It's the wheel width I need advice on.


Dave, I have an '88 ITB Escort GT and I run the 15" wheels that came with the car. I also bought an aftermarket set of BBS's which are lighter and have a little bit more offset. As far as width, in ITB or ITC, you can only run a 6" wide rim, so your idea of 6.5" won't cut it. If your car is ITA which I think it is then you can run up to a 7" wide rim and the Hoosiers would fit on there fine in the 205/50/15 size and you might even be able to jack hammer a set of 225/50/15's on there as well. The Hoosier 205/50/15's (which is what I run) barely fit on the 6" wide rims. I think you would be asking for some sidewall trouble if you went any smaller rim width than the 6.0" Also, the GCR says you have to use 15" rims. With my generation of EGT, I can run 13, 14, or 15" rims, so you might want to look into using different diameters at some point. Good luck and welcome to the EGT family (of dummies I might add), Jon