Are these early 98 SVT rims?

yeah, regardless of what year they came on, they are E1's.

Originally posted by beyondloadedSE:
yeah, regardless of what year they came on, they are E1's.

My car is an E0, which is #2119 and built in Nov 97. So yeah, not E0 rims (and he's full of s**t!)

If the owner says they bought the car new with those rims already on there, then maybe the dealership changed them.

Originally posted by PacificTourGL:
If the owner says they bought the car new with those rims already on there, then maybe the dealership changed them.

Ohhh... maybe the dealer knew about the 1998.5 change and wanted people to think the car was the newer model!

That's what I thought. I told him they were from 98.5-00. He said he bought it new from dealer. That it was early 98, build #57, and that other things were different, like the mirrors, and knobs on dash and that, maybe, later they changed to the ugly E0 rims. I replied that I had build #6 and that I thought all early 98's had E0 rims, not E1's.

Originally posted by todras:

Guy is full of crap. No way a car that early had those wheels. They are the E1's used on 98.5-00.

Exactly. My 2000 came stock with those rims. They're E1's

I'm not sure if they are stock but GoonzSVT's 98 (build no. 0009) Has the 'ugly' EO's

Could be telling the truth about having purchased the car that way, but he's not very knowledgeable. I love it when people get defensive and start making stuff up.

holy slicks

Originally posted by Geddup Noise:

Originally posted by todras:

Guy is full of crap. No way a car that early had those wheels. They are the E1's used on 98.5-00.

Exactly. My 2000 came stock with those rims. They're E1's

I'm not sure if they are stock but GoonzSVT's 98 (build no. 0009) Has the 'ugly' EO's

Yea, goonz has E0's

On a side note, the guy seems like a moron, look at the tread left on the tires... what idiot would drive their car(im assuming no burnout) to that kind of tread..

Well seeing that at least one of those tires has tread left, and the other doesn't, I'm guessing they did a burnout.

what do teh E0s look like?

thnaks
bobbyd

This is my 98 CSVT #6 of 6535, showing the E0 wheels.

Originally posted by spdsk8r:
That's what I thought. I told him they were from 98.5-00. He said he bought it new from dealer. That it was early 98, build #57, and that other things were different, like the mirrors, and knobs on dash and that, maybe, later they changed to the ugly E0 rims. I replied that I had build #6 and that I thought all early 98's had E0 rims, not E1's.

You do know that the 98's were shipping in May and June of 1997 don't you????
I took delivery of my 98 E0 SVT on June 14th of 1997.
This guy is probably NOT full of [censored].
If he bought it in EARLY 1998, that means it was more than halfway through the 98 model year, hence probably why he got it with E1 rims. There could easily have been some customer who wanted to buy the E0 SVT rims for their regular contour and dealer saw a chance to upgrade the rims to E1s to better sell the car maybe.

Originally posted by spdsk8r:
This is my 98 CSVT #6 of 6535, showing the E0 wheels.

they arent that bad ,

Originally posted by spdsk8r:
This is my 98 CSVT #6 of 6535, showing the E0 wheels.

Wow, that thing looks mint!

My favorite color combo too.

Originally posted by spdsk8r:
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These look more like E1 rims. Seller told me his early 98, #57 was bought new by him with these rims on. Am I missing something? I thought all early 98 SVT's came with E0 rims.

I just stumbled across a 1998 Contour SVT brochure I had filed. It's an E0 brochure, because it shows 195 hp and the blue interior in the t-red car, HOWEVER, ALL the pictures show E1 wheels! (i.e. Cobra style with exposed lug nuts) The picture and stats on the back shows them wrapped in Goodyear Eagle F1-GS 205/55ZR-16.

I was surprised to see this as I ALWAYS thought of the Cobra style wheels as "E1" wheels. So, I'm guessing this guy is telling you the truth.

Having 195 hp and a blue interior doesn't make it an E0. E1's had the same specs.

Maybe there were some crossover vehicles that were E0s with the newer rims when the E0 rims ran out or when the E1s rolled in the Assy line just started installing them?

I understand that there were several months between the end of production of the E0 and the start of production of the E1. The regular Contour had moved to the 98.5 for a while before the E1 was introduced. That's how I rememberit, but I could be wrong. Most certainly any brouchere with the Cobra style wheels would be an E1 brouchere. I have one of each.

Originally posted by CSVT1214:
Having 195 hp and a blue interior doesn't make it an E0. E1's had the same specs.

I disagree. E1's have 200hp, not 195hp, and they came with 215 tires, not 205s. Also, I'm 90% sure you could no longer get the blue interior in a t-red car once the E1 tan interior came out.

Originally posted by CART99:

Originally posted by CSVT1214:
Having 195 hp and a blue interior doesn't make it an E0. E1's had the same specs.

I disagree. E1's have 200hp, not 195hp, and they came with 215 tires, not 205s. Also, I'm 90% sure you could no longer get the blue interior in a t-red car once the E1 tan interior came out.

That is totally wrong. E1 = 98.5 (not 99-00). 1998-1998.5 all had 195 hp.

Also have 205s. I know this because my friend whos car I see every single day is a 98.5. It's not just the tires mounted on his car either. His sticker in the drivers side door says 205.

Originally posted by CSVT1214:

Originally posted by CART99:

Originally posted by CSVT1214:
Having 195 hp and a blue interior doesn't make it an E0. E1's had the same specs.

I disagree. E1's have 200hp, not 195hp, and they came with 215 tires, not 205s. Also, I'm 90% sure you could no longer get the blue interior in a t-red car once the E1 tan interior came out.

That is totally wrong. E1 = 98.5 (not 99-00). 1998-1998.5 all had 195 hp.

Also have 205s. I know this because my friend whos car I see every single day is a 98.5. It's not just the tires mounted on his car either. His sticker in the drivers side door says 205.

http://www.contour.org/FAQ/FAQ.php?s=terms

Remember, seller said his car is #57, which is a early production E0 car. Not as early as mine, though.

Originally posted by CSVT1214:

Originally posted by CART99:

Originally posted by CSVT1214:
Having 195 hp and a blue interior doesn't make it an E0. E1's had the same specs.

I disagree. E1's have 200hp, not 195hp, and they came with 215 tires, not 205s. Also, I'm 90% sure you could no longer get the blue interior in a t-red car once the E1 tan interior came out.

That is totally wrong. E1 = 98.5 (not 99-00). 1998-1998.5 all had 195 hp.

Also have 205s. I know this because my friend whos car I see every single day is a 98.5. It's not just the tires mounted on his car either. His sticker in the drivers side door says 205.

Ok, if I'm totally wrong, then what did Ford change on the car between 1998 and 1998.5???

Originally posted by CART99:

Originally posted by CSVT1214:

Originally posted by CART99:

Originally posted by CSVT1214:
Having 195 hp and a blue interior doesn't make it an E0. E1's had the same specs.

I disagree. E1's have 200hp, not 195hp, and they came with 215 tires, not 205s. Also, I'm 90% sure you could no longer get the blue interior in a t-red car once the E1 tan interior came out.

That is totally wrong. E1 = 98.5 (not 99-00). 1998-1998.5 all had 195 hp.

Also have 205s. I know this because my friend whos car I see every single day is a 98.5. It's not just the tires mounted on his car either. His sticker in the drivers side door says 205.

Ok, if I'm totally wrong, then what did Ford change on the car between 1998 and 1998.5???

I don't know every little thing changed, but some obvious changes are Cobra style wheels, decontented dash clock, no more Pre-98 chrome antenna base, gauge cluster, window switches.

I'll let someone else that knows better list the visual and mechanical differences between 98 and 98.5.

Also the front struts were revalved to better control lift on acceleration and dive on braking.

It is about the time that Ford decontented the front brakes from the early SVT calipers to the late SVT calipers (same calipers as non SVT). Ford claims in their parts catalog that this change was 5/99, but our experience here at CEG is that it was much earlier, perhaps as early as the change from E0 to E1.

Well, I was obviously wrong about the whole E0/E1 thing. 7 year owner and I'm still learning about it!

WHO CARES. They are E1's. They get swapped all the time.

Originally posted by nofx198e5:
WHO CARES. They are E1's. They get swapped all the time.

Huh? What are you talking about?

Originally posted by spdsk8r:
Remember, seller said his car is #57, which is a early production E0 car. Not as early as mine, though.

# 6 is around? I thought Goonz's 0009 was the earliest. Do you have photos or a cardomain page?

Originally posted by mean'tour:

Originally posted by spdsk8r:
Remember, seller said his car is #57, which is a early production E0 car. Not as early as mine, though.

# 6 is around? I thought Goonz's 0009 was the earliest. Do you have photos or a cardomain page?

Pics on page 2 of this thread.

FYI, he has different center caps then any SVT E0 I have seen. SVT is not painted black on his.

Only one I've seen like that was the pre-production model in the Ford SVT video.