later wheels on earlier cars!?

17th November 2009, 20:49

weve recently purchased a mk1 vtr, but id like to fit some of the later facelift 15" alloys to it, mainly to enable the use of bigger and better brakes, but whilst trying to maintain a little of the stock appearance.

now i do assume these wheels will fit with no quarms, but thought it best to check before i end up parting with any money.

if so, would anyone happen to have any nice pictures of the mk1 with the later wheels on please?

cheers in advance

Kelv.

17th November 2009, 22:04

later vtr wheels are exactly the same but vts wheels are different as vts are 14" and vts are 15" but be sue u fir a 45 profile tyre as anything above will rub on the arches m8

17th November 2009, 22:12

surely they cant be the same, the later wheels i reffer to are the softer appearance 5 spoke wheels, where as the car is currently wearing 14" wheels which im sure are an 8 spoke (or somewhere around 8 spokes!)

17th November 2009, 22:13

unless ive missread what youve written.

17th November 2009, 22:15

The 5 spokes are the mk2 VTS alloys, look good on mk1's, do it

17th November 2009, 22:37

cheers Tim.

17th November 2009, 23:06

no worries mate

17th November 2009, 23:28

dont suppose you know of any pictures of them on mk1's do you mate?

im searching and scanning thru here but not found one as yet, im sure i will eventually

17th November 2009, 23:36

matter of fact i was looking at a mk1 vts on pistonheads earlier with mk2 vts alloys on it

sprayed alloys but you get the gist

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1327847.htm

17th November 2009, 23:41

i couldnt ask for any better than that, your a gentleman

and even in the same colours as ours

17th November 2009, 23:44

what can i say, posi blue ftw

been toying with the idea of buying that one as a long term project actually lol

17th November 2009, 23:48

sounds fair money for what it is, and has the potential with the VTS engine already.

bet it gets snapped up quickly, if it hasnt beend done so already.

18th November 2009, 09:08

yeah i know man, might have to send the guy a text see if its still available haha

18th November 2009, 09:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxotim

matter of fact i was looking at a mk1 vts on pistonheads earlier with mk2 vts alloys on it

sprayed alloys but you get the gist

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1327847.htm

Bargain! Bung a Predator on there and you have a cheap quick car with the potential of going further!!

18th November 2009, 10:23

What's a predator matey?

18th November 2009, 10:42

ecu i assume

18th November 2009, 10:43

Yeh, mappable Ecu that plugs into the standard loom

18th November 2009, 11:03

Ah i see, never heard of that make of ecu, not one I'm familiar with.

18th November 2009, 11:05

Its produced by Datashift - an affiliate on here.

Got some good results on a Vts with induction and exhaust!

18th November 2009, 11:09

Fair play.
It's obviously a decent tried and tested route for those engines.

As said, just not one I'm familiar with, but there's probably several out there I've not heard of aswell, lol.

Pectel T6 2000 is on our Escort.

18th November 2009, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by raunchz

Bargain! Bung a Predator on there and you have a cheap quick car with the potential of going further!!

that was my idea

just sent a text to see if he's still got it

18th November 2009, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxotim

that was my idea

just sent a text to see if he's still got it

Could be a cheap quick car on the road/track !

18th November 2009, 13:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by raunchz

Could be a cheap quick car on the road/track !

thats what im thinking, swap the decent parts from my vtr over to it, predator, ph3/708's etc. nice little project for over the winter