Wheels !!

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Well I have seen some wheels I like but can't decide what to go for ? Do I go 17" 8J rear and 16" 7 J front or 17" all round ?
What's the best wheel combination and tyre size ?
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated
Thanks ste.

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Ok thanks so far

so if I change to 17" on the front I have found the ideal match as follows ?
FRONT 215/45/17 with an offset of 20 and a 7J rim GIVING A 1.35mm overall high gain so should look about right ?

REAR 245/45/17 same offset 20 and a 7.5J width this will give an unnoticeable ride height loss of 0.8mm so speedo reading at 60mph on original wheels the reading on the new ones will be 60.15 mph .

So correct me if I am wrong these are the best suited wheel and tyre combo to the original ride height ?

ANYONE ?

Ste .

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petepetrolhead said:

Ste, here's what I'm running, and everything fits right and looks right:

Rims: 17" Ford RS Diamond Cut 7.5J ET35 all round. I have a 5mm spacer on the fronts to reduce the offset to ET30 - this puts the centre of the wheel back where the centre of the original 7J Estoril was.

Tyres: Front - 215/40ZR17 (near enough same rolling radius as original 205/55ZR15 tyres)
Rear - 245/40ZR17 (near enough same rolling radius as original 245/45ZR16 tyres)

www.willtheyfit.com is a very useful web site which I used to work out most of the above. Just in case anyone's interested, the above wheels and tyres will be up for sale shortly as I've finally managed to get a set of four 16" Estorils, so I'm going for the factory SE look.

Thanks for that thought a 45 profile on the rear would be nearer ? Anyway let's see what I can find with an offset of 35 I can plasma cut a wheel spacer at work :-)
Have you got a photo of them ones you are selling ?
Ste .

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Thanks for all your comments I will be going for the 17" wheel but still can't decide what wheel to go for :-( I will go to compomottive as its not far for me to go and see what they have to offer , I do like spiders but don't want the 5 pin hubs !!
Ste .

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Thanks for the input it was a hard task in choosing wheels and tyres I had to wait 1 month to get these made exactly to the griff offset :-)
Ste.

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roseytvr said:

Steve

I'm with Rigga on this, I am not sure I follow your ET changes. I have a spare set of Compomotive MO5's in the garage 17"x7.5 et35 if you want to try them for size (Burton on Trent).

Ian

Hi Ian
Thanks for that :-) the wheels were rear 7.5 with the same et35 as the griff and the front were 7.0 and the et was 25 same as the original griff 15" front and they were all 17" mate the problem was the std size in the new wheel was rear et38 front et 30 and I did not want to use spacers ! So the cast them as a special at no extra cost :-)

Ste.

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roseytvr said:

Ste
Not sure what happened there, when I first looked at the topic there were only four posts, hence my response. When I looked up your reply the whole thread was there!!
That's why my response was a little strange and off topic!
Cheers
Ian

The joys of technology 😊
Ste.