Category: Wheels & Tires
Price: $80
Private or Vendor Listing: Private Listing
Part fits (you may select multiples): R53, R55, R56, R57
Location (Region): NorCal
Item Condition: Used

Converts cars that accept M14 p1.25 to M12 p1.5, they are 4.5cm in length and accept a 6mm hex key that allows them to be threaded onto your rotor hats without retapping or drilling anything.

These should allow (please correct me if I’m wrong) any MINI manufactured after ~4/2006 to accept aftermarket wheels with M12 holes or wheelsets from older MINIs. Starting about half way through 2006 MINI changed the lug bolt size from 12mm to 14mm and pitch from 1.5 to 1.25. As I understand it, if you have a second or third generation MINI (or any GP) and want to put aftermarket wheels on it you’ll probably need these to make them fit.

They also make changing wheels much easier as you can hang the wheel on the studs for automatic centering. A must have for track use or anyone changing wheels semi regularly.

Includes 17 metallic studs (4x4 + 1 extra), 19 black lug nuts (4x4 + 3 extra), 1 CrMo socket adapter tool/key, and 2 8mm p1.5 nuts (I don’t know what for, but they were included).

I have an R53 with 12mm bolts so unfortunately these do not fit my car. They came with a wheel set I bought from a late 2006 made R53 GP that had the larger bolt holes found on r56 and later MINIs.

$80

 

The two nuts are to install and remove the studs using this method...


Good luck with the sale.

 

Ah, that makes perfect sense.

Thanks Gitmoe!