Rear suspension - wheel fouling

[twinturbo]

I bought some 17" Toora's last year with two new P-Zero's and two other good tyres for £130 delivered. The PZ's new are worth 80+ each and the other tyres about half that. so £240 of tyres. The wheels were just somethign to keep teh tyres on

I got some mondeo 15's for my Sierra for £70, wheels are worth maybe £20 for the lot but had a full set of good tyres.

Also have a nice set of 17" OZ Super t's that came with good tyres for £128



HAve a set of OZ Polaris 17's with shot tyres, the wheels are a little scuffed but are more or less worthless, as are another set of 15's multispokes with2 worn tyres.

I could not give away a set of Sierra Azura/GT wheels even at £10 each with almost new tyres!!!

TT

[Big Vern]

Hi Josh,

Switching to 15" wheels will be easier.

There are loads of Focus's with ally wheels so you should be able to get a good set for sensible money. (see my note below about wheel nuts and centre caps.)

I would never use second hand tyres - there just too much of a risk so they represent no value but this can be a good bargaining point when buying especially as it'll cost you money to get them removed!

Rare or unusual/interesting wheels still fetch reasonable prices especially if they are in imaculate or refurbed condition and complete with centre caps and appropriate wheel nuts. Getting replacement centre caps and wheel nuts (especially the floating Ford type nuts or tube nuts) can cost as much as the wheels
Whereas wheels in abundance like those on the ford focus will never be more than scrap value as there are so many of them.

If your 14" wheels are rare and in good condition then you could get much of the cost of your replacement set back. - choose carefully where you sell them to maximise your return.


HTH BV

[squbti]

Hi guys, I just bought a set of 16" weels & was just wondering if they would be ok on the roadster & if so do I still need to have the 1" extension on the dampers?
Cheers
Samy

[Neil P]

Is this problem peculiar to a disc set up? Mine sits on 14" wheels with rear drums without a problem.

I understood that 14's fit but 13's won't.

Neil

[spud69]

It tends to be 14" alloys that dont work, 14" steelies can work due to their thinner bodies. 16" will be fine but you need to measure the overall diameter of the wheel and the tyre ratio, the sierra speedo is designed to work with 55cm diameter wheels. The 1" extension to the dampers is to help getting the correct ride height.

If your wheel above 60cm then you probably wont need the 1" extensions but then you will need to fix up an alternative speedo as it will be reading too slow.

AndyH

[3GE Components]

Originally Posted by squbti

Hi guys, I just bought a set of 16" weels & was just wondering if they would be ok on the roadster & if so do I still need to have the 1" extension on the dampers?
Cheers
Samy

Hi Samy,

The 1" extension is to provide more suspension travel in drop and has nothing to do with altering ride height.

Hope that helps.

Kind regards

John

[Spikehaus]

Just a silly idea that may have been overlooked? Have you considered using wheel spacers to allow the wheel to sit out by 30 mm, thus clearing the threaded bar? That is what I did when I mocked the car up with the doner 14" wheels. Pics on my build thread somewhere.

[Spikehaus]

I can't get this picture to upload to the link shows the re-modelled rear upright

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41021922@N03/4709472881/