Its all about OEM+ look on fords for me they had it nailed for me with the Rs's they only need couple touchs here and there exterior wise for me the buzz is the engines ect. Never get bored of them and genuinely interested and suprised by the dedicated few who really take it too the next level. ✌
The guy seems a very knowledgeable and genuine guy, I can imagine the response for these wheels will be amazing as said previously the Cossie owners have waited a long time for these.. good luck with the sales...
I want a cozzie!!! My dad worked at ford and I grew up in a small farmer village in the Netherlands where the present of the year was every time he showed up with the fastest car in the wide area. I’m 43 now, but it left its marks and explains me watching these videos. What a car. Just have to save some 40k euro’s..
I follow Steve's build on Facebook,a very interesting guy and he really knows his stuff regarding design and manufactuer of bespoke parts on his Cossie.Great video as usual Adam.
I follow the build of the RSR 500 Raptor on Facebook already. This man is incredibly smart! Steve's posts are long but very detailed in what he is doing. And when he posted he was doing the wheels I thought this guy is full on. But being in Australia I doubt we'll see a set of these wheels here. Be a shame not to. Adam thanks for doing this video.
I really like the look but the only thing is they look a little bit too big as we’re so used to seeing the cars with the smaller 15” wheels and that retro look. I think I’d maybe have done them in 16” and a tiny bit wider to fill out the instep the original ones have. Just a personal preference. Cracking job though and such an interesting video Adam. Awesome 👏
Having been in family business metal manufacturing using CAD and stuff back in early 00's, I know the equipment bis expensive. He would be well proud of the product he has made, they are a piece of art. Really units the cars.
Im an Evo man, owning a 5 and 6 RS, but i really appreciate Cosworths and guys like this still developing new parts for them. Those wheels make a huge difference, visually to both those cars. I wonder if he does bigger wheels for the Escort Cosworth? .Its a shame that parts for both Evos and Cosworths are getting so expensive ,as they get rarer, and the values shoot up.Its getting to the stage that they are becoming unobtainable for a lot of people that would actually drive them and enjoy them,rather than store them and make money on them.
Was great to meet you in the shop this morning. Fantastic channel. Here is info about the sierra shell. Best regards Paul During the life of the car, two different styles of 3-door body were used; one with two pillars rear of the door, looking very much like a modified 5-door frame, as used on the high-performance XR4i; and a one-pillar design used on standard-performance 3-door hatchbacks and also at the other end of the scale as the basis for the very high-performance RS Cosworth.
That’s wicked. He could be onto a winner. A big market there not just for ford wheels but for other brands. I’ve got stock 16’s on my gc8 wrx and would love them in 17’s or 18’s
Hi Adam, don't they look luvvvvvvvly, can imagine not going to be cheap but can understand what it takes to build, get tested to the highest standards, shipped etc,etc. Great video. Alex.
I'd like to see a handing test because both my Corrado and Golf VR6s had bigger 17inch wheels fitted and I changed them back to std sizes because the handling department was impaired by the bigger wheels and made both cars felt like they were on tip toes but they looked good with bigger wheels but I still swapped them, solely because of the diving feel.
never been a fan of aftermarket wheels, but these look spot-on. this bloke knows his stuff! surely someone in GB can do a limited production run? i bet you hope santa stops off in fulwell + drops some down a chimney this year ....
I have to comment again sorry but....This is England's Mechanical Engineering/Design/manufacturing skill and experience on show here! And, by the way this venture is obviously driven by this blokes passion for Sierra Cosworths! Bloody impressive video this mind. I Hope Paul Linfoot and Steve have each other's contact details mind Adam :-) Bloody good video this I hope it gets shared massive!
I think these wheels are amazing the concept looks fantastic on a Escort Cosworth 18" I have mixed feelings about a 17" would it be terrible to say 16" suites a Sierra as a standard alloy with a larger profile tyre
Really like the idea.must say I prefer the newer saph rims but the old 3 door ones it's just the outer bit looks a bit long but maybe that's cuz we used to seeing the older ones but fantasic job I appreciate the effort he gone through to design these the ford boys will really like these 17 in keeping with oem
FEA - Finite Element Analysis. I did my final year dissertation on an own design alloy wheel for an Austin mini, I graduated in 2007, I bet FEA packages have come along since then.
I ran 235/40/17 rear tyre on an 8j wheel at ET37 on a lowered car, the car on track and have had issues with rubbing. Arches were not rolled either. That was on a 2wd Saph, obviously a semi slick at 215 would be as wide as a 235 road tyre.
Awesome, been following this build on Facebook, I love the engineering of it all those wheels will be well worth the money and a drop in the ocean with current prices of cossies
I worked with someone the week I bought a gsi 2000 a work mate bought a Cossie in the 4 years I had my cavalier my mate went through 8 cossies 6 sapphires an Rs 500 and an Escort Cossie all coming from well lane turbos Batley, this was about 92-93 to 97ish my cavalier was 3 years old when I bought his cars were all roughly the same year other than the D reg 500 and m reg escort
I like the idea but for me they just look wrong and I must be the only one who thinks this. I'd say they'd be better being wider with a different offset so that they fill out the arches for a nicer stance on the 3 door. Top work by the guy though, they're obviously proving very popular.
The lattice saph wheels r stunning mate, defo learnt something about alloys and manufacturing. Thank fuck we have true ford nuts left who put there skills and $ where there mouths are. Wicked video mate hope you're able to follow where this goes mate.. Peace and thanks Sid
Seeing 15" for so long on these cars 17 " looked a bit off at first. But the more I look through the car design of today they look right. But should we be doing that?
Good video, loved that magenta cossie, reminded me of my 2wd from back in the day F605 TEV. Ford should have made the lattice wheel 17" as standard, the wheel looks so much better in that size. I hated the 15" lattice wheels fitted to mine so the first mod was aftermarket 17" !
@@daboy12s your reply got my curiosity going l must say. My old Cossie still exists, currently on SORN but presumably not been on the road since 2012 as no tax since then !
With the 8 inch would you have to recalbrat the speedometer? What tire would keep it in line with the Speedo, have they been stress testing? Love the channel 👍 and the wheels 👍
17 inch low profile road tyres weren't developed 36 years ago when the Sierra Cosworth was originally launched. 15 inch was considered to be a large rim size at the time.
Love the 3 door meshies but not sure on saph ones think it's one size too much. The saph sit too high I pics maybe a little bit more of a drop and I'll change my mind
In my opinion that's the one thing ford should have done from the factory was fit 17" wheels to all the Sierra RS models from the 80's and 90's, big fan of the sapphire wheels 👍 shame there's only a few sierra's on the roads now 😩
It’s my pet hate, fair play and not to knock anyone who does it but when I see the Escort Cosworths with the 18inch standard style rims in my opinion it totally detracts from the cars, if you are changing the wheels you have a few limited options with Cosworths, Rondells, and a few different style Compomotives.
Makes such a difference. I’ve always thought, there has to be a market for someone to make the escort RS turbo alloys that all go the same way. Always annoyed me.
