Ok, so I've been on this site since it was MINIcooperonline and I've had my car for 5 years and 97,000 miles.I've been to MANY events (mostly local) and in ALL this time I have never seen another car (in person or in pictures) with the wheels I have.Am I truly the only one out there with these things?????? Jock

 

 

cool! Any others out there?

 

Local or not you have unique MINI wheels. Their optional. What's your story behind getting them.

R88 in silver
Style R88 6.5Jx16 - weighs 19.6 lbs or 8.9Kg Offset = +48mm

You can buy R88 still
http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...tegoryID=75821
About $141.60 each
Or order them through your MINI parts dept using your club discount if you have one.

Nice picture library of MINI wheels-
http://www.libraryofmotoring.info/miniwheelguide.html

 

I specced my car in Feb of 02 with Keith Polischuk at MINI of Peabody , having left a deposit at Northshore BMW the November before that. That earned me a tee shirt with the car with the number 172 on the "odometer"
I actually specced the car with these wheels and they were swapped out by the dealer at purchase . Since I was swapping out "new" wheels, they charged me $400 for the 4 R88's and $200 labor . I whined and whined about the service charge , but the dealership held fast because "you don't know how hard it is to change these run flats". That helped me a lot when at 20,000 miles I had to replace the(Dunlop s5000) run flats as I went with standard tires and have never looked back. I currently run Blizzaks in the winter and Potenza SO3 pole position in the summer, and yes, I carry a spare, jack and lug wrench with me .