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Hey MiniManAdam! I know this post is a few years old, but I'm looking at getting some 15x7 wheels with 205/55/r15 tires for my R52 mini. I hadn't seen a pic of how the tires actually look until this post! I like the thicker side wall. Gives it that racecar spec haha. In the thread here you only have up close pictures of the wheels and tires, but do you happen to have pics of the entire car with these wheels and tires? I'd love to see how they look on the whole car. Thanks!
There are some photos in my thread of my car 15x7s with 205/55R15 tires.
I have a fitment question to the broader group. I am refinishing some R98 wheels (et48) and would like to get some spacers to get them to sit flusher to the fender, with no poke.
I am on Konis but looks to be stock height (car came with them) and camber. Im running Firestone Indy 500 in 215/45.
I read with a 17x7 oem wheel and oem 205/45 tires that an et35-36 gets me flush. I know not all tires are made the same.
Fitting a 215 tire on a 7” wheel adds some meat, and the bulge seems to lower the offer by 5. So the et48 stock wheel after bulge is actually like an et 43.
I was looking at 8mm spacers which takes me down to an et35, but is it safer to step down to a 5mm spacer to get to et38? **this is accounting for the lower offset due to the bulging rubber).
This is stock 205 vs 215 tire to show the tire bulge
This shows the offset adjusted by -5 to flush the wheels out. Disregard the back spacing from the strut
