i had to remove the rear liner, roll the fenders a little bit, and shaved a little off the rear arches.


i'll try to get some pics tomorrow night.

also i dont have any rubbing issues, just some really bad negative camber. then again i dont mind, it sits nice!!!!

 

Tit
What's off set do you have? I think your rims more than 42ET.
You can find some info at Randy's site.
I saw some picts before. Try to find them.
Those picts show us shaved the rear arches.
Good luck!

 

18X7.5's ASA R1's

 

some hot wheels

 

honestly, the wheels are gone - I think the offset was actually +40 No less. (I pulled the description from my gallery from back when I put them in there over a year ago). My camber at the back may have contributed to it.

I was actually asking because I have a set of 17x7's with a +38 offset and want to minimise the rubbing. I'm not excited with the idea of removing the liner completely. Was thinking of pulling it out, cutting out the offending bits of liner, and then re-gluing plastic to the liner to create a bit more room for movement while still protecting the inside of the body of the car...

I did find a thread about liners, but I can't see any of the images in the thread (I think it's my computer, not the fault of the url's).

Anyway..I'm dragging this OT - so if kalbone could PM me with his pics that would be sweet - or I could add to that old wheel well liner thread...

Carry on - the pics are sweet!

 

These are Breyton Wheels that make a lot of the custom wheels for BMW. They are 2 piece wheels with 225/35/18 Falken Tires. Excellent tire and wheels on the track at VIR that I am a member of. Check them out at the website below.
Green Machine

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...0&ppuser=13600

 

here's mine and uksuv's!!!!

 

A very nice pict.
I love them.
I have a question. How can I post huge pict?
I can not post like you did.

 

What color are your Ubers?

Uber Grey or Winter Black?

 

any one know what rims this are? How much are they? .. where can i get them?

 

IDK but they actually look pretty sick. Looks to me as if they are of a low offset and 18s...

 

i totally agree... i just found the picture today.. LOVE AT FIRST SITE.. I love how they have the illusion of a deap dish, and have a classy tuner look to them.

if any one knows please post the info.. thanx

 

Good News!!
Since I changed to light weight 18" rims and tires, my Mini get better acceleration and mileage. She lost about 40lb just replace them.

 

 

Anybody know what wheels these are? I tried searching but came up with nothing...

 

I honestly don't think those are real... i mean the rims might be, but they seem P-chopped into that photo... I mean why haven't we seem those on a car before

 

ha. my 18s are lighter than most 17s. and even with the extra rolling diameter i can still spin the tires through 3rd gear. 18s look awesome

 

While I agree that they look p-shopped, there are SEVERAL wheels that you have not seen pics of on a MINI lol. So I wouldn't go based off just that... Eh oh well...

Don't hate on 18s, they look sick thats for sure. And if you go with the right ones (read: light) they won't lower performance...

 

thread take over.

18" SSRs previously owned by robino, now they are MINNNNEEEE

 

Those are even the same wheels front and rear - total photochop...and trust me, i've seen and have been looking at lots of wheels - European, Asian, Italian, you name it...that wheel is not for a MINI..good luck on your quest

 

Here's mine 18's, SSR GT-1 (Intergral) 18x7.5 +40 (offset) With 215/35/18 Pirelli P-Zero Nero Tires, Lightest 18's Wheel and Tires I could find.

 

I'm agreeing with you lol. Just saying that there's a lot of wheels out there so I wouldn't go based off the fact that you haven't seen it before you get me... It does look photoshopped and looks like a wheel I've seen on Lambo's which is only 5-lug and wayyyy to wide for the MINI...

 

bintliff25
Looks good! I like them.
You want to tell me weight of rim and tire.

 

 

Looking for a little assistance. Been thinking about some new rims (et40), and I haven't got a definitive answer to what profile I should run. Currently I'm running 215/45/17's on H-sports, and don't want to ADD wheel gap as I go bigger. I used a tire calculator and found that if I run 35/18's I'll actually lose a significant amount of diameter, resulting in wheel gap similar to when I had 215/40/17's. Not terrible, but not practical if I'm gaining gap. The same calculator with a 215/40/18 shows only an increase of .1" over the 45/17's, which sounds good to me. I guess my questions are:

(1) does this sounds about right?

(2) how much stretch will 215's have on an 8" wheel?

Keep in mind I have a MC so the H-sport drop may be a little less than what it does to an MCS. I do already rub over large bumps, to the extent that some of the fender lining is worn down, thus making any dremmel work easier later.

I noticed a bunch of 18" and H-sport pics in this thread but the gap varied despite the same dimension tires, some ok, some not so much. Thanks in advance.