RS Escort cossie wheels on a Sierra

[LOUDclio]

Any1 know what size of tyres you need on the escort wheels to make them fit on a sierra?

[g4ost]

Do you mean width or what? I have 215/45/17's on a sierra with no problem. I'm pretty sure escos rims with 225 tyres will fot no problem without fouling the arches.

[LOUDclio]

I'm pretty sure ya cant go any higher profile than a 40 but its the width i dont know about. The wheels measure 9" wide which would mean maybe a 225 tyre anyway wouldn't it?

[SteveZetecS]

a 225/45/16 tyre should be fine i think, probably depends on how low the sierra is

escort cossie rims are 8"wide

[g4ost]

Yeah they are 225 as standard, although there's a clampet on here with 205 series tyres on his, lol!! cough*** steven85 **cough

[LOUDclio]

Originally Posted by SteveZetecS

a 225/45/16 tyre should be fine i think, probably depends on how low the sierra is

escort cossie rims are 8"wide

The inside of the rim is 8" wide but the full rim is 9"! I'm told 45's are no good on them at all for a sierra. Hoped some1 else on here had some experiences.

[LOUDclio]

Originally Posted by g4ost

Yeah they are 225 as standard, although there's a clampet on here with 205 series tyres on his, lol!! cough*** steven85 **cough

Surely thats a bit wierd. To be right you'd need 225 wouldn't ya? Do you mean standard escort cossie wheels come 225 wide?

[Graham]

they are too dam wide for a saphire full stop

[LOUDclio]

Ah well they look class anyway.

[WTFOMGcar]

Right - 8" rims are FINE on a sapphire, the problem with escort cosworth alloys is the offset, not the width.

In my opinion Escort wheels look turd on anything but an escort cosworth - you can pick so many better rims for a sapphire.

[LOUDclio]

Originally Posted by WTFOMGcar

Right - 8" rims are FINE on a sapphire, the problem with escort cosworth alloys is the offset, not the width.

In my opinion Escort wheels look turd on anything but an escort cosworth - you can pick so many better rims for a sapphire.

Its a good job we've all different tastes lad.

If any1 knows what size of tyres you'd need on the escort cossie wheels to fit the sierra i'd be more than glad to hear from them. Thanks

[metro1800]

Mate had them on his Sapphire. Its a few years ago, but I think he had 225/50 tyres on and there wasn't much rubbing. It was lowered a bit too

[WTFOMGcar]

You need silly looking tyres on the Escort wheel to prevent rubbing - as i said its due to the offset being specific to the escort cossie. Esc cossie wheels only look right with the correct tyres on them. Also as you have an 8" wide wheel, you want to make the most of it and get the wide tyres on, gives more grip.