsaSport...

A guy has made the factory 16" Cosworth wheels 18", how is this possible?

/even though it looks awesome

Phil

The_Dark_Side · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:17

can't say i've ever heard of this being done before, although i'll bet penski will know if it's possible.
as a sidenote, are they genuine Ford alloys?

Phil W · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:28

I read once in Redline Magazine a guy bought 8x19 wheels for his 206 and the didn't fit so he had an inch taken out down to 7x19, i'm guessing this works on the same principal?

I for one would be dubious about driving a car with wheels that had been chopped up and stitched back together, especially on a car like that!

Bug One · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:30

I'd of thought they were custom made.

penski · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:36

Phil W said:
I read once in Redline Magazine a guy bought 8x19 wheels for his 206 and the didn't fit so he had an inch taken out down to 7x19, i'm guessing this works on the same principal?

No it doesn't. You can change a wheel's width relatively easily by sectioning and/or banding.

Changing the diameter is something else entirely...Although Dimma used to do 16" and 17" pug rims...They used the stock centres and made them into split rims IIRC.

I for one would be dubious about driving a car with wheels that had been chopped up and stitched back together, especially on a car like that!

Banded wheels are perfectly safe if done by the right people who know what they're doing.

As for that Cosworth, I don't think they are bigger Ford rims but rather replicas.

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helpimcrap · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:42

i know you can buy blanks of the material and get them machined to suit. a few people buy them so they can fit their own stud arrangement... i remember one guy doing it so he could have a 1 nut fitting ala touring cars on his cossie.

price would be expensive i imagine though..

Phil W · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:46

18" escos rims, made by a guy from the UK

apprently he got a escos 16" rim, cut the middle out, then got a company to cast the middle but make the rim an 18"

it still used the ford centre caps

penski · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:47

helpimcrap said:
i know you can buy blanks of the material and get them machined to suit. a few people buy them so they can fit their own stud arrangement... i remember one guy doing it so he could have a 1 nut fitting ala touring cars on his cossie.

price would be expensive i imagine though..

What are you talking about? Stud adaptors? They are commonplace and quite cheap...Don't see how they relate to changing the diameter of wheels though.

Don't get them machined though, plenty of people manufacture them to TÜV specs.

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helpimcrap · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:49

penski said:
What are you talking about? Stud adaptors? They are commonplace and quite cheap...Don't see how they relate to changing the diameter of wheels though.

Don't get them machined though, plenty of people manufacture them to TÜV specs.

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nah not stud adapters.

in mag articles, certain wheels aren't made in certain stud sizes/spacing so they supply them with no holes made for the person to make their own.

thinking of it they do it a lot on chopper bikes with custom wheels.

helpimcrap · 5 Aug 2007 at 21:50

Phil W said:
apprently he got a escos 16" rim, cut the middle out, then got a company to cast the middle but make the rim an 18"

it still used the ford centre caps

problem solved...

Jonny ///M · 5 Aug 2007 at 22:11

I like these in 18s...just dont put 18s on the saab.

Wrong guy,thought this was saab man not astra man.

Andybtsn · 5 Aug 2007 at 22:18

That cossie looks niiiiiice! Apart from the bug eyes..

The_Dark_Side · 5 Aug 2007 at 23:15

Andybtsn said:
That cossie looks niiiiiice! Apart from the bug eyes..

the group A cars used them for a very good reason.
mk5 escort headlights are about one notch better than candlelight.

penski · 6 Aug 2007 at 08:19

The_Dark_Side said:
the group A cars used them for a very good reason.
mk5 escort headlights are about one notch better than candlelight.

Morette twin-light kits for the early-mid-nineties win.

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Burned_Alive · 6 Aug 2007 at 08:54

They do look nice, but im not sure id trust them on the road, they've been knocked up by an engineering company on the request of that bloke, almost certainly arent going to be road legal either.

Akira · 6 Aug 2007 at 08:59

Burned_Alive said:
They do look nice, but im not sure id trust them on the road, they've been knocked up by an engineering company on the request of that bloke, almost certainly arent going to be road legal either.

Knocked up by an engineering company? Who would you prefer made your one-off alloys? Why wouldn't they be street legal? Very strange thing to say.

Burned_Alive · 6 Aug 2007 at 17:36

Akira said:
Knocked up by an engineering company? Who would you prefer made your one-off alloys? Why wouldn't they be street legal? Very strange thing to say.

Because you cant just throw something together and then sell it it to the masses, they need to pass certain tests to prove they are capable of handling stresses, etc involved. Id bet any money these havent gone through any of that because it would cost too much to be realistic. Plus im sure they need to be e-marked or whatever to be road legal (which would probably involve even more testing!).

TripleT · 6 Aug 2007 at 17:57

Probably replicas, one-offs would be VERY expensive I'd have thought?

I know Wheelmania did 17" versions of the Cyclone which is very popular. Because they stopped making them a while ago they're pretty rare and fetch £800-odd a set

I'd not a massive fan of them personally, 16" would be perfect.

Mr Nice · 6 Aug 2007 at 18:04

Looks good.

Saw the thread title and thought Phil went and stuck Cossie rims on the Astra....