R56 I don't like hub caps.
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I don't like hub caps.
I like the 17" crown spoke wheels. But I don't like wheels with hub caps. I want my wheel bolts exposed. hub caps make me look mild, meek, tamed.. and so on. When I change the wheels out it's an extra step. When I retorque the lug bolts I have to take the caps off. I don't think it is very sporty to have the hub caps. The previous crown spokes didn't have them. I like the crown spokes better than the flame spokes because the flame spokes remind me of flower petals which could be seen as feminine. Maybe I can trade the wheels for a set of used crown spokes at the dealership.
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Your dealer probably has some S-Lites (they look kind of like the Crown Spoke w/out hub cap). and I know there are folks on the forum who have S-Lites for sale (I had asked in another thread). As it turned out, when my car arrived my dealer swapped new S-Lites having Goodyear Eagle Runflats for the 16" crown spoke wheels that came with my car. I paid $600 for the upgrade to 17" and $200 for mounting, balancing, etc. Check my Gallery and get an idea of what I mean. Oh .. I should mention .. Where many of the earlier wheels are not recommended for the 2007s the S-Lites are.
Last edited by Ken Cooper; 04-06-2007 at 07:46 PM. Reason: Wheels for 2007s comment.
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This part of the thread kinda irritates me. There is no reason except greed to charge this much for mounting and balancing. My local tire shop switched my run-flats from the factory S-lights to R-99's for $60! I get aggrevated by the dealership pricing sometimes, and if I can help it, I just won't pay it!
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This part of the thread kinda irritates me. There is no reason except greed to charge this much for mounting and balancing. My local tire shop switched my run-flats from the factory S-lights to R-99's for $60! I get aggrevated by the dealership pricing sometimes, and if I can help it, I just won't pay it!
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Amen! You'll pay at least double for any wheel ever made there. Question about the wheels: Are the Webspoke 17" factory wheels ($500 extra) hubcaps like the crownspokes too? They are the other wheel option in the sport package. I don't want hubcaps, and I could not tell in the configurator that's what they are.
#12
Aaaarrrgggghhhh!!!
I jinxed myself answering this thread:
My MINI came today... no web spokes... CROWN SPOKES!!! I stongly dislike crown spokes. Got a $50 gift certificate for the screw up and it sounds like the dealer can get me a set of webs and tires this next week for the $500 I would have spent in the sport package addition (had the factory followed the ordered specs). Some suggestion that I might be able to keep the crown spokes as winter wheels (as they'll be used once swiched and "useless" to the dealer). We'll see.
I jinxed myself answering this thread:
My MINI came today... no web spokes... CROWN SPOKES!!! I stongly dislike crown spokes. Got a $50 gift certificate for the screw up and it sounds like the dealer can get me a set of webs and tires this next week for the $500 I would have spent in the sport package addition (had the factory followed the ordered specs). Some suggestion that I might be able to keep the crown spokes as winter wheels (as they'll be used once swiched and "useless" to the dealer). We'll see.
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This part of the thread kinda irritates me. There is no reason except greed to charge this much for mounting and balancing. My local tire shop switched my run-flats from the factory S-lights to R-99's for $60! I get aggrevated by the dealership pricing sometimes, and if I can help it, I just won't pay it!
Last edited by Ken Cooper; 04-07-2007 at 11:21 PM.
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