Escort offset

G'day guys,

Currently have cortina 13inch steel wheels on my mk1 unarched Escort, which are a nice "upgrade" from the 12 inch standard ones.

The tyres on it are 185/60r13 which I have been made aware are not roadworthy for the width of the wheel.

I am rather happy with the tyres, which have only done about 8000km and would like to hold onto them and have looked at the retroford reproduction lotus cortina wheels.

The retroford 13x7" have a 0et offset, but I'm not exactly that savvy in regards to offsets.

Does anyone know if these will fit a non arched mk1 escort or would I require a different offset?


Sorry for the long winded post, I just wanted to give as much info to the escort brains trust as possible.

Cheers, Jeremy

Thanks for your reply Paul, much appreciated!

Ah rightio, so would it be best looking at other alternatives, such as the JBW ones which you can choose the offset required for a bit of extra cash?

Or even getting them rebarrelled for the exact measurements I require locally?

I assume they must be early cortina rims less than 5" wide to be invoking legality issues. On the same note, 185's on 7" , whilst it was a trend in the UK to stretch a narrow tyre on a wide rim, not sure it is legal either. For your 185's a 5 or 5 1/2 would be better suited.