Just installed Mach V red springs, replaced my JCW red springs, lowered 1.5". Definitely helped driving the Dragon. I also added a 20mm spacer in the rear, 15mm would be better.






JCW Left, Mach V Right Front Springs, you can see the difference

 

FK coilovers, technically still more drop to go but need some more camber on the back first

 

Lowered on Bilstein pss9

 

Am I reading 15 inch wheels and tires?

 

living the scrape lyfe. need to go get some real pictures when i have time

 

Yep 15"

 

 

I like those alot. Can you share the make of the wheel, the width and offset too. I am a fan of 15" wheels on Mini's. Thank you.

 

Thanks, they are 949 Racing wheels with +35 offset. The rims are 15x7

 

The 6ULs are a great wheel for the price, very popular within the miata community and light too!

I think I've already posted this but here are PF01 16x7 et35 (originally et43 but w/8mm spacers)

 

That's a pic from this past Saturday, got the car washed and waxed 2 days before that race.

 

i put new wheels on the mini! 17x8.5 et25 after the adapters

_MG_1631 by stoverORLY, on Flickr

_MG_1646 by stoverORLY, on Flickr

_MG_1640 by stoverORLY, on Flickr

_MG_1653 by stoverORLY, on Flickr

 

You need tires that actually fit, my brother.

 

Not mine....but some mild lows for y'all:

 

You dont like my poke and stretch? Camber plates and camber arms on the way

 

its dangerous ^

 

Not knocking it, per say. It's just that you're trading function for form, and on a car that's built to perform. Not to mention that extreme stretching can crack sidewalls and cause unexpected tire failure. There's a reason that a good, reputable tire shop won't even mount such a mismatched pairing.

Actually, I am knocking it. When the novelty value of having an Instagram account chock-full of Nashville filtered #HellFlush / #Stretch / #Poke photos wears off; when your boys at StanceWorks grow-up and sell their intentionally rusted MKIII GTI with Unicycle rack and Corvette rims and move out of Mom's finished basement, you're going to realize how silly this all is.

If you must, buy some 35 series tires and camber plates, and do this "right". And then buy tires, and then buy some tires, and then buy some tires again.

 

Well said BigChill

 

My mini is a daily driver, the tire stretch is minimal, and i dont race it. I build my cars to please myself not anyone else, i love the look. If i want to go fast ill take the other car out.

Fyi incase you didnt do the math 205 is 8inches , these are only 5" wider then the tires. But everyone is entitled to their opinion .

Motor on


Its funny that the silver mini just below me and so many others have been posted with the same if not more stretch and nobody bats an eye

 

THANKS, Dad!

 

TheBigChill is right though....Hell im 25 and i think this stance/stretch crap is dumb...

 

I think your stance is alright but you almost have too much poke. Its bordering on mexiflush. Maybe more negative camber will help. If you are going to go for the stanced look I think this is perfect for instance:



vs yours



see what I mean about the poke?

 

Yup i have no camber added in the front , im at .8 degrees currently, plan to add about a degree if. Necessary to bring the tops in

 

I just lowered mine due to peer pressure from my friends lol. Not sure how low I just slapped some H&R springs in there I think they say is about an 1" and 0.75" but I dint bother measuring

 

I apologize. Though, it was kinda tongue-in-cheek. If you're happy, that's all that matters.

What gets me, is that you're sacrificing safety, drivability and IMO looks, all to run a wheel & tire combo that flat-out isn't meant to go together. It doesn't fit, and you're trying to force it.