What is the name of the rim, and how wide is it? What is the offset?

 

Follow the link. All info to behold

http://www.mini2.com/forum/faq.php?f...heel_tire_tech

 

Nice rims. I thought it was going to be something exotic!

R83 5-star (5 spoke) offset +48mm weight 20.1lb

Pretty standard 16x6.5 rim for Base Cooper with Premium package
Usually comes with 195/55-16 runflat tires.
Choice of silver or white finish.

 

^^ me too...

 

T-Boy, don't listen to 'em. Not all of us can already know everything.

 

LOL Thanks guys. This whats on my wifes mini, and I'm buying some tires that are lighter, and look better then the big balloon of a tire thats on there.
I got some 205-50-16 falken zeix 512. Worked out good for me in the past, so i figured i stay with what works. i think she'll enjoy the ride better with these tires.

 

sounds good. yah, 55profile are baloons.

 

Hey! I know that car! :D

 

205/50-16 is good tire size for that stock rim- it's not a bad rim.

For Falken another good tire is the replacement for the Ze-512 which is
The Ziex Ze-912 $78 each 360 treadwear V speed rated 21.6 lbs
available at Edgeracing.com
http://edgeracing.com/tire/5547/

 

Balloons? I have 60 series tires, and they complement the rims and keep the car proportional. Anything bigger than 16inch looks silly.

 

hummmmm... why silly me.

 

Well, As far as the wife, she doesn't care too much about performance. She's just complaining about how much noise the oem tires creates (partly due to wear and age). From personal experiance, I know the falkens are pretty quiet, and handle wet (standing water) very well. And the fact that they were only 300 shipped, how can i pass...
I have the rt-615 on my car.....but are waering fast, so i went ahead and bought a set for myself. rt-615's suck in the wet. Handles 300fwhp pretty well, but even with the rt-615's, traction is still an issue...FWD FTL Wet, you can forget getting into boost all together

 

dang, that's cheaper than my sumitomo HTR+'s.