Just finished removing the tar off the underneath. enough crud to fill a 20L bucket.
Degrease before i add paint within a week, Monza Red should look fancy enough.
Currently fending off the old man, who wants to replace the Pinto with a Clevo.

How are youse guys getting these mods through engineering tho'?
Like fitting 13x8's - I was checking Qld's regs (for road use) and the 13 x 7's seem unlikely to pass muster & certainly not the 175/50 x 13's they fit on them in the UK.
And Max's Clevo would be a no-no too wouldn't it (road use)?

The Clevo would be a no-no, but wider wheels are easy to get around. Get it registered with skinnies on and put nice wheels on afterwards, QLD cops love Escorts more than life itself and will not defect you. I got pulled over many times with 13x7s and no carbon cannister and they always just wanted to talk to me about the car.

I used to hav 16x7 superlites all round pulled over a million times for "random" breath tests n didn't say a word about the wheels once basicly said very nice car lol
Im runnin 17x7 on the front and 17x9.5 on the back now with a 6point rollcage so ill see how i go lol cage and engine conversion is mod plated so thats no dramas but ill see how they like the wheels wen i get pulled over..,

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Originally posted by Robb

How are youse guys getting these mods through engineering tho'?
Like fitting 13x8's - I was checking Qld's regs (for road use) and the 13 x 7's seem unlikely to pass muster & certainly not the 175/50 x 13's they fit on them in the UK.
And Max's Clevo would be a no-no too wouldn't it (road use)?

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Unless its changed the rule was 30% wider then standard rims - therefore RS wheel(Volante's) are 5.5" x 1.3 = 7.15". Then the centre of your wheel can't be any wider then 13mm both sides (ie:26mm in total) - that will come down to the offset.

As for the cleveland...........you've gotta luv a challenge

This is some of the Qld Transport info on wheels:
Vehicle track
Track is measured at ground level from the centre of the
tyre on one side to the centre of the corresponding tyre
on the opposite side of the vehicle. Front and rear track
differs on many vehicles.

The track of a car or car derivative may be increased
by up to 26mm beyond the maximum specified by
the vehicle manufacturer for the particular model of
vehicle.

Low profile tyres
It is common practice for manufacturers to fit low
profile tyres to high performance motor vehicles as
standard equipment.
Low profile tyres (e.g. 50 series), replacing standard
profile tyres (e.g. 70 series or above), are normally fitted
in combination with rims of larger than standard
diameter to maintain the correct overall diameter of
the wheel.

The rim diameter may be varied from the standard size
but the overall diameter of the tyre must not vary by
more than +15mm or -26mm.
These limits have been set for a number of reasons.
Varying the overall diameter of tyres affects ground
clearance, centre of gravity, brake effectiveness, steering
geometry, performance and speedometer accuracy.
Generally, to meet these limits, 60 series tyres are fitted
to rims with a diameter 26mm larger than standard and
50 series tyres are fitted to rims with a diameter 50mm
larger than standard.