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[minijay]

hi all im planning on fitting sportpack arches to my 1986 mini city at the mo i have 12" mini lites with some standerd arches what sort of alloys and size would i be looking at to best fill out my sportpack and will i need to do any mods? sorry im pretty new to minis

cheers

[mini_lad_1990]

you could go for the sprtpact wheels i think there 13x6 and i aint sure but i think the arches need a trim

i went for the sports pack but went for the 13x7 superlite deepdish and they just fit undr the arches!!!

cheers

[Jack Jones]

you could go for the sprtpact wheels i think there 13x6 and i aint sure but i think the arches need a trim

i went for the sports pack but went for the 13x7 superlite deepdish and they just fit undr the arches!!!

cheers

do this one it looks the b's ne's

[mini_lad_1990]

cheers mate i dought your tlkin about my car just the set up haha

cheers

[Jack Jones]

cheers mate i dought your tlkin about my car just the set up haha

cheers

your car looks good in the pic

[mini_lad_1990]

cheers mate yea it looks good in the picture there is a lot of wrk needs doing to her i might need a new front wing mine is a little dented and creased lol but then i think as i am going for a fibreglass flip front so will prob leave it and just repair it

after that and just a full respray but i am waiting for the photoshop boys to come back with the candy green with a clack roof!!

cheers

[minijay]

would 6x12 Revolutions work ok or do they have to be 13ns

cheers

[mini_lad_1990]

13's fillthe arches the best mate the ones i got take all the arch up and looks mint!!

hope the pic helps!!

cheers

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[minijay]

ok what im trying to go for is just wider arches with 12s still on any ideas sorry to b a pain

cheers

[mini_lad_1990]

you can go for these arches with 12's even 10's but i perspnally think they look odd there is the group 2 wide or group 5

cheers

[wombat_mini]

If you're sticking with 12's I wouldn't go for Sportspack arches, they'll look under-filled.

I've gone for W+P arches with my 12x6's. Went for W+P as they look good and they attach from underneath so don't show any rivet / screw heads.

Colour code the arches and they'll look good, even with the standard plastic arches mind!

If you're going for sportspack I really would go 13x7 to look awesome! Bear in mind everything people say about wearing out ball joints and increased loads on suspension - but they can look great (as per the pic - especially if you have a black car - i'm well jealous!)

[minijay]

Cheers wombat, can you send me a pic of those W+P arches please?

[Retro_10s]

You could try googling W&P arches or even searching TMF. plenty of threads already about this and Google is full of pictures of them too.,

[mini_lad_1990]

If you're sticking with 12's I wouldn't go for Sportspack arches, they'll look under-filled.

I've gone for W+P arches with my 12x6's. Went for W+P as they look good and they attach from underneath so don't show any rivet / screw heads.

Colour code the arches and they'll look good, even with the standard plastic arches mind!

If you're going for sportspack I really would go 13x7 to look awesome! Bear in mind everything people say about wearing out ball joints and increased loads on suspension - but they can look great (as per the pic - especially if you have a black car - i'm well jealous!)

deffently agree mate as they just fit makes it look better haha

and about the ball joints ect i have had mine on since feb this year and there aint nothin wrong with the jints,baings ect

i think its where people put 13's on worm joints/barings ect make it out to be the 13's damaging the wheels its like modern cars some are only made for 15's but me mate has 18's on his fiesta and its the same age as my mini haha

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[Retro_10s]

and about the ball joints ect i have had mine on since feb this year and there aint nothin wrong with the jints,baings ect

A whole 3 months isn't really going to show the accelerated wear anyway.

i think its where people put 13's on worm joints/barings ect make it out to be the 13's damaging the wheels

I wish this was the case but it really REALLY isn't,... Bearings and Joints WILL wear faster with heavier 13" wheels,.. there are no two ways about it... As long as you keep an eye on things you should be fine, but they will wear faster no matter what you do. Around 6-10 months is roughly when they'll start struggling (joints more than the bearings), instead of a the few years they'll last on smaller wheels.

The wear also has a lot to do with the fact you have so little tyre absorbtion of shocks on the road with 13's compared to say,.. 10" wheels. I'm not going to go any further into it, there's a search function it it will show you all the threads about the problems of 13's

I'm not taking away the fact that some look sexiful, or that you may well find they're fine regardless, and i'm not scaremongering..... but please don't go and Fit them blind to the problems that are associated.