Official F56 Wheel Fitment Thread
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What size tires are you planning to put on those wheels?
Not sure if this helps, but it might put some perspective on what you are thinking of trying. I tried 225-45x17 tires on a 7.5”, ET40 wheel and the tires were rubbing on the rear wheel well liners. Charlie Thompson put that same tires on 8.0”, ET45 wheels on his MINI. Seemed to do slightly better, but still made contact with the liner, but not the metal. There is not a lot of distance between the plastic liner and the sheet metal. My guess is that with the stock alignment, the 35 ET and the 8.5” wheel width, that the tire will contact the sheet metal, especially if you plan to use a tire wider than than a 225.
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What size tires are you planning to put on those wheels?
Not sure if this helps, but it might put some perspective on what you are thinking of trying. I tried 225-45x17 tires on a 7.5”, ET40 wheel and the tires were rubbing on the rear wheel well liners. Charlie Thompson put that same tires on 8.0”, ET45 wheels on his MINI. Seemed to do slightly better, but still made contact with the liner, but not the metal. There is not a lot of distance between the plastic liner and the sheet metal. My guess is that with the stock alignment, the 35 ET and the 8.5” wheel width, that the tire will contact the sheet metal, especially if you plan to use a tire wider than than a 225.
Thank you! I ended up finding 2 minis on fitment industries running 17x8.5 +20 both on 195x40 tires, ideally i'd like to get a little more meat on the tires and maybe go up to a 205 or 215 but if that isn't possible i wouldn't mind. both have shaved fenders and slight camber one being -3 front -2.5 rear, and the other being -3.5 front and -4 rear. i'd like to sit around -2 or less so i'm not too far into stance territory but enough to still be able to fit them under the arches. the first one states only a slight rub on a big dip in the rear and the second says no rubbing. if they can fit those i'd imagine i'd be able to fit the same with maybe a bit meatier tires and less camber hopefully?
Just something to think about.
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