Killer package from Tirerack...love the ride and the look! 16x7.5 rims and 205/50R/16 for tires...kept it simple....

 

those are Volk Rays. look closely. you can see both labels. says Volk on them..

 

^labels can be replicated so easily.

Anyway, Vlatko has already said these are knockoffs.

 

awww. no offense to the owner, but thats kinda wack . just save up and get the real deal, or just be proud of your fake wheels. i got some LM Reps (ESM 004) and i love them. to each their own i guess..

 

I bought a set of R105's a few months ago. Got the wheels and tires for $1k, not too bad



I wish I could get these tho! Too bad they're only made for 3 cars and are like $8k per set :(


These seem pretty close tho, anyone know what they are?

 

Do you like your SDrives? I love the way mine ride....

 

Yep I like them a lot. They're pretty loud but I like everything else about them.

The S-Drives are better in every other way than the Bridgestone Potenza runflats that came on the car and only lasted 16k mi. The Yokohamas are louder but they are more comfortable, handle much better, and seem to be lasting longer all while being lower profile and looking much better!

 

I guess I never really noticed I think they are quite but I do have tunes playing most of the time...lol

 

My old runflats were decently quiet. I notice a little wooshing noise when slowing down mostly. It doesn't bother me but I'd prefer them be quieter.

 

Actually, you can buy original replacement decals for the TE37, CE28 & RE30 directly from Rays

 

interesting.

 

Here's my ASA AR1 from Tire Rack that I got with my winter tires. I think I like them better than the solid blacks that I have my summer tires on so I might switch the summers to the ASAs in the spring. Since the photo, I got a set of stick-on MINI center cap covers from OutMotoring...aluminum adhesive backed discs with the MINI logo...look like OEM center caps.

 

Not 100% sure how it works and how accurate this is, but two of my stickers were damaged and i asked my shop to order some more. He told me Rays is very careful about sending out stickers because they don't want them ending up on knock offs. He had to take pictures of the damage and send them to Rays before they would sell him the stickers. And they would only send the ones that were actually damaged. They were pretty expensive too, from what i remember.

 

Yes, you need to send them pictures of the damaged stickers and they usually only send you replacements for the damaged ones (at least this is what they did with me).

You can buy knock offs and authentic versions on ebay.

 

It' was pretty easy for me to get from Japan, to be honest. I told my japanese friend how many I needed, and in 2 weeks they were at my door. He never asked me for pics to send to the shop where he ordered the decals from.

Check them out here: http://rays-msc.com/html/rays_gear.html

 

Guys, here in Macedonia every shop that makes stickers can make a replica of the VOLK stickers

The yellow MINI I posted is from Turkey, so the sticker are the least problem to be replicated.

 

Sorry... I didn't notice this question before now.

I do not have any rubbing issues at all with this set up. The only thing, as you can notice from the pictures, is that there is slight mushrooming of the tire, and the tire is much closer to the outer plane of the side of the car than the stock wheels/tires were. It took a day or so to get used to the different look, but now I don't even think about it. But as I said, I have not noticed any rubbing in any circumstances, and I have driven it quite hard on the Tail of the Dragon and the other twisties in that area. The handling and ride are excellent.

 

Nice choice on the wheels. If I'm not mistaken, those look like the BBS RK.

http://www.mini-madness.com/browsepr...S-RK-17x7.HTML

Obviously the link has a stock 5 lug image but it is close.

 

Those are definitely not TE-37's! They are Varrstoen V Series wheels. As others have mentioned, there's too much concave on them for the size/offset, and if they were TE's, the bolt holes would be sunk deeper into the wheel.

 

Yes they look like Varrstoen, but I cannot find 4x100 V series wheels on their site...

 

They'll drill out blanks to any PCD you want, for a small fee. lol

 

I think you may be right. The 4x100 bolt pattern of the RK wheels looks pretty similar to that pic. I posted. I still want the BBS FI wheels tho! Someone should make a 4x100 replica of them but it might look a little weird with the spokes.

Maybe I'll just have to do a 5-lug conversion and then drop the $8k on a legit set of FI's. HA!

 

Hello die, where did you get your mini badge? It's awesome!

Windrider

 

Gorgeous George is wearing some gunmetal BBS RGR.

 

17" White Ultralights (13 lbs per corner) wrapped in Sumitomo summer 215 45 Zs. Oh, and check out the new ATE slotted discs.