hello all: After nearly 50,000 miles of blissful motoring, our beloved R52 had its first mishap.The passenger side front wheel lip is badly curbed. its painful to even look at it leave alone post pics. i doubt MINI still makes these wheels anymore but I will be calling them today. any pointers to where I might find a OEM sidewalk wheel or anyone NAM'er has these wheels for sale I would very much be interested in one. thank you in advance.

 

Most any wheel can be found in singles on the internet...
Sometimes sold as is or fully refurbished...
Some area have wheel shops that will straighten, paint, polish rims....
Use one of the links in a post to OEM rims, and get the OEM "style" of rim...this the name/code...usually a letter and number, like r84, and the name, like x-lite...and color..some rims were in different colors...
Have both of these items will make looking for a rim simpler...

 

You might be able to get it fixed.

 

The 17" 'web spoke' wheels on our R52 looked like leftovers from WWII after 70,000. Had the discs and pads replaced at a body shop where the disc hats and calipers were painted and the wheels completely stripped down and repainted. They look like new. Give it a go with you local body shop and see what they say.

 

http://libraryofmotoring.info/facts/wheels/
here is one source of pics to determine the type...
a simple Google search yielded MANY sellers of rims if you need a replacement!!

 

you are all awesome. thank you so much. update: order placed

http://www.ecstuning.com/ES64961/

heres to many more years of safe motoring for all of you. long live R52.