Is this possible? Have to change my tyres over before the end of the month and would rather use my studded tyres from my mondeo which doesn't move anywhere but has R15 rims.
Mondeo 97 rims on a Cougar
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Hello Ian,
The early '98 US Cougars were fitted with 15's from the factory.
Photo's of one in the UK in post no.8 here:
https://forums.ukcougar.club/threads/27393-what-happened-to-the-red-cougar
The early '98 US Cougars were fitted with 15's from the factory.
Photo's of one in the UK in post no.8 here:
https://forums.ukcougar.club/threads/27393-what-happened-to-the-red-cougar
I believe the PCD and offset are identical. The rolling radius obviously depends on what tyres you have fitted, but as long as they're the same all round, the car won't care (TC and ABS).
Unless I'm missing something, I see no reason why you shouldn't do this... and plenty of reasons why you should, given that your winters are harsher than ours in the UK.
Unless I'm missing something, I see no reason why you shouldn't do this... and plenty of reasons why you should, given that your winters are harsher than ours in the UK.
My cougar is a UK 99 model 2.0 but with the 16" stock alloys from the V6 cougar. I would be putting the Mondeos rims on it and as long as they fit and it will not cause any problems. The tyres are 195/70/R15
Yes, all the UK ones had the 16" alloys from new; the ill-fated ST200 version was going to get 17's(a polished version of the ST200 Mondy ones) had it ever gone into full production.
We actually didnt have a cougar in 98. The US got jipped cougars for us go from 97 to 99 being the next year produced. The ones bought in 98 here were actually the 99 model year.
Because in the US the next model year is available to buy late july or august of the previous year I have never found a listing anywhere for a 98 mercury cougar
How can you possibly buy next years anything? It's beyond reason, unless you have a time machine. The previous years yes i can understand, but this just defies logic.
Build date doesn't necessarily mean that thats what year it is. If that was the case every reproduction anything couldn't be sold as what it was. For example if I were to buy a fiberglass replacement body which is sold of a 66 mustang. That was actually produced this year it would be a 2014 car reguardless of if it was built from a mold of a 66. Same goes for every concept car that was ever built that became a production vehicle. In the US the actual duild date doesn't decide the model year. Next years models have been available in the last half of the year for decades here. My dad bought an 88 dodge ram pickup in sept of 87.
We tend to speak about the year in which the vehicle was registered because, in most cases, it is there for everyone to see on the licence plate. We talk more about an 'S' reg. or an 'X' reg. and then match that to the corresponding year, rather than the model year as you mainly do in the States.
I originally posted about 'early '98 US Cougars' because I know the first New Edge Cougars were available in '98.
I originally posted about 'early '98 US Cougars' because I know the first New Edge Cougars were available in '98.
Ok so thats the difference. The numbers on our plates are fairly random. Our years just noted with a sticker we change yearly.
Yes, if you look through the photos of our vehicles, you'll get the idea.
The system is explained here:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehi...,_Crown_dependencies_and_overseas_territories