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Old 08-03-2006, 10:25 PM
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How can I tell if I have s-lites?
I have an '03 MCS with the sports package. Does this include the s-lites? (Here comes the really stoopid question) What exactly is the benefit from the s-lites?

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Old 08-03-2006, 10:56 PM
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These are the S-lites (and there is no benefit to having them ) I do like the look though:

 
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Old 08-03-2006, 11:03 PM
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I believe all the sports packages included Slites on the '03s
 
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Originally Posted by smf
I have an '03 MCS with the sports package. Does this include the s-lites? (Here comes the really stoopid question) What exactly is the benefit from the s-lites?

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They are one of if not the heaviest rim Mini makes. S-lites
 
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Old 08-04-2006, 12:37 AM
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Thanks for the replies everyone, and for the pic Duck. I definitely have the s-lites.

I am in the oft-told dilema of what to do with my run-flats, but we won't go into that...

Thanks again...

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Old 08-04-2006, 07:30 AM
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they should have called them V-Heveys
 
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Old 08-04-2006, 09:22 AM
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They're called S-Lites because they were inspired by the most common upgrade wheel for classic Minis, the "Minilite" which looks like this:
 
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Old 08-04-2006, 09:23 AM
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they should have called them V-Heveys
LOL!!! You got that right. Or they could have named them Pb-Weights.
 
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Old 08-04-2006, 11:11 AM
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How can I tell if I have s-lites?
Remove one wheel from you MINI and tote it about 5 feet. If you wake up in the hospital because you passed out due to the excruciating pain when your spine snapped. You have s-lites.
 
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The UK has different names for the wheels:

R85 = S-spoke instead of S-lite
R84 = X-lite instead of V-spoke

The UK names are more appropriate weight-wise
 
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Old 08-07-2006, 11:29 AM
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I saw it already, you don't want to go into the RF issue; anyway, get rid of them and get real tires... You won't believe the difference on the car.
 
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Pb-Weights.
Hahahahaha
 
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