Alloy wheel options?

Chrisd346

Chrisd346

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Apr 2, 2013
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What other wheels look good and fit well on the Cougar? I'm guessing ST170 or ST200? What about after market, when i had my Calibra BK299's were the way to go for most. Anything in particular that alot of people are drawn too. Something light weight would be a bonus i guess. Tbh though, the standard wheels are some of the better standard alloys i've had on a car.
 
I am running 18" BK 265's on mine. I always wanted a set of 19" BK 299's for shows. Ebay is your friend and there are loads out there to choose from.
 
The 299's are a great alloy alright. Generally how far from the standard offset can you stray on these cars or is it not really an issue? Don't think i would go bigger than 17's tbh. Thanks for your help!
 
PCD is 4 x 108, standard offset is ET46, but I seem to recall anything down to ET35 will fit just fine.

I have 17" multispokes on mine and this style does suit the Cougar well, I noted at our last show a lot of us were running multispoke wheels, tyre size on 17s should be 215/45/17

HTH, Steve
 
Great info Steve, thank you very much. I totally agree, multi spoke alloys would look great on the car, seem to suite Coupes in general!
 
225/45/17s will also give you the correct rolling radius with the benefit of more rubber on the road (y)
 
Sorry John that's not right.

215/50/16 (standard size) gives overall diameter of 621mm
215/45/17 gives an overall diameter of 624mm (+4mm)
225/45/17 gives an overall diameter of 634mm (+13mm)

Source
 
I think most car speedos over-read by a bit, and I'm reliably informed that bike speedos massively over-read on purpose!
 
Quicksilver said:
Standard offset is ET46 but as Steve says down to low 30's is usually ok.
There is a thread in page 10 of Pictures and Videos called something like What Wheels which will show you a good selection of what is do-able.


Thread is here:
https://forums.ukcougar.club/showthread.php?6779-What-Wheels-a-pictorial-reference
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charliecd001 said:
LOOK IN Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!https://forums.ukcougar.club/showthread.php?6779-What-Wheels-a-pictorial-reference
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The OP will definitely know where to look Mark. :):)
 
spjmorris said:
I think most car speedos over-read by a bit, and I'm reliably informed that bike speedos massively over-read on purpose!
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According to the C&U regs, your speedometer must not under-read. In practice it may over-read by as much as 10%.

Given that these aren't precision instruments, they're not consistent across the whole speed range, and the manufacturers want to avoid rejects - and to give some leeway in tyre choice - they're usually made to over-read by some margin.

My sat-nav says that Mako over-reads by 8%. Tiger's is absolutely spot on (though they have different wheels of course).
 
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