Tires, Wheels, & Brakes Discussion about wheels, tires, and brakes for the new MINI.
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by JCW Driver
Or you could keep the stock set-up and stay with extremely heavy and painted, not shiny.

It also so happens that load factor is what the suspension was engineered to handle, so it's perfectly fine to have a set of reasonably priced, lighterthanstockbutheavierthanwheelweightnazislike mounted to your car.
WellsaidthereJCWDriver!

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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 09:43 AM
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Well until I saw these quick photoshop pics a friend did for me my mind was made up. It's red as that's the color the new Mini is going to be, but now it's a toss up. What you think? ( All hyper or silver not gunmetal)

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