hey everyone .. my dad has a fully modded miata with 15x8 0et. and i was looking at these sportmax/xxR 513 15x8 with 0et and they have 15x8 with 15et ... will the 15et fit the mini...??? and tire size can fit?? can we put 195/50/15 on a mini??? here goes the link http://www.clubroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14934

 

its asking me for a login. too much work for me to check.

 

here are the wheels :: what do you guys think of these

 

they come in 15x8 15et
16x8 15et and of course 0et but i dont think that would fit in our mini

 

Unfortunately, those wheels will NOT fit a MINI.

Back in '06 I tried to order from Panasport (similar face only in 3 piece), Panasport said they can build the wheels but will not have a huge step lip. According to Panasport you start putting huge offset (step lip) on MINIs, wheel bearings will wear down fast, second, performance and handling will be a nightmare. Only rear wheel drives like Miatas and Toyotas (GTS) can accommodate those wheels.

 

even with the 15et????

 

a good person to ask would probably be Rally, he's running 8' wide wheels, though not sure of his offset

 

Yah we talked in the spacer thread....15x8 et15 can fit if you work for it

 

It's not the size of the wheel, it's the offset. The wheel will stick out from your fender trims, giving greater negative camber, which equals more wear and tear on your wheel bearings, not to mention wear and tear on your tires $$$$.

But what do I know... Rally is best candidate to confirm how his car is behaving with his BBS wheels, and how much mod he had to do to make it all work. If he can honestly tell us he hasn't run into any mechanical problems for X # of year(s) with the wheels, please sign me up. Cuz nothing looks more aggressive on a MINI than having 3" Panasport step lip.

 

The best i can give is I have had no problems for .5 years Only installed the rims last summer and I take them off for winters.

I will say that my front bearing(s) went bad while i was running an offset of 42 (before I even owned the BBS)....so who knows. I think this was due to a rather large pothole that i hit....it threw my car out of alignment and I think it did some damage to the poor bearing too.

 

16" 3 piece Panasport wheels

 

hehehe don't tempt me. I've been debating buying those for a month now....but the rears are just a little too wide i think and some people have reported that they would rub on the inside too.

 

I dare you!! They can make 'em 16x8, but of course offset will be aggressive. Since you are running an aggressive offset now, and things seem to work fine, I seriously think you will get away with Panasports.

 

They look like Rota RBs.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...=1#post1272786

I like my 16x7, but they are a little hard to clean.