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Old 06-11-2008, 05:29 PM
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Question on Fitment?

I Just lowered my mini cooper s and put 18 inch wheels. Unfortunately the fitment wasn't correct so i had to drill the holes bigger. Is this 100 percent safe?

 
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Old 06-12-2008, 12:01 PM
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which holes you talking about? the lug holes in your wheels?
 
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Old 06-12-2008, 12:13 PM
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Did you do this with a hand held drill? Any vibrations while driving?
 
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Old 06-12-2008, 12:40 PM
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With an existing hole there, and assuming you went from 12mm to 14mm (only 1mm taken off), I'd say you should be fine. It would be really hard to get a hole out of round when removing such a small amount of material, especially given that you already had a starter or pilot hole.
 
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I believe it was 12mm to 14mm. Yes he did use a hand drill. But this place has a very good reputation. I used a 18 inch Kyowa KR518 wheels.
 
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