Wheels and Tyres.

Personally I hate wheel spacers as they play hell with wheel bearings, better to have the right wheels in the first place

[Enoch]

I am rather surprised that anybody would design a car that uses donor components but can't use the original wheels. It has to be possible to use the wheels on the hubs cos Ford did it . I am thinking I will have to have a look at it, seems a shame to have to change 5 nice alloys with brand new tyres if they can be made to fit. I take the point on spacers though - did you ever see some of the monstrosities they came up with on that Chop Shop Bloody 'ell, spacers of about 10 -11 inches. I can't imagine what sort of forces that put on the bearings etc. I would not have wanted to drive one of thier "creations"!!

[deezee]

Originally Posted by Enoch

It has to be possible to use the wheels on the hubs cos Ford did it

The wheels fit the hub. What they don't clear is the haynes roadster suspension for the double wishbones. 14" steel wheels fit it, but the 14" alloys don't clear the lower wishbone mounting point on the fabricated upright. The spacer would need to be at least 50mm thick to clear the upright/wishbone.

Bear in mind if you just throw on some big wheel spacers you might need to make new arches to cover the extra 4 inches of track.

[flyerncle]

What about moving the lower pivot tube up a few mil's when making the rear upright.

[spud69]

I believe the book was based on using the original 14" steel wheels from the sierra, which do fit but are close. If you put alloys on the extra thickness of the rims does catch the nuts. You can pick a set of nice 15" alloys on ebay, which would look much better on your nice shiny new car.....