After looking around at several cheaper aftermarket options for a week, ive decided to get OEM rims. The 17 " R99's are not that heavy, made by BBS, do not require hub centering rings, wont cause any future rubbing issues and look fantastic.

The wheels should be in tuesday, and im going to buy either the silver or the polished one's with non-runflat rubber (I think im going with the falken ze 512's since they have a rim protector feature and are 2 lbs lighter than the proxes ) I searched online, on mini2 and NAM and there arent a lot of really good shots of these to look at yet.

So, while i wait for these bad boys to arrive, i would love to see some shots of R99's on your cars, silver or polished! You could email them to me if thats easier - mahyera@mail.nih.gov

~thanks a advance guys!!!!!

(p.s) my 16 " R84's (in white) will be up for sale in about a week (wheels and tires). They are in perfect condition - waxed regularly, no curb rash (just a little over 2 months old with around 3600 miles on the rubber)

 

I'll have my gray/anthracite R99s to show you a pic of later today. I will be picking up my car with them freshly installed this afternoon.

 

cool. looking forward to seeing the pics.

 

Polished r99s on my Cooper



edit: found another one... hope its not too big!


I just realized that I have 100s of pics of my MINI, but not many that actually show the wheels.

 

R99's Polished. I need new pics... now that the car is lowered... they look even better!

 

thanks!!, those look awesome! what do you think of the polished finish. Is it easier/harder to kep clean than silver ?

 

Gray R99s on my PS MCSa w/ Aero Kit. I don't think these pics do the car justice. With the overcast the pics look subpar.

 

They stay pretty clean (amazingly enough). I don't know how they compare to the silver finish. My previous cars were BMW and the brake dust and rim cleaning was much worse than these.

Also the Mini Wheel Cleaner works super super well! It makes the job a breeze and they come out looking very clean!

I am very happy with the R99's polished... although I bet the silver are sharp too.

 

Oh cmon! dont be so modest. That mini looks great no matter how overcast it is. The anthracite r99's are very well suited for the silver color.. nice lookin mini!

 

Thats good to know that they arent any worse in terms of cleaning than the silver ones. yeah the age old brake dust problem with bimmers. the wheels on My 04 3 series were very hard to keep clean. Maybe ill change he brake pads at some point to somthing a bit less dusty.

 

thank you! I am still getting over how hot my new little car is. I feel like introducing people to my new "Sports Car"

 

fyi, take it easy on the falkens. i have a buddy that has them on his VR6 Jetta and he has about 7k miles on them and they are officialy street legal slicks now. even the rears wore out and look like they have 20-30k miles on them.