What is this wheel part?
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Why, it's a HUB CENTRIC RING! (probably 4 of them).
The inner diameter is 56 mm which fits snugly to the MINI hub, and the
outer diameter is 73 mm which fits snugly to the wheel.
This allows wheel manufacturers to make one wheel that fits a number of
different cars (most different makes have a different hub diameter)
with the same bolt pattern and keeps the wheel nicely
aligned to the hub, and supports most of the load, instead of relying on the
lug bolts to do that.
The inner diameter is 56 mm which fits snugly to the MINI hub, and the
outer diameter is 73 mm which fits snugly to the wheel.
This allows wheel manufacturers to make one wheel that fits a number of
different cars (most different makes have a different hub diameter)
with the same bolt pattern and keeps the wheel nicely
aligned to the hub, and supports most of the load, instead of relying on the
lug bolts to do that.
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I may be wrong, but...
It could be the ring that is installed on the inside of the rim, where it mounts over the hub. This ring is what makes the rim hub-centric for your MINI.
Different cars have different size hubs, so sometimes wheel manufaturers make one-size-fits-all (in a manner of speaking) wheels, and then the ring gets installed into the wheels when you order the wheels for a MINI (you might have seen a different part number if you ordered the rims for a Honda or Nissan, etc).
EDIT: Dang... a minute too late. Somebody always says it better and faster.
It could be the ring that is installed on the inside of the rim, where it mounts over the hub. This ring is what makes the rim hub-centric for your MINI.
Different cars have different size hubs, so sometimes wheel manufaturers make one-size-fits-all (in a manner of speaking) wheels, and then the ring gets installed into the wheels when you order the wheels for a MINI (you might have seen a different part number if you ordered the rims for a Honda or Nissan, etc).
EDIT: Dang... a minute too late. Somebody always says it better and faster.
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