SO TO SEE WHERE THE SPREADSHEET IS AT RIGHT NOW CLICK HERE


Fellow NAMer's, If we could just get everyone that stumbles upon this thread to fill out the following information about their own cars, you and I would be able to knock out a crazy detailed spreadsheet of what fits, and what doesn't. What to shoot for and what to avoid. I understand that sometimes this is a long process that people do like to test & figure out on their own, but there is an on-going list of us, that are looking to expand our horizons with different lower offsets and wheel/tire set-ups out of the norm. I've put together the basic list of everything that I could think of at the moment, that can just be copied and pasted to each reply to this thread, (between the dotted lines) with your particular information. Then at the end of every week or month - or however busy this thread becomes, I will edit the first post here linking to the MOST UP-TO-DATE Spreadsheet

If nobody wants to take the time to actually fill all this information out for each of our cars, then I'll try and compile the most i can from various posts like the Original threads: Here & Here, Just to name a very small few of them just on NAM. Then if I would happen to get something wrong in what I posted about your particular car PLEASE JUST PM ME, and I'll edit the post and web site accordingly!


To Include In Every Reply To This Thread (For This Theory To Work) & If you don't know every single bit of info below, that's completely fine. Still post it up, and we'll try to figure the rest out for you.
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Your MINI's Model Year:
Cars Actual Build Date (Found on sticker on door):

WHEELS
Wheel Brand:
Wheel Size:
Wheel Offset:
Wheel Weight:

TIRES
Tire Brand:
Tire Size:
Tire Weight:

BRAKE CALIPER SET-UP
If Any Sort Of Non-OEM Set-Up, Please provide details...

CAMBER ADJUSTMENTS
(If Camber Adjustments Were Needed)
Current Camber Degrees In Front:
Current Camber Degrees In Rear:

SPACERS
(If Spacers Were Needed)
Front Spacers Size in mm please:
Rear Spacers Size in mm please:

SPRINGS and/or COILOVERS
Brand Name Purchased:
Estimate On Inches Lowered:

FENDER TRIMING and/or METAL ROLLING:

YOUR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS (If Any):

If we could then include one picture with your "stance" that you've specified above, it would add even more extra worth to this thread in genral.
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Let's make this happen everyone!!

 

Model Year: 2006 MCS R53
Build Date: 12/2005
Wheel Brand: BBS R99 (OEM)
Wheel Size: 17" x 7"
Wheel Offset: 48
Tire Brand: Toyo Proxies 4+ (Worn down a good amount in picture)
Tire Size: 205/50/17
Camber Degrees In Front (Brand Names): N/A
Camber Degrees In Rear (Brand Names): N/A
Spacers Used On Front Or Back (Brnad Names): N/A
Springs And/Or Coilovers (Brand Names): N/A
Camber Plates & Control Arms (Brand Names): N/A
Fender Trimming And/Or Metal Rolling Needed: N/A
Additional Comments: Nothing at all special, cause its all stock height still.

 

No one has a unique set-up that they'd be willing to share yet - or is everyone really going to make me research every car on NAM to do all this work

And of course anything that I might be missing or any ideas in general that you guys/gals might have, please feel free to post them up here. Again, I want this to ultimately HELP everyone when approaching this mod, from the very basic people to the most extreme people. (Without researching all-over-the-place to get all the info you'll need!)

 

Model Year: 2003 MCS R53
Build Date: 09/2002
Wheel Brand: R48 V-spoke white (OEM)
Wheel Size: 6.5J x 16"
Wheel Offset: 48
Tire Brand: BF GOODRICH g-Force T/A KDW 2
Tire Size: 215/40/16
Camber Degrees In Front (Brand Names): N/A
Camber Degrees In Rear (Brand Names): N/A
Spacers Used On Front Or Back (Brand Names): N/A
Springs And/Or Coilovers (Brand Names): N/A
Camber Plates & Control Arms (Brand Names): N/A
Fender Trimming And/Or Metal Rolling Needed: none needed
Additional Comments: widest 16" tire I could fit without any rubbing. Grip is furious wet or dry. Superior to the Goodyear Eagle GT's that were formerly on the car. Have been on the car since 2009 still have tread left. Did install a H&R 19mm sway bar and adjustable Alta control arms along with new Koni Shocks last year. Front struts also replaced with Koni OEM units.

 

There we go! Thanks man, and lets keep them rolling!!!!

 

Model Year: 2002 MCS R53
Build Date: August
Wheel Brand: Kosei K1 TS @ 15lbs
Wheel Size: 17x7
Wheel Offset: 42mm
Tire Brand: Sumitomo HTR ZII @ 21lbs w/ 360 A A
Tire Size: 215/45ZR17

Additional Comments:

the rear rubs on me only when i have a lot of wight in the car, truck/rear seats, or go over big bumps. This is also proabably due to my shocks being blown.... probably. im sure it would be fine if my shocks were still good... i have koni yellows and swift springs on the way so i wil report back when i get those in.

 

Thanks a million to everyone thats posted in here thus far.. And like I said, I'm going to update the first post on here with the website link in post #1 (Which will include pictures, if everyone doesn't mind). That way people won't even have to scroll through the whole thread to find exactly what they are looking for. So keep spreading the word everyone! And the more unique with aftermarket parts the more this will help in general. That's looking GREAT Greekdrifter91 BTW!

 

Thanks man! And I've already updated the website that I threw together! And many kudos to the weight of the wheels. Not sure how I forgot about that "Very Important Factor".... Will be adding that too. Great Idea!

 

....but I'm going to be working my butt off on the webpage with all our combined specs. How many of you honestly wouldn't love to know how some of these ultimate stances were created? I honestly am going with a 8J et20 set-up on my own car, but I'd love to see how others that have already done it (which I have seen 3 at least now with a ton of research), but why not throw all this info in one place to just see exactly what you want to see, when you want to see it, without researching for hrs or sometimes days......

If this is just me that's thinking that this thread is a good idea, then someone let me know, so I don't end up wasting my time. I can of course just make it for myself, but figured more people than just me, would love to have all this extensive info at their disposal at all times!

 

Model Year: 2004 MCS R53
Build Date: 03/2004
Wheel Brand: Team Dynamics pro race 1.2
Wheel Size: 17x8
Wheel Offset: +38
Tire Brand: BF GOODRICH g-Force T/A KDW 2
Tire Size: 235/40/17
Stock suspension some trimming of the plastic arches required and under heavy compression you will rub.
Pictures can be seen in my gallery.

 

Cool thread brody78 !

I would add a line in that stack of stats for what type of brake calipers the MINI is equipped with.

Stock, JCW, JCW brembo, Stoptech ect. can make a big difference with respect to offset/size wheel and spacer needed to get by them especially when going wider/drop.

 

Adding your info to the chart now!! In the future EVERYONE, if you could just add 1 decent picture/or even just a link to 1 picture, it will help me tremendously. Plus I won't possibly make a mistake of pulling an image from your galleries on here, that's not a true representation of your posted specifications. I know I'M A PAIN!!!! Sorry guys, just want this to be as good as I can make it & of course as accurate as possible!

 

Very Great Point & ANOTHER AWESOME IDEA GUYS!!!!!! I will add that to the list tonight also... Thanks everyone for the input thus far, and as always keep them rolling in. Honestly if you absolutely know of evan a good friends/club members set-ups to this degree of information, don't hesitate to just add them to a post, and if needs be, I could PM them with any "missing information"

 

And lets get some 14's, 15's, 16's 17's & 18's on here!!!!! I'm formatting the page that this thread links to, to be seperated by wheel size, so that it will be slightly easier for people looking to find particular information. Especially if that spreadsheet gets very large... (Which I'm Hoping For!!)

 

I really thought it was gonna be useful, but I guess more people like figuring out this all out on their own!

 

Just like helping people who post there issues not many people bother to tell us who was right and how there problem was resolved. As long as there own specific problem was solved most people don't care or don't think anyone else will have a similar issue and can benefit from letting us know what the fix was.

 

I hear ya man. (And I sure hope that I was never a canidate for your example - because NAM has helped me get to the bottom of issues many times) Just kinda disappointing with this thread.