Added more capacity to the Blue Beast! Plan to leave the cross bars on, but remove the cargo basket when not needed to reduce drag and fuel use (plus, makes an irritating whistling noise when empty).

 

Boca Tiger,are those wheels 17" or 18"?

 

19" JCW! Though in hindsight, I wouldn't really recommend. Combined with the 'run-flats', you pretty much lose a filling everytime you go over a railroad crossing or other bump!

 

R129 19 inchers...

 

Looks Good....What is the set up....Mini Cross Bars...etc?

 

Awesome! Can you tell us what the set up is? Looks like Mimi but I can't be sure. We're picking up a Countryman soon and we'll need one. Thanks.

 

It's the MINI rack ($235) with cargo carrier ($412). The two are sold separately -as the cargo carrier and other available accessories like the box, bike rack, surf rack, ski, etc. all mount to the rack crossbars.

Save yourself about $175 and install yourself since its pretty straight forward (wish I did).

 

I've seen a very similar 17" wheel on Ebay and was wondering if yours were
that size.
They look great and being smaller may help improve the ride.

 

Mine are completely stock 17"...Boca Tiger said his were JCW 19"

 

Yeah, probably won't put run-flats back on when finally need to replace tires. Maybe buy a donut or something for spare.