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[yeamini]

hi all ive got a very good question ive got a Austin mini HL on a X reg 1982, its un modified and just wondering i bough a set or 7" by 13" rover cooper alloys and would they rub against the rear inner wheel arch or would I have to cut out my old inner arch and replace with updated ones, I know about the front ones that I have to cut the front wing but would the later front wings fit on me mini so I wont have to cut away the arch many thanks Ben

[the.stroker]

are they sportspack wheels,if so they were only made 13inch by6 not 7???. will be alot easier for you to cut metal away rather than replace wings e.t.c unless thats what you plan to do anyway! as for the rear arch it all depends on your suspension set up,might be worth getting some hi-los fitted in addition to adjustable dampers just to give you more options to play with.

Edited by the.stroker, 27 March 2008 - 10:36 PM.

[yeamini]

are they sportspack wheels,if so they were only made 13inch by6 not 7???. will be alot easier for you to cut metal away rather than replace wings e.t.c unless thats what you plan to do anyway! as for the rear arch it all depends on your suspension set up,might be worth getting some hi-los fitted in addition to adjustable dampers just to give you more options to play with.

hi thnks for that its for a project im ordering all me pannels next week and needed the wheels so set up the front fings (cuting away ) n yes they are sport back ive measered them with a tapemesure and they ar 7" and i kni from moss-europe.co.uk you have an option with the 6" or 7" thnks enyways ben

[mini_lad_1990]

i got 13x7 and i cut the arch out the only way they rub is cause the shoch absorber is gone on tyhe right hand side so wi will be gettin some hi lo's for both side apart from that my superlite deepdish wheels fit perfectly lol

cheers

[jack_marshall]

The front wing will need cutting. Theres a rough template knocking about somewhere, minispares website possibly.

Regarding the rear wheel arch, if your cars rear suspension is tired and worn, they may catch the top of the arches.

Regarding catching the shock absorbers, Im not sure as I think they fitted the cars with those wheels with spacers or spacer drums, so it is possible?

Worst case scenario, you will need to fit spacered drums and hi-lo's.

[yeamini]

thnks

Edited by yeamini, 30 March 2008 - 01:47 PM.

[timbo123]

my son and i are thinking about puttin 13" by 7" on our minis and putting sportspack arches on them but what modification do we actually need to do to stop them from rubbing. as well as what do we need to do to the body to fit the sportspack arches.

[bloomers]

You need to cut about 1 inch off the arches all the way around...Just on the front. And drill the new arch holes...The templates are on minispares website

Ian

[Birdie!]

when you do the cutting dont forget to role the arch slightly to stop the tyre from being cut if you dont take egnuff out or if the shocks arnt to good.

[Retro_10s]

when you do the cutting dont forget to role the arch slightly to stop the tyre from being cut if you dont take egnuff out or if the shocks arnt to good.

role the arch>.... you mean Roll, right?... in which case, for those of you who don't know what rolling is,... put the arch lip back on once the arch has been cut,... you can cut slits and bend the the metal outwards to create the lip that was originally there, More than anything else this is to give the Panel it's rigidity back. If it's in danger of cutting the tyre, you haven't taken enough out.

Also,... Please try to use punctuation etc properly, it makes reading and understand posts so so much easier for everyone. which essentially leads to probelms being solved faster

[Bungle]

ive got a Austin mini HL on a X reg 1982, its un modified

i take it you have drum brakes

this means your trace is 2 inches narrower that a disk braked mini and might be why the wheels are hitting the inner arch

fitting a inch spacer or the later spacer type drums might help