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Old 07-08-2011, 12:44 PM
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Thanks. Looks good. They don't have 7 inch though. Will keep looking.

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Originally Posted by MiniCoop3r
Hey everyone,

I'm wondering what kind of tires to put on my 2008 Mini Cooper S. Anyone have any good suggestions? I have had Nokian tires on other cars and loved them...anyone had any experience with these on a Mini Cooper? My hope is to get the WR-G2 model, but i'm open to any advice.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated...thanks!

I've been running the Continental Extreme Vontact DW and I love them. The grip in incredible and tread life is amazing. I've run them on the Dragon twice and the entire Blue Ridge Pkwy.. I live in Central Florida so it's a bit of a trip just to get to those places. I still have plenty of tread left with around 10k on them.
 
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Originally Posted by MiniCoop3r
Hey everyone,

I'm wondering what kind of tires to put on my 2008 Mini Cooper S. Anyone have any good suggestions? I have had Nokian tires on other cars and loved them...anyone had any experience with these on a Mini Cooper? My hope is to get the WR-G2 model, but i'm open to any advice.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated...thanks!

I've been running the Continental Extreme Contact DW and I love them. The grip is incredible and tread life is amazing. I've run them on the Dragon twice and the entire Blue Ridge Pkwy.. I live in Central Florida so it's a bit of a trip just to get to those places. I still have plenty of tread left with around 10k on them.
 

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Old 07-12-2011, 01:19 PM
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MINI COOPER S 2002
OZ Superturismo GT 17x7
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Old 07-12-2011, 08:32 PM
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Raiden D1R 215/45/17 Yokohama S Drives

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Old 07-12-2011, 09:28 PM
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Raiden D1R 215/45/17 Yokohama S Drives

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Raiden D1R 215/45/17 Yokohama S Drives

More pics please.
 
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My new velocity rims in gunmetal with my new license plate. It really goes good with the 3m carbon fiber stripes. If I was brave enough I would take them off and powder coat then in gunmetal or dark gray, but I dont to know if I would hurt the caliperes. I know I would have to bleed the breakes. How do you think they would look in red?

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Old 07-13-2011, 09:38 AM
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[SOLVED] in case anyone was wondering this will not work for daily driving. The wheels will rub in the rear and this applies especially if your going to be lowering your car best route to take would the the 16" approach. 17x8.0 is even pushing it you want to stick to about 6.5-7.0 at most for it to be comfortable and reliable. Did some research and found some answers.


Originally Posted by J&M'sMini
Hey I was wondering if you might know since you also are looking at the same wheels.

I was wondering would this even fit on our cars (r53)

size -17x10.0 lug pattern -4x100 offset -15 center bore- 57.1 lip -4.0"

I know the lug pattern will and the size is a maybe, but what I was really wondering is the bore and the offset? Should I get the 20mm offset?

I have been searching the forums to see if anyone has a similar set up or what else they did to fabricate this in order for it to work.

Any insight from anyone would be appreciated thanks in advance.

Or maybe someone has pics of a (r53) lowered on wide 17'' wheels?
 

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Old 07-13-2011, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by brianbreeze
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Raiden D1R 215/45/17 Yokohama S Drives

More pics please.


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sweet wheel
 
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Old 07-13-2011, 07:38 PM
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anyone using CCW Classic4 wheels on here?
 
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Old 07-13-2011, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by HHFD633
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Sorry for the delay, had to wait to post these after getting home from work. Also, had 3-tons of rock dropped off on my driveway today so the car was "trapped" in the garage when I took these photos, so not at the quality level of some of the nice pics. I see on the site. I purchased these wheels from www.wheelstudio.com for $160 each (free shipping). Put them on a house scale and they weighed in at 16#. BTW, am considering painting the calipers red, any thoughts/opinions apreciated!

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Hey I build models too, how's this for stagger?
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Old 07-14-2011, 03:07 PM
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Running the 205/50/15 on Koseis for fun, and the 215/45/17 on BBS's for everything but winter (including towing huge dressers around!)

I'm actually selling some nice Alutec 17x7.5" 16 spokers...
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co.../product/19340

I really do have too many wheels right now... which brings to mind a philosophical question for folks reading this thread - CAN one have too many wheels?
 
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Old 07-14-2011, 04:52 PM
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[QUOTE=miniscool;3323119]BTW, am considering painting the calipers red, any thoughts/opinions apreciated!


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....cool wheels, sweet looking MINI..very clean.

..as for the calipers...your car, your decision...but since your asking for input: for painting stock calipers I think better to just make them look newer with some silver, and even touch up the hubs & around edge of discs.
I did that a while back...just makes things look cleaner back there.

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which brings to mind a philosophical question for folks reading this thread - CAN one have too many wheels?
...my vote: no..never too many wheels! ...I just wish my wife would also adopt this philosophy
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Old 07-14-2011, 09:08 PM
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BTW, am considering painting the calipers red, any thoughts/opinions apreciated!


....cool wheels, sweet looking MINI..very clean.

..as for the calipers...your car, your decision...but since your asking for input: for painting stock calipers I think better to just make them look newer with some silver, and even touch up the hubs & around edge of discs.
I did that a while back...just makes things look cleaner back there.
Thank you J&M's Mini! I agree with your suggestion for the calipers and rotors. I did just that on an MR2 Spyder I own, calipers in gun metal and rotors cleaned up with silver, I think it looks good! I think this is the route I'll go with the Mini.
 
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What kind of wheels?? Size? Tire size?

Thanks in advance.... =)

Sorry....forgot to write who I was asking, lol. This is for vettestripes. Red Mini....
 
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Old 07-16-2011, 02:46 PM
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Volk VR-X10

 
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Old 07-16-2011, 03:05 PM
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Great wheels great car all together!!!
Do you mind share the spec of the wheels, tires, and coilover, etc ...?
Thanks,
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Volk VR-X10

 
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Old 07-17-2011, 10:52 AM
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thanks man!

Volk VR-X10
redrilled from 5x114 to 4x100
17x8 et 37
17x9 et 37
3mm spacers all around
stretched on falken ziex 512
-3* rear -1.5* front
vmaxx coilovers
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Originally Posted by brandon_h
thanks man!

Volk VR-X10
redrilled from 5x114 to 4x100
17x8 et 37
17x9 et 37
3mm spacers all around
stretched on falken ziex 512
-3* rear -1.5* front
vmaxx coilovers
rear lower control arms
Looks great! I want my Mini to look like yours, problem is mine is blue so 1st I need to change the color! Stance looks great, everything does-looks tough!!
 
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Old 07-18-2011, 03:36 PM
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20" shoes

Delivered June 15.
3200 miles in 33 days.
Loving every mile...
 
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