OK. I finally decided on summer wheels & tires, and they now sit in the garage, awaiting the nicer weather.
After seeing a few Minis in the past with spacers, I have almost made the decision to get some. I'd like to see what everyone is running in terms of spacers, and see how they affect the look of the Mini.

So lets see them!

 

I ran 15mm H&R spacers with my S-Lites. I really liked the way they looked and had no issues. If I can find the photos, I'll post them post haste.

 

When I get the chance, will post pics of my 16mm Eibach's that are pushing my wheels way out of the arches - I hate it but have no choice because of the BBK

 

sounds awesome! I Can't wait to see pics!

 

here's a photo I found when I was researching spacers. they were running H&R 10mm spacers:

 

H&R 5mm (40 offset wheels) - might do 10mm for this track season:



mb

 

Lowerd with Bilstein PSS9, 12mm spacers and Tarox big brakes (another 3mm offset), 1.5 degree negative camber.
The R95 have 4mm higher ET (more inward) than the S-Lites.

 

tangent... what lug conversions are you guys using?

 

h&r 5mm spacers in the front only, et37 oz ul's, and tsw stud kit.

 

10mm, a.k.a. The Spacer of Death

 

These pics are looking good! I love the way it looks when the wheels are pushed out flush or more with the outer fender.

 

 

10mm is the depth of the Mini hubs, which leaves nothing for... hubcentricity. 8mm and thinner stilll leave the wheel center something to hang on to, and 12mm and thicker will have hub extenders.

 

I didn't know that... interesting.

 

17X7.5'' +45offset RIMS, 215/45-17 TIRES with H&R 5mm spacers

 

 

here's my old MC with S-Lites and 15mm H&R spacers:

 

Originally 15x7 et40 with 5mm spacers all around to make it et35. Longer lugs from Gorilla


Just simply low offset wheels (basically the same aesthetic as adding spacers to wheels to achieve low offsets)


And a funny little animation to show what a difference wide wheels and low offsets makes. From a 5.5" wheel with an offset in the high 40s to an 8.5" wheel with an offset less than 10

 

oh i getz it know, thanks for the info

 

sweet!
I've been thinking about the Madness 8mm Spacers & their Stud Kit

 

My track tires... 16" Rota Slipstreams with 12mm spacers on the front to fit over the Wilwoods and 5mm on the back. They look a little small, but it's all about performance when on the track.

 

What BBK are you running? I'm looking to find larger rotors and calipers that will fit my 17" by 7" et37mm OZ Uls and my stock 15" MINI winter wheels.

Jeremy

 

I'm running the 12.2" Wilwoods on the front only.

Check the TSW brake kit as well... they designed it to fit under some 16" wheels, I think, and the rotor is massively thick to help disperse heat and resist fade.

Oh yeah... I'm running studs from Turner Motorsport w/ the Muteki lug nuts from TSW.

 

Anyone know hat size lugs/lug conversion size I'd need if running 8mm spacers?

 

Ummm not quite sure exactly the size but the tsw stud kit i am using would fit that easily... just make sure you rtfm and install using the correct tq values.