I'm interested to know if anyone else has had issues with these wheels in regards to centre bore depth & stud hole size?
 
I bought these from R&R Alloys in the UK. I have been emailing back & forth with not much success so I picked up the phone and it appears there are slight differences in the MK2 half shafts & front studs on Aussie MK2 escorts which causes fitment problems.
 
The max nose height on a UK escort half shaft is 12mm. Here it's 20mm and they foul on the centre bore of the wheel.
 
Also Aussie MK2 front hub studs have a step in them that sticks out a few mm from the hub face which means the studs need machining or stud holes on the wheels need opening up.
 
To get around these issues I will get the half shaft noses & front wheel studs machined down. This way the wheels remain unmodified & I can use the centrecaps
 
 

Do you know if they're the same as the RMD wheels? I have the RMD ones in 13x7 (can't remember what offset they are) and they fit fine on the front and back. I've just put a mk2 axle into the back of my mk1, with longer studs and they still fit ok. But then the wheels might be different to the JBW ones.
 

 

Hi Peter. No, that's a different rim. The look almost identical except for stud holes. Mine are tapered. Cheers

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I bought these from R&R Alloys in the UK. I have been emailing back & forth with not much success so I picked up the phone and it appears there are slight differences in the MK2 half shafts & front studs on Aussie MK2 escorts which causes fitment problems.
 
Also Aussie MK2 front hub studs have a step in them that sticks out a few mm from the hub face which means the studs need machining or stud holes on the wheels need opening up.

Wouldn't it be easier to replace the front studs with ones don't have the shoulder protruding from the hub face? Also can get longer ones at the same time
Cheers

what about spacers. screw them onto the hub and they are legal.
should just be able to make them out here

 
JP

So I've ordered new studs for the front from SMCKA. Lucky he had some left. 
And the engineer will machine 8mm off the half shaft noses, when I have time to get them out of the car..
 

jpayne
what about spacers. screw them onto the hub and they are legal.
should just be able to make them out here

 
JP

Wheel spacers are not legal in australia unless they are factory fitted and as far as i know that has never happened. They put extra stress on the wheel studs due to the extra space between the hub and the fixing point. Wheel spacers are legal and popular in the states and the UK but have never been legal in australia
 
"Wheel spacers (or adaptors for dual wheel conversions) between the wheel mounting face and
the road wheel must not be used unless fitted as original equipment by the vehicle
manufacturer."
 
as per 
https://www.google.com.au...p6imuAbXGDdpNE5XXQ924Q

 

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Wheel spacers are not legal in australia unless they are factory fitted and as far as i know that has never happened. They put extra stress on the wheel studs due to the extra space between the hub and the fixing point. Wheel spacers are legal and popular in the states and the UK but have never been legal in australia.
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You have to wonder why something can be legal elsewhere, presumably because it is considered safe, and illegal here because it is considered unsafe.  Either it is safe (within limits) or it isn't.

Australia has the toughest vehicle laws in the world, just watch some of the american hotrod shows and look at the dodgy engineering they are allowed to get away with, the poms are the same. Two american hotrod journos came to aus to do a road trip and when they got back they wrote an article saying that 95% of the modified cars on the road in america would fail engineering in australia. The laws here may be tough but they make for safe cars.

Older Porsche wide arch cars run 75mm spacers and these were listed as options from the factory.
If bolted to the hub they aren't spacers but part of the hub would be my argument. plenty of cars run 'spacers' between hub and wheel...these are called brake rotors. same issues to overcome with loose width adding spacers. My 'hub wideners' were suggested by a VASS engineer. but not complied as its a race car
But best find suitable studs rather than risk legal issues, but could be worth investigating...just choose your terminology correctly
 
JP