Part Wanted Frp wheels

_adrn_ · Oct 24, 2024

Looking for a set of frp wheels or any other type of wheel that looks alike for my puma 98'
Does anyone know where to get them? also it would be nice if it was a cheap set even if its in a bit of a bad condition since i can fix them.
I don't have much money since i'm a student lol
Thanks in advantage

John Woodward · Oct 24, 2024

_adrn_ said:
Looking for a set of frp wheels or any other type of wheel that looks alike for my puma 98'
Does anyone know where to get them? also it would be nice if it was a cheap set even if its in a bit of a bad condition since i can fix them.
I don't have much money since i'm a student lol
Thanks in advantage

The FRP wheels if any come up for sale tend to be very expensive, even in poor condition.
Remember that only 500 FRPs were made and we have no definite figures that how many are left on the road or are being kept to be restored one day.

_adrn_ · Oct 25, 2024

oh, thanks for the advice, do u have any recomendation on any cheap wheels that look similar?

John Woodward · Oct 25, 2024

_adrn_ said:
oh, thanks for the advice, do u have any recomendation on any cheap wheels that look similar?

Not really, I've stuck with 15" wheels, but use the ones that were fitted on the UK Thunder edition, as I prefer them to the original Propeller/Fan blade wheels.
In theory all Ford 4 stud (4x108) wheels will fit, but the Puma ones have an offset of ET34, so a higher offset may need spacers. I know that 4stud Focus wheels have an offset of over 50 and would need spacers.

_adrn_ · Oct 25, 2024

that's the type of wheel i want since i want to keep the 15'.
Do you know where i could maybe found them?

John Woodward · Oct 25, 2024

_adrn_ said:
that's the type of wheel i want since i want to keep the 15'.
Do you know where i could maybe found them?

The FRP wheels are 17" by the way.
The Thunder edition in the UK was built at the end of Puma production and about 2,000 cars were built with the wheels,Ford may have used them on a European market Puma, they have an ET of 34, Fiesta Si ( I think) look exactly the same but have an ET of 43.5, which means the wheels sits further under the arches by 9.5 mm, if you fit 10mm spacers you would need longer wheel studs as the wheel nut would only use about 10mm of the wheel nut thread instead of 20mm which I don't consider safe.
I know this because I've just tried, as I have 2 Fiesta wheels fitted for the winter.