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[elgarra]

I really like the picture of the gnome in the hubcap..............i hope that's not extra.

[leaky]

I'm putting that style of wheel on my mini with no arches what so ever. I'm also not putting the chrome bit on. I think they look tasty.

[oldman]

Hi All,
Wonder if you could help!
Theses are the wheels I would like to fit to my 91 cooper, would they fit?
Still want to retain The little plastic arches, would this work?

I apologise for hijacking this thread.

Regards

John

[leaky]

Hi All,
Wonder if you could help!
Theses are the wheels I would like to fit to my 91 cooper, would they fit?
Still want to retain The little plastic arches, would this work?

I apologise for hijacking this thread.

Regards

John

Yes if you get a brake disk conversion so you can use 10" wheels.

[miniman_78]

Here are some pictures of the offset on a '98 cooper with standard 8.4" brakes:
Front:

Rear:

[syholl]

Hi All,
Wonder if you could help!
Theses are the wheels I would like to fit to my 91 cooper, would they fit?
Still want to retain The little plastic arches, would this work?

I apologise for hijacking this thread.

Regards

John

Yes if you get a brake disk conversion so you can use 10" wheels.

The wheels we are talking about here will fit over 8.4" discs no problem. I think you are talking about the steel version that don't have such a big offset. Especially if you are thinking about fitting them with no arches....!!!

Sy

[leaky]

Yea although as far as I know you can still use these with no arches if you but the brake conversion on your car. Or am I wrong?

Heres the look I'm going for.

[Guess-Works.com]

Yea although as far as I know you can still use these with no arches if you but the brake conversion on your car. Or am I wrong?

Heres the look I'm going for.

They are reverse rims...

and technically speaking by the letter of the law, need arches...

Edited by Guess-Works.com, 30 January 2010 - 01:10 PM.

[leaky]

Yea although as far as I know you can still use these with no arches if you but the brake conversion on your car. Or am I wrong?

Heres the look I'm going for.

They are reverse rims...

and technically speaking by the letter of the law, need arches...

Thats not what was said in the article about the wheels. It siad they where the cooper s wheels. Also why would they need arches? They dont stick out.

[Retro_10s]

Those are definitely not cooper S rims. Those are reverse rims, most likely made by Dunlop. If they were Cooper S rims they would Fit under the arches properly, that's the whole reason the cooper rim was invented with the offset it had - to fit under the wings on Disk braked cars.

[leaky]

Heres what it says in mini mag.

WHEELS AND TYRES Cooper s 4.5jx10-inch rims, painted Old English White, 165/70x10 yokohama A032-R tyres.

Maybe they got it wrong then. It that case can anyone help me find some 10" that will fit with no arches.

[Guess-Works.com]

It's not unusual for a magazine to get something wrong... and they probably just wrote what the owner told them, and they didn't know that they are reverse rims either...

10" wheels which fit under the body arch... when fitted with 7.5 ( and maybe 7.9 ) inch disks.

http://www.minispare...ty=pb&pid=42392

http://www.minisport...eel_Wheels.html

http://www.minisport...loy_Wheels.html (two at the top)

An old set of rostyles ( as fitted to early clubman GT's )

An original set of Cooper Minilites.

Edited by Guess-Works.com, 07 February 2010 - 08:03 AM.

[mk3 Cooper S]

The magazine wheels are reverse rims.
These are Reverse rims with no arches.

[leaky]

It's not unusual for a magazine to get something wrong... and they probably just wrote what the owner told them, and they didn't know that they are reverse rims either...

10" wheels which fit under the body arch... when fitted with 7.5 ( and maybe 7.9 ) inch disks.

http://www.minispare...ty=pb&pid=42392

http://www.minisport...eel_Wheels.html

http://www.minisport...loy_Wheels.html (two at the top)

An old set of rostyles ( as fitted to early clubman GT's )

An original set of Cooper Minilites.

Cheers for this mate. I have drums at the moment but will be changing to discs as well as fitting a 7.5 4pot conversion. I'll get the OEW wheel from mini sport.

Thanks again.