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My car has the bog-standard 16" alloys from the factory and while I find them attractive enough, they are a little small.
Can anyone recommend a wheel/tyre combo that fills out the arches? I know wheels and tyres aren't cheap but I'm going used rather than new for the wheels, then buy new tyres. I think 18" should give the car a tougher look???

Any suggestions and or photos will be much appreciated.
 
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Ford Focus Mk1 ST170 GENUINE - 17” Inch Alloy Wheels And Tyres Fiesta/KA/Escort | eBay

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I had these on my car for a while, they can be picked up cheaply enough and are 17".
You need to use 215/45/17 tyres though, the Focus used 205s which are too small for the Cougar really. You also need to the correct 19mm Focus nuts, which means carrying a 19/21mm wheelbrace and four spare standard nuts in case you need to put the spare on.
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backseateducation said:
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Ford Focus Mk1 ST170 GENUINE - 17” Inch Alloy Wheels And Tyres Fiesta/KA/Escort | eBay

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I had these on my car for a while, they can be picked up cheaply enough and are 17".
You need to use 215/45/17 tyres though, the Focus used 205s which are too small for the Cougar really. You also need to the correct 19mm Focus nuts, which means carrying a 19/21mm wheelbrace and four spare standard nuts in case you need to put the spare on.
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They look perfect. Did you use spacers or are they standard offset?
 
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I didnt use any spacers, the offset seemed fine. I didn't have any issues. The correct tyre size seems to be reasonably priced too.

By the time I had sold the car, I was using these wheels, which are freely available on Ebay under several brand names. I though they looked fantastic, but were an absolute nightmare to clean, which isn't ideal for the perennially lazy such as myself.

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Another good option is Mk1 Focus RS wheels, but they're much more rare and not very cheap!
 
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I didnt use any spacers, the offset seemed fine. I didn't have any issues. The correct tyre size seems to be reasonably priced too.

By the time I had sold the car, I was using these wheels, which are freely available on Ebay under several brand names. I though they looked fantastic, but were an absolute nightmare to clean, which isn't ideal for the perennially lazy such as myself.

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Another good option is Mk1 Focus RS wheels, but they're much more rare and not very cheap!
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Now they look amazing!!!! Oh yes, I could go for a set of those.
 
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I have some 17s for sale in my breaking thread here


Thread 'V650 Ebony V6 Breaking' https://www.ukcougar.club/threads/v650-ebony-v6-breaking.33976/

They could do with a restore though to be honest but then I'm not after much for them :)

The technical information for the wheel is below so anything with that should fit

Center Bore: 63.4 mm


PCD: 4x108 (4x4.25)


Wheel Fasteners: Lug nuts
 
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There are a selection of different wheels as fitted to various Cougars here:

www.ukcougar.club

What Wheels? a pictorial reference

So, i was wondering :idea: what wheels is everybody on? Post pics and relevant info/comments about your wheels but no chat/spam please. Chat will be deleted!!! This thread could also serve as a reference for members wanting to upgrade but need to view different wheel types. This is a pictorial...
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Here's one of my favorite wheels. They don't make this exact one anymore but konig has a few others that are close. These are 17's
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I have 19s on it now but its sitting on axlestands with the wheels off the ground so you cant tell how they sit in the arches.
 
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Fronts just push out and the mondeo ones push in and the rear ones need a tiny bit shaving off the rear stubs and then I used a ford windstar rear hub but I think one of the vans in the UK use the same hub. I'll rack my brains and let you know if I remember the van.

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