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    Is this the 18'' escort wheels people are using
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    Also interested if anyone's running these and if they fit AP big brakes

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    • #3
      I would say for the most part probably not these particular wheels, no.

      There have been 3 batches of these wheels that I'm aware of. The first set were produced in Britain circa 2009. These are the set I have on the car. Think they came from a place in Tewkesbury or Gloucester...somewhere around there. Then a second batch were made by 'rscosworthman' on here who was based in the Netherlands or somewhere like that who had them made out of China. A lot of design work and vetting went into those on this forum and they were made in 'standard' and 'big brake' versions. A further run of these were organised a year or two later but not sure if they were ever completed. Check the threads on here.

      These ones that come up on ebay I would say have no link to the original batch or the 'rscosworthman' batches that were made, but that's not to say they aren't worth a look.

      If I remember right the original 16" wheels were ET25 offset but the other 18s were made to fit bigger brakes. Reyland also did a brake kit to specially fit these 18" wheels but not sure they do anymore They needed a bit of work to the carriers to make fit, irrc and some fitted hub-centric spacers etc.

      I measured my 18s and the offset is ET20 but I'm running standard calipers and discs, so couldn't say. I've always fancied bigger brakes but been put off trying to find a set that would fit the wheels.

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      • #4
        I run the big brake version which were out of the first batch made on here, also running the Reyland big brake conversion on the back and AP on the front, i can confirm the tolerances are mega tight, i had to change to coilers, as the wheels hit the strut platforms even after the mod on them, they run closed to the caliper as well, were talking fag packet tolerances but they are dialled in now, it would be an expensive mistake to make buying these and them not fitting. Hard to know what to do without getting hold of one to try

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