Augie)5,
Those wheels are righteous. What wheels are they and what size? What tires did you end up with. I just finally mounted mine yesterday.

 

Nice wheels and good choice Augie - I have the same ones! :-) BBS RV-F Black Diamond Finish!

 

Hello,

My wheels are 19x8 staggered with 4 inch lip in back. NC Forged 3 piece wheels. Car is lowered with Eibach springs.

 

Thanks locogringo !!

I went back and fourth on wheels/tires and ended up going with BBS RV-F wheels in 17x7.5 with 215/45 tires. Lots of pros/cons for all of the combos but decided I wanted something that was more "OEM like" but much lighter. The con with these wheels is the cost but justified them in mind due to my lower option list on my MCS. I am very happy with them. I think they work very will with my color combo as well.

 

Hey Krut,

I sent you a couple of PMs about two weeks ago. I stumbled across the pics of your car right after I ordered my wheel/tire combo. Very happy with them and love how they look on my dark silver and black MCS. Looks like these wheels were made for my car!!

 

You made a great choice. Those wheels are most excellent on your car. I have yet to see a bad looking BBS wheel though. Maybe my next set.

What tires did you end up with? I went with the Dunlop Sport Direzza Z1. I have only put a few miles on them, but they feel pretty nice. Hopefully will get to have some fun on them this weekend.

 

Well, like my wheels, I waffled on my tires a bit too. I ended up with BF Goodrich g-sport tires at 215-45. I decided to go with something that had a bit better wear rating. I believe these UHP tires are rated at 340 so I hope to get over 20K+ miles on them. They ride A LOT better than my stock run-flats, as anticipated. I only have about 50 miles on them and have not really pushed them yet. Maybe this weekend for me too!

Also, as a note, my car seems quicker than my stock set-up. They are much lighter than my stock 16" wheel/tire combo!

 

Any idea what the offsets are?

 

They sure look quicker.

Yeah. I weighed one of my 17"crown spokes with the 215/45-17 Bridgestone RE960 all season tires and it weighed 47 lbs. I wish I had weighed the 16" Enkei and Dunlop set up before I put them on, but I forgot to. According to Tire Rack's website, the combo weighs 35 1/2 lbs per corner. I agree it feels quicker, but it might be just me.

 

Finally I got my Black stripes and also the carbonfiber gear *** and emergency brakes... I just love it

 

I like that you have two rly nice red BMW made products

 

sweet jcw mini and a M3--- WOW! me and my wife stayed a couple of nights there at the sheraton. beautiful hotel and city for that matter!

 

Sweet M3! That's my favorite color for it too

 

Sweet!!

The CF shift **** feels soooooooo nice..enjoy it!

 

I really like the look you have going here and thought I'd show you what the beltine would look blacked out. I hope you don't mind.

 

 

I know I'm a little late to the game in replying to this, but that's basically the exact color combo, stripes and all, that I was considering. Thanx for posting. If I may ask (and if you see this), that is with the factory aero kit, correct?

 

That one doesn't have an aero kit.

 

 

New to the forum, so I wanted to show our first Mini - '07 Chili Red R56 with Tuscan Tan interior and striped bonnet, boot, and side panel!

Love the forum. Lots of great information and cool pics of other Minis!

 

Nice looking Mini! For some reason, maybe it's the wheels but that picture makes your car look like a toy model!

 

taken today.

 

I think it's the perspective, I thought the same thing. To be honest though aren't all mini's really toys.

 

Hey we share the same side stripe

 

Wow... I don't usually go for a protective bra, body graphics, chrome rims... but I like all of it on your car! One seriously attention getting car on the road I imagine.