Wheel sizes
 

Whats the smallest wheels that have been fitted to a roadster, i have seen some nice alloys from a mk escort 13" and quite good condition

Arfon

You are limited to 15s on the Sierra, 13s will fit on a 1600 braked MX5 build.

with standard sierra type uprights most alloys have to be 15" or bigger.

TT

Thats a bitch they realy look good too grrrr

You can get 13" on front uprights but there is a problem with the fabricated rear upright bottom bolt
You could engineer this problem out

Agreed, there probably is more than one way around this. But they mean custom rear uprights, wishbones or both.

14" steelies:

I have only just fabricated the uprights and don't fancy taking a step back, ah well just wasn't meant to be, and they look so mint Grrrr

Arfon

Ok I have been back on the bay and found two sets of refurbished wheels
1. Wolfrace 5 spoke 18" ET 40 7.5 J 4 stud £150
2. Cosworth style 15" ford fitting £160
can have them delivered for £25 but as they are not far from me I think if I have them I will collect and then I can inspect them before paying for them

any thoughts guys

Arfon

I think 18" will give a harsh ride in a roadster with the low profile tyres you will need and the tyres are expensive, especially compared to the abundant 195-50-15s.

Cheers
Stot

But god they look good

I reckon any 18s would look silly.

are the cosworth ones the 5 spokes with quite a rounded profile on the spokes? I'm on this look out for some like that, I think they will look good.

Those are the ones and they have been refurbished and powdercoated in grey quite tidy

Arfon

I have the same style wheel on my focus atm, they are the 16" ones though, three guesses where they will be going :D

Now that's a difficult one

Arfon

If I can get some i'm going to do them in white to match my bodywork...

Well had some bad news today the guy with the 15" refurbed Cozzy wheels
sold them last night.
I had some good news today, the same guy has just refurbed some 16" cozy wheels and is putting them to one side for me to collect on Saturday and at the same price as the 15" wheels

Arfon

Happy days arfon

Will be there before he opens on Saturday making sure I get these

Arfon

Dont blame you. Really common size tyres too if they are the same as mine

Well fingers crossed that these wheels are as good as the guy says, I have just spoken to him they have been put to one side for me until tomorrow so need to get there early

Arfon

Got the 16" wheels today they have been refurbed and tidy looking.
They are not 100% but you only notice the slight imperfections if you realy look close up so they are now sitting in my office safe and waiting for tyres.
Paid £160 for 4 escort cozzy wheels in dark grey

Arfon

Cool, have to get up a pic mate

I will have to ask Ayjay, he seems to be a wizard at posting photos I'm not that good with this computer witchcraft. If I cant machine it, weld it or drive it I'm *********

Arfon

I've just 'won' a set of Escort Gti wheels on eBay which look very similar. £40 - but they do need a refurb!

That sounds good, are they ally in colour and when you refurb them are you going to colour them

Arfon

They are black at the moment, look like they've been sprayed and not very well - i'll find out for sure when I collect them from Watford! Here's how they looked in the listing:





I'm going to look at the cost of refurb before I decide whether to do them myself or not - but they'll be going white!

They look very similar to mine, hard to tell from the photo but I think the spokes maybe slight thicker on mine.

Arfon

p.s. they do look good in dark grey

On the subject of wheels
 

If 15 inch diameter is the best size what sort of width do you need 5.5/6 anyone suggest the best width.

Cheers

Daveyb