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Are they the interchangeable? I have a set of winter tires/steel wheels for my Escape and wondering if they are transferablue……
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Oooh! What do these look like with a straight on facing shot?Should work OK. These cheap steel wheels that I bought for snow tires are supposedly for an Escape. Bought them at a wheel specialty shop.
Do you mean straight on from the side? I think the snow tires on steelies looks fugly, but they work. We had freezing rain yesterday - bad. The roads were horrible, and had to go pick up the wife from work. Those Michelin X-ice are about as good as it gets in those conditions, helluva test. Nice to have the AWD, stability control and nanny electronics at times like that.Oooh! What do these look like with a straight on facing shot?
THANKS for posting!Do you mean straight on from the side? I think the snow tires on steelies looks fugly, but they work. We had freezing rain yesterday - bad. The roads were horrible, and had to go pick up the wife from work. Those Michelin X-ice are about as good as it gets in those conditions, helluva test. Nice to have the AWD, stability control and nanny electronics at times like that.
I spoke with a parts guy at a different Ford dealership, and he offered that the Escape has same hub/wheel bolt pattern & 17 x 7. Lots of sources for aftermarket Escape steel wheels... and I bought a set of new aftermarket steelies locally, had snow tires mounted, just need to buy some lug nuts. Hope they fit - they should, offset, center bore etc. supposedly match.
I'm still amazed the parts guy at the first dealership (that I bought the truck from) told me he couldn't get steel wheels for it!
DThis is with Michelin X-Ice Latitude tires on Escape compatible aftermarket cheap steel wheels.
The Michelin X-ice snowtires on steelies are working out well, the Maverick performing well in the snow.
I'm getting a 22 XL AWD Iwant to put 18x9 38 offset TE37s on it, do you think I'll have any issues?Technically speaking; yes Escape wheels fit. The Maverick has a ton of room towards the suspension which is the direction increased positive offset puts the wheel. If the goal is to put wider wheels and tires and stick out a lot more than stock then Escape wheels are not ideal. But, if the goal is to put larger wheels and tires and have a little more stick out than stock then some of the Escape wheels are a good fit.
Examples exclude wheel lip: 7.5" width wheel with 50 offset will be 12.5 mm more positive which puts the outside of the wheel in exactly the stock location and the extra 1/2" width all towards the suspension.
8" width wheel with 50 offset will be the same 12.5 mm more positive offset which puts the outside of the wheel 1/4" farther out and the inside 3/4" closer to suspension.
The Maverick has plenty of room for both of these examples. Most of the wider wheels for Escape are 18", 19" & 20".
Best place I have found to explore fitment is https://www.wheel-size.com/calc/
Hope this helps