Need help finding wheels!
 

I'm having trouble finding some ugly touring car wheels for my Ford contour. I need either 1.9 or 1.5 wheels. Does anyone have any suggestions?


Something similar to these:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/...rd_Contour.jpg

RE: Need help finding wheels!
 

just go to ebay and type in something simple like 'rc drift wheels' there are bound to be a company making some wheels that they think look good but actually look pretty pants...<div>something like this maybe, some BBS alloy wheels but with a quick coat of matt grey could look like some cheap alloys form a 90's sedan </div><div>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RC-Car-1-10-Ro...#ht_1215wt_909</div><div>it might work out quite well but you would have to find some on american Ebay   :P</div>

RE: Need help finding wheels!
 

Think your gonna struggle to find a pair similar to those tbh
check out annsman range of 12mm tourer wheels they got some pretty bad designs going on lol
like these..

RE: Need help finding wheels!
 

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I think I'm going to go with these. They're Tamiya Touareg wheels.


http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/...r/CIMG0605.jpg

RE: Need help finding wheels!
 

You could try your hand at modifying some of the bland dish wheels. Get a pair in white, spray them dull silver, then try cutting the necessary spokes.


Though I must say the Toureg wheels don't befit a Contour. Haha


On a somewhat related note where the hell did you find a Ford Contour shell?

RE: Need help finding wheels!
 

Thanks! I tried modifying some wheels, but it didn't work out. The body is part of a kit sold in the early 90's by Tamiya. They call it the Mondeo, which is the British version of the Contour.

RE: Need help finding wheels!
 

Those toureg wheels dont look half bad tbh m8 just fill in the centres (would be a pain getting to the wheel nuts tho [:o] )
Gotta love the mondeos we get the st220 and st200 versions over here which the police use on the motorways :D
Think you guys have it as the se contour i believe.

RE: Need help finding wheels!
 

The Contour was D/C'd years ago. People wouldn't buy them over here. They'd instead go for a Crown Vic, or a Mustang, or an F150. Or an Escort. Or a Taurus.

I can't fathom why the Mondeo failed here for any other reason except a market where it had no reasonable place in. They're good little cars but there just wasn't room in the Ford lineup for them here.


I believe the Mondeo unibody returned in the Fusion though. I'm fairly certain the Fusion has some Mondeo parts in it, and they have an eerily similar silhouette.