Check out this Laguna Seca Blue DUB MINI with the 20's on it!!!
And the silver one is from BMP....

 

i saw that car at sema. it didnt look like they could drive it at all.there was no room on the rear wheels for suspension travel.

 

You were at SEMA too? What is your name? I think the car had airbag suspension.....either that or they had to put the rims on right there and take em off before driving out...

 

Some slightly larger pictures for my old eyes




Rub, rub, rub in my tub.
Sorry but that is not driveable over any curb or at speed through any corner at more than 5 to 10 mph.
Now what they should have done is to get really wide and tall wheel arches to extend the fenders but it would disturb the whole balance of the MINI's design.

They also painted clear over the side front and back red and amber lights- can they work through blue paint? Legal?


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Great boat anchors Maybe 50 pounds a piece??? About as hot as 7 inch stilleto heals...looks awsome as long as you don't plan on moving in them.

 

I think it was like some sort of tint or film that they applied on the headlights and taillights....I closely examined that

 

Not only 50 pounds apiece but the probably cost about 5-6k......not what I would spend on rims

 

In most states your side markers do not have to be on the side. Sound odd? If for example your parking lights are visable from the side you are OK. Been around street rods to long I guess.

Motor on

 

Yeah that is true in Hawaii also

 

Why are so many people try to put the largest rims possible on a vehicle?...I know up a size or two can improve handling but we are talking a Mini here which even 17's are very large for it....hell...lets put 30 inchers on it...would you like it then? It's just stupid on a Min or anything else IMO.

 

>>Why are so many people try to put the largest rims possible on a vehicle?...I know up a size or two can improve handling but we are talking a Mini here which even 17's are very large for it....hell...lets put 30 inchers on it...would you like it then? It's just stupid on a Min or anything else IMO.

I think large oversized rims are for appearance sake, keeping up with SUVs with 24+" rims but it just doesn't work at all for a MINI. 17" look and ride ok with somewhat reasonable weight and cost. 18" means heavier and more cost with more looks but is there much more performance vs degradation in ride smoothness? 19" for looks only, can't imagine there are any benefits to weight, cost, or performance that would be worth the effort.

Yes there are films on the headlights and taillights that I have seen before at Rspeed.

If you are going to paint right over the side fender lights so they don't work then as a paint shop don't you want to remove the light and fill it so that it makes the entire surface smooth and finished as if the light didn't exist? I would have painted over all except the bulb portion of the light. Or tinting would also have worked.

 

They be some fugly wheels. Yeah.

 

Bling²

Impractical³

 

>>Bling²
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>>Impractical³


Yup...it's like them **** queens with absurdly inflated watermelons breasts...YUCK!

Too much is not always a good thing

 

"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

 

we saw that car at SEMA....i didnt think it was leguna seca blue. hmm, maybe it was b/c i'm used to seeing that only on M3's :smile: :smile:

seemed like bling-bling 20s were the "in" thing for SEMA. they looked hot on all those scions :smile: