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[ReadyF]

Hello

I Got Just one little question ..

Can i put the Sportpack arches with 12" Wheels and avoid cutting the body ?

Thank you

[Steve220]

You'll have to drill new holes for the sportspack arches, but depending on what 12" wheels you had, you may have to do some minor trimming.

[ReadyF]

the wheels i got are not deep...

but i'm planning to put in the future the Dunlop 10"

i just want to avoid to cut the body of the mini ... just put the arches, if it's just a matter of drilling new holes that's Okay !!!

[pete l]

The thing is, if the wheels don't stick out far enough, then the sportspack arches just don't look right, and to get them to look right, your wheels will hit the front wings / front panel when you turn the wheels. 

Edited by pete l, 20 February 2020 - 02:21 PM.

[Bobbins]

The Sportspack arches are quite bulky and work really well aesthetically with 13" wheels, both standard Sportspack and aftermarket wheels, IMHO if you're fitting 10" wheels the scale of the arches will be completely wrong and something more delicate in appearance works better.

[dasupersprint]

The Sportspack arches are quite bulky and work really well aesthetically with 13" wheels, both standard Sportspack and aftermarket wheels, IMHO if you're fitting 10" wheels the scale of the arches will be completely wrong and something more delicate in appearance works better.

 

Agreed that 90% of the time, sportpack arches are fitted together with 13'' wheels, but they can definitely  work with 10'' wheels.

Case in point (not mine)

 

[Tupers]

The problem with sports pack arches an 10” wheels is that you need a 7” wide rim to fill them horizontally and although the rolling circumference of the 13” & 10” tyres are similar the stretch of a 165 tyre of a 7x10” makes them look much narrower because of the angle on the side wall.
A 7x13” wheel and tyre setup that has the same outer dimensions has a much wider tread and better defined shoulder so fills the arch better versus that large tapering sidewall of the 10” tyre disappering inside the body.

[malynch27]

I would do some trimming just so you can get that snug fit later on when you fit your 10"s like on the mini above. Spacers and longer studs will sort out any width issues when the 10s are fitted.

Edited by malynch27, 04 April 2020 - 07:09 PM.

[Cooperman]

To be blunt, 10" or 12" wheels do not match with the wide Sportpack arch exensions.

The widest tyre you can get in 10" or 12" is a 165 section width and they should not be fitted onto wheels wider than 6". Putting spacers on is always a bad idea as they spoil the road-holding by altering the ideal steering geometry.

If you like very wide arch extensions you will really have to fit 13" wheels so that the wider low-profile tyres can be fitted in order to meet the tyre regulations.

With a 10" wheel there are two choices really. To run a 4.5" wheel with 165/70 x 10 tyres and not have any arch extensions, just carry the chrome trim the arches, or to run a 5" or 6" with the old so-called 'Group 2' arches. The same really applies to 12" wheels.

The big advantages with no arch extensions are there are no holes drilled into the body, so less rust, and not fitting extensions does, to many, look much better. There is also less aerodynamic drag, so it'll go a bit quicker  .