Interior/Exterior Interior and exterior modifications for Cooper (R50), Cabrio (R52), and Cooper S (R53) MINIs.

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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 11:16 AM
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Wheel help

hi every one

well i have decided its about time to get rid of my runflats and treat my car to some new shoes

however im stuck on which to get as im not sure if they will look good on my car:

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the two wheels im look at are:


17" Lenso D1R MB Alloy Wheels

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18" INOVIT AROS

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soo my question to you all is what do you guys think will look good and if any one is good at photoshop jobbies and feel like doing a mock up of them on my car i be very very happy


thanks danny
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 06:59 AM
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I like the 17" Lenso D1R MB Alloy Wheels better, the black will look sharp on your color of MINI. Plus the other set are a touch to Chromeish (is that even a word). Just my two cents.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 09:57 AM
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i dont think you can make a final decision until you see those rims on the car..maybe someone who's good at photoshop? but i think those 18" ones would look really nice as well as the 17" ones.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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Those are both SSR Comp knock offs, so they will look fine. You can find several pics of them here or go over to TireRack and see them on the car.



IMHO, if you really want to feel an advantage over the RF tires, stick with 16" wheels. I went from the OEM 16" RFs to 17" 205/45s and though the traction advantage was huge, the ride improvement was marginal. I later picked up some 16" SSR knock offs w/Hankook RS2's in 225/45-16, and the ride is over top better than the 17s or the RFs.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:40 PM
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I like the 17" Lenso D1R MB Alloy Wheels
 
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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thanks for you help guys still very tricky decision lol yeh like you said minjae cant really tell untill like a photoshop job is done .....coff coff
 
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 07:05 PM
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I looked into 5 spokes for my MINI, ended up not being a big fan of that style. IMO 6 Spoke looked bettter.

and a 38MM offset looks sweet.......no spacers either. If you go to 36MM you may have rubbing issues with fenders.

These are - 16" Enkei Perf. ES6's - 38 MM offset with 195/50/16.

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