I'll try and keep this simple, and short. Sold my G35 Coupe, and purchased
a 2004 Mini Cooper S 6 speed Manual Indy Blue. I removed the bonnet
stripes and added a visor tint strip as well.

I found out 3 of the 4 wheels are slightly bent. The car slightly pulls to the right. I had an alignment done, and they balanced the wheels. It helped very minimally. So, I am in the market for new wheels, but I am trying to stay within a small budget.

Here is my car with TSW 18's... 215/35/18.

These wheels have a tire width of 225/40/18
How wide is that in comparison with 215/40.. that seems to be a
common setup on the minis.

Here is a link of a wheel I was interested in:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Racing-Hart-...e87edf&vxp=mtr

Thank You

 

Sounds like you live in an area with fairly rough roads? Or the last owner was perhaps just quite careless? In any case, I would seriously consider your OEM options. The Mini wheels are heavy, but I have two sets of S-Lites, one of which has at least 90k of really rough kilometres on them, and they're still straight and round. As far as I know the OEM wheels are generally of a much higher quality than most/all budget aftermarket options - i.e., you need to spend a lot to get equivalent durability.

 

Ha, yea, the last owner said he did his "best" to avoid pot holes, but that clearly is not the case, or cheapo wheels. I like the look of aftermarket wheels, and I myself would be a much driver. My location does not have
many potholes, so I wouldn't see that as a problem. But, thanks for the information.

 

the bolt pattern on those is 4x114.4, our cars have 4x100

 

Was about to point this out as well, wont work.

 

thanks

 

The first number in the tire size is tread width in mm. So the 225 is 1 cm wider than the 215. The second number is a percentage of the first and the height of your sidewall. So for 205/50/15 (what I have) you get a 20.5 cm tread width, 50% of that gives you sidewall height so 10.25 cm, and the final number is the inner diameter, or rim size 15 inches.

I would advise you to think about lightweight vs. large diameter wheels before you buy. In the meantime I'm sure you could pick up a cheap set of stock wheels from a local club member. At least that would get you on the road going straight for the time being.

 

Also, you have a good looking Mini. Good luck with whatever you decide. There is a "Show us your wheels" thread on here with about 80 pages of posts (or something ridiculously high) to roll through if you are bored and looking for inspiration.

 

You can also try a Specialty wheel repair shop ,i looked into it a year or so ago & they claim to be able to make your wheel look brand new for hundreds less than a new set,
here's a business near me that specializes in this,just to give you an idea..hope this helps..
http://www.rimprofessionals.com/pricing.htm