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[Down&Out]

iv seen this done on minis before, really want to do it on my mayfair, because i dont want to shell out on a set of new brakes for the sake of fitting tens.
im sure someone on here knows how to do it. so.. how do i do it??
heres a few pics of it done..
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thanks.
Jono

[oli8925]

that looks immense

[bert998]

imps dont run 10s, the steels are 13s and fit straight on. Its just a case of trimming the arches where necessary.

[koomey]

speaking of imps........
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[philsford]

or jap spec hub caps on standard 12" wheels.

[Down&Out]

or jap spec hub caps on standard 12" wheels.

THAT is what im after! where can i get the hubcaps from?

[philsford]

Very rare hub caps. Don't think anyone in this country sells them.

[Down&Out]

Very rare hub caps. Don't think anyone in this country sells them.

surely i can get some from another country or something i really really want some

[Bungle]

mini man pie ran the wheels you are thinking of

you will find him on retro rides now

[Down&Out]

12" steels will do fine as long as i can get hubcaps for em. i asked about imp steels because they had dish and fitted over 8.4" disks but now iv found out they're 13" i wont bother. just found out that morris minor hubcaps fit 12" steels. so ill look out for them, unless someone says they dont otherwise.
thanks again,
Jono.

[taffy1967]

There's Morris Minor hubcaps available here: -

http://www.minimania...h_Inventory.cfm

[Down&Out]

There's Morris Minor hubcaps available here: -

http://www.minimania...h_Inventory.cfm

cheers for that, may just order from the us. they cost about £12 each here in the uk, which is ridiculous.

[mab01uk]

12" steels will do fine as long as i can get hubcaps for em. i asked about imp steels because they had dish and fitted over 8.4" disks but now iv found out they're 13" i wont bother. just found out that morris minor hubcaps fit 12" steels. so ill look out for them, unless someone says they dont otherwise.
thanks again,
Jono.

The Imps I once owned definitely had 12" wheels as standard..............we used to fit them to Minis in the late 1970's to replace the "Dunlop Denovo" run flat 12" rims on the 1275GT, before the 12" steel Mini wheel was easily available secondhand or from BL :
http://www.imps4ever...tech/tyres.html
Quote:
"Most Imps still run on the 4½" x 12" rims and use the standard 155/82/12 tyre. An improvement can be made by changing to a 5 x 12 alloy rim."

Edited by mab01uk, 22 December 2008 - 11:43 PM.

[Down&Out]

ahh cool many thanks for that. think ill go with mini steels because that way i know i can go archless, but all the same i thank you for the info.

[Dan]

cheers for that, may just order from the us. they cost about £12 each here in the uk, which is ridiculous.

Err, what? So you'd rather buy them from the US at $40.00 each, which is about £26.00 at the moment. Plus shipping from the west coast to the UK? I don't get that.