Mini cooper wheels?!

[T Pexx]

what do you guys think of white mini cooper wheels on a red 3dr lb. im thinkn about putting some on. and maybe have a red lip around it?

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[PhillyG]

looks good to me.. im a fan of the more simpler cleaner looks.. so i would paint them to match the color of the car instead of a lip.

[CTScott]

I like those white Mini Cooper wheels (I actually like almost all of the wheels that I see on Coopers).

I run a set of the 5 spoke Mini rims as my Winter rims. Their lug bolts are larger diameter than our studs and the hub is 2mm wider. If you aren't running hubcentric rings (I couldn't find ones to fit), you should use lug nuts that make the wheels lugcentric. I am using lugcentric bulge conical lug nuts that I found at Jegs that have the correct taper and have a part below the taper that fills the space between our studs and the wheel:

http://www.jegs.com/images/photos/300/306/306-5395-5.jpg

http://www.jegs.com/i/Detroit+Wheels/306/5395-5/10002/-1

[bobselectric]

I like those white Mini Cooper wheels (I actually like almost all of the wheels that I see on Coopers).

I run a set of the 5 spoke Mini rims as my Winter rims. Their lug bolts are larger diameter than our studs and the hub is 2mm wider. If you aren't running hubcentric rings (I couldn't find ones to fit), you should use lug nuts that make the wheels lugcentric. I am using lugcentric bulge conical lug nuts that I found at Jegs that have the correct taper and have a part below the taper that fills the space between our studs and the wheel:

http://www.jegs.com/images/photos/300/306/306-5395-5.jpg

http://www.jegs.com/i/Detroit+Wheels/306/5395-5/10002/-1

Is there anything you don't know? :bow::bow::bow:

[AND189]

no go mate

[T Pexx]

alright thanks guys. i might just paint them solid white or maybe black

["G"]

Higher quality option >> http://www.otisincla.com/category/otisinclasite.lug_nuts.hex_19.off_road/

[kimona]

I like all the Mini Cooper wheels... and I think they look great on a Vitz!

[1.5]

Damn 3 mini rims threads lol

[SAV912]

I was gonna post mine, since I'm on a silver version of the S Lites in the OP.

Then I realized that "G" just bumped three Mini Cooper threads that were over a year old each. All over some lugnuts. Wat.

Oh well. Shameless whoring:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/SAVdub/IMAG0726.jpg

-C

["G"]

Looks good! Chinese lug nuts ftl.

[SAV912]

Looks good! Chinese lug nuts ftl.

Thanks. :thumbsup:

Is there a way of idenifying these Chinese nuts you speak of? (And don't say to pull down their pants. :biggrin:) I used the OEM ones briefly before getting some JEG lugcentrics like Scott had pointed out previously with his Mini wheels. I haven't bought any other lugs aside from those and the OEMs.

-C

["G"]

Yes, jegs = chinese.

[why?]

Yes, jegs = chinese.

oh no, someone wanted to spend less money. How horrible a human being they must be, let's kill them all....

please get over yourself. If the chinese didn't operate the way they did the entire world's standard of living would be much lower. 99% of the products in a normal household come from china and are extremely reliable.

["G"]

You won't have to kill them all, when your wheels fly off the lug nuts will kill you. Or when they start to rust after getting wet. Or when the hex part strips because of the cheap metals used.

[SAV912]

Hm. I didn't realize that JEGs were Chinese. They seem well enough made to me. It rains more than plenty here in the southeast, and they haven't gotten rusty.

I just find it highly doubtful that all four on a wheel would fail at the same time, resulting in one of my wheels flying off and having a massive accident. All told, 106 hp doesn't seem like a whole lot, enough to worry about torquing the lug nuts loose. I'd feel a loose wheel before imminent failure.

Basically, the OEM ones were too short to use with these wheels. So it's either use lug nuts that fit, or use 'higher quality' OEM nuts that don't fit as well. Kinda this or that I guess. I just refuse to drop $120 on lugnuts. That's more than I spent for the rear spoiler or some suspension components.

-C

["G"]

You buy cheap you buy twice.

[1.5]

I like the mini yaris

["G"]

Who is selling the appropriate hub centric rings now?

[1.5]

Ryan aka 330h

[CTScott]

You won't have to kill them all, when your wheels fly off the lug nuts will kill you. Or when they start to rust after getting wet. Or when the hex part strips because of the cheap metals used.

I ran the mini wheels for two winters with the Jegs lugnuts and when I sold the wheels this past fall the lugnuts still looked like new, with not a spot of rust and no deformation from taking them on and off. I am sure that there are plenty of very poor lugnuts out there, but those were not.

[Blown_xa]

oh no, someone wanted to spend less money. How horrible a human being they must be, let's kill them all....

please get over yourself. If the chinese didn't operate the way they did the entire world's standard of living would be much lower. 99% of the products in a normal household come from china and are extremely reliable.

Plates don't count, any plate breaks when you drop it. Products sent to China to be replicated are of poor quality, and is the reason why the aftermarket performance industry is falling apart. You get what you paid for. I deal with these parts on a daily, there is no arguing against proof.

[kimona]

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/SAVdub/IMAG0726.jpg

-C

Looks great!

[why?]

You won't have to kill them all, when your wheels fly off the lug nuts will kill you. Or when they start to rust after getting wet. Or when the hex part strips because of the cheap metals used.

except that will never happen. almost everything we buy comes from china, and is extremely reliable. unless you can point at a couple dozen cases where people died because of the lug nuts the only real nut around is you.

["G"]

Cool story bro.