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[spi-bwk]

Hi,

Looking at putting some image wheels on my spi.

I was just wondering if it would make any trouble if I were to put 7x13s on the back and 6x13s on the front? Giving it a slightly staggered look and saving a bit of the wheel arches along the way? Any thoughts?

Or would one further be OK? 12s on the front, 13s on the back?

Cheers in advance.

Craig

[Bungle]

it's front wheel drive

i run 6x14's front and 8x15's back on Dolly the camper, but she's RWD



if you do run 2 different heights wheels you will need to carry 2 spare wheels or a can of tyre foam

[1984mini25]

Perfectly fine to do as long at the widest/biggest ones are on the rear, but as bungle says there not really much point on a fwd car.

[Cooperman]

It would make it handle a bit strangely and look a bit odd too.
By the way, 12" wheels are much better than 13" on a Mini.

[Wil_h]

It's not uncommon for hillclimb minis to run narrower tyres at the back, but narrower at the front will look really odd and handle rubbishly. I actually had a mate who had a cubman with 12s on the front and 10s on the back, never really understood why.

The different track front to rear on the mini gives balanced handling with equal wheels.

[spi-bwk]

Yes yes yes I know that it is FWD. I was simply asking. I had staggered wheels on my Smart Roadster Coupe Brabus and just liked the way that they looked and wondered if it would cause any adverse affects. So understeer would be one then right?

I know that 12s are 'better' for all intents and purposes - steering, acceleration and wheel bearing death but I have to say that the minis do look more ;chunky' with the 13s and as its already got 13 inch sportspacks on I think I will remain with the 13s. I just wondered if a big lip at the back would look better? Or 'big lips all round' LOL

[yeti21586]

ur smart brabus thing is RWD hence the staggered wheels.

this topic came up a while ago and i cant find the thread but it would muck handliing


YetI

[spi-bwk]

"ur smart brabus thing is RWD hence the staggered wheels."

As I said, am quite aware of the 'reasoning' behind staggered wheels and indeed where the power goes to in my cars.

Was just wanting to know if there would be any ADVERSE effects on the mini if it were to be done. It seems that the general consensus is that it would ruin the handling.

Cheers Wil h for the explanation.

[Bungle]

It's not uncommon for hillclimb minis to run narrower tyres at the back, but narrower at the front will look really odd and handle rubbishly. I actually had a mate who had a cubman with 12s on the front and 10s on the back, never really understood why.

The different track front to rear on the mini gives balanced handling with equal wheels.

i remember in the early day we had someone on here that raced a mini on a short oval track

the ran one 13 inch wheel and one 12 inch on the front and one 12 inch and one 10 inch on the back

can't remember if it worked or they were just playing with ideas