what the specs on those wheels on the 2nd and 3rd pic? i love the poke and stretch look... will 15x8 with 15et work????

 

15x8 et14 up front and 15x8.5 et8 and 205/50 tires all around.

15x8 et15 can be made to fit, but the stretched tire is required and i have to run -2.5 degree camber up front to be able to tuck tire. Before i added the camber, i knocked the arch off when i hit a bump....oops

 

how about 0et? will it fit??

 

can i put a 195 tire too? or is that too thin?

 

Doubtful...it too much in my opinion and is only gonna be harder on your bearings than an et15 already is. It will poke out more than my rears (which are pushing it...and i would never run something like that on the front) and yet, it's a thinner wheel which will look weird IMO.

Yes....195's would fit. I'm gonna be running 195s next season cause I'm taking off these lips and go slightly smaller (15x7.5 front, 15x8 rear). It will be a lot of stretch though....

I'm gonna assume you're looking at sportmaxx's

 

yeh my dad has sportmax 002 on his miata 15x8 0et .. they have the new 513 looks like the rota rb but in low offset .. they have 15x8 0et so that not gonna fit but they have 15x7 15et. so im guess thats gonna fit!!

 

which sportmax look nice on our mini? what do you think of the 002 or 501?

 

I just wish that they offered the sportmaxx 002 in 15x8 et20 instead of et0. That'd be perfect. The new minilite (rota rb) look-a-likes are pretty cool too.

The 501's have a better offset, but I prefer how the other ones look.

Your dad's miata is probably 4x100....so there's no harm in test fitting them on your ride to see how they look

 

yeh it is.. but you sed you wouldnt recommend using 0et on the mini... it would be harful and plus i have the m7 springs i dont think its low enough

 

yah it's hard to pull off the stretch-poke look without coilovers. Too much wheel gap.

 

you dont recommend rolling on 0et on our mini ... yeh i kno i need coilovers!!

 

thinking I'm going to go with 8mm spacers and a TSW stud conversion.

 

Thats great information. I was just about to buy some 10mm and decided to dearch for some info on them. Thanks Tazio!

 

What wheels are those? Size, Make etc ?

 

They're custom BBS RM's. I took off the stock lips and installed some wider polished lips from Schmidt in Germany and I replaced the original bolts with some gold plated bolts from RKimporting. They no longer sell this wheel so you've gotta find a used set....and then it's up to you on how you want to modify them. Stock they are 15x6.5 et33.....mine are 15x8 et14 up front and 15x8.5 et14 in the back.

 

gosh that red MINI looks so vicious!!

 

does anyone here have a link to buy the spacers and the longer lug bolts. i just want to get an idea how much i would need to spend on coilovers with the 8mm spacers and lug bolts.

thanks
jeff

 

Well, I spoke with Madness today, and they have not been able to get 8mm spacers in for quite some time, and don't see them coming in anytime soon. So I had them switch my order to 5mm. I contemplated the 12mm, but I wanted to be on the safe side since; I already have the tsw stud kit awaiting install when the spacers come in, and I think the stud kit only handles up to 8mm spacers. Plus, I might be pushing clearance a bit too close with 12mm on 215 tires, lowered.
So I'll see how it goes when they come in.

 

Turner Motorsports
Spacers - http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...i&subcat_id=93

Wheel Bolts - http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html...&subcat_id=162

Madness
Spacers - http://www.mini-madness.com/browsepr...l-Spacers.HTML

Stud Kit - http://www.mini-madness.com/browsepr...rsion-Kit.HTML

TSW
Stud Kits - http://www.txwerks.com/servlet/Categ...el+Accessories

 

Thanks for the links. I am new to this but do you know if you can put 8mm spacers all the way around? If so do you know what size tires can be put on. I was thinking of going on 17's or 18's.

Thanks
Jeff

 

Can't really answer that question well without knowing what size wheel, how wide, or what offset.

 

the info for the spacers on turnermotorsport says for 2002-2005.... is there any difference with a 2008 MCS


thanks,
dave

 

The lug pattern is the same, but the lug bolts are now 14mm rather than 12mm so you may want to check on the spacer hole size. Other than that they should be the same specs.

 

i looked up H&R website and found this info for a 2008 MCS:

http://hrsprings.com/scripts/appguid...|%20Cooper%20S


the part numbers match the ones on turner so i guess its all good.

 

June 2006 the is whene the lug switch occured - very good comment on checking lug access clearance also!

Alex