Greetings. I'm currently in the middle of negotiating a swap for 16" MINI wheels, think they're from the R50 facelift, its really neat and comes with tires which are new, in return I will be handing over my 17" s-lites with tires. Both are in poor condition. What I'd like to know is if 16" wheels will look retard on an eibach suspension setup? I'm intrested in these since they're light and I could probably re-sell them for a higher price than the poor condition s-lites. Some advice would be great. Does this seem like a good move? Thanks!

 

Do you have a picture of the 16" MINI wheels? Do you know what tires are on them and what size?

16" wheels are fine for any MCS with or without a suspension drop.

S-lite wheels are very heavy so almost any wheel swap will be fine, did you have Runflats on them?

Some common 16x6.5" stock MINI wheels from about 2004.


X-lytes (these are about as light weight as possible for 16" OEM wheels)


5 spoke

 

I have decided not to continue with this swap. The wheels were R92's. I think they're also called fin 7 spoke's