17" wheels & tyres

[AndyP & Lenore]

Looking for a set of 17" wheels with tyres. Need to be in decent condition with road legal tyres. S-Spokes, Crown Spokes, Bullet etc., etc., anything considered.

PM me or post up here if you have anything we might be interested.

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[Scottie]

do you have a budget in mind?

there are some flame spokes selling on ebay glasgow collection for £395

[AndyP & Lenore]

Thanks Fi.

Thats probably at the top end of our budget. Would prefer to spend less. They are only going on the car to shift the car on anyway. Suspect MrsP will do an eBay search later.

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[Forbes]

I have R90 reps, good tread all round. £250 resprayed any colour

[Scottie]

found this over on TM
http://www.totalmini.com/forum/88-mini-parts-sale/13364-mini-s-spokes.html

I spent £300 to get wheels for my car just to trade on, real pain in the arse,

[Scottie]

can you not trade it with 16"s on there a few much cheaper than the 17"s

[AndyP & Lenore]

16's won't fit over the JCW brake upgrade Fi.:frown:

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[stoney]

16's won't fit over the JCW brake upgrade Fi.:frown:

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some will it elf man had 16" on his R53 jcw !!!!!! im sure they where made to fit in the 16" wheels

[Scottie]

16" R56 wheels will fit over R53 JCW's brakes as I understand it ( but I might be wrong) the standard R56 brakes are the old style R53 JCW brakes which is no good if your punting on the R56.

[AndyP & Lenore]

I have R90 reps, good tread all round. £250 resprayed any colour

Cheers Ben, but it may go to a MINI dealer so want to keep to genuine wheels.

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[AndyP & Lenore]

some will it elf man had 16" on his R53 jcw !!!!!! im sure they where made to fit in the 16" wheels

Hmmm, however did Elfman have the JCW brake kit?


16" R56 wheels will fit over R53 JCW's brakes as I understand it ( but I might be wrong) the standard R56 brakes are the old style R53 JCW brakes which is no good if your punting on the R56.

True dat is. And it's the R53 that is likey going.

Will check with David (JC's) tomorrow about what will fit on what.:thumbs up:

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[stoney]

Yep elf man did have the jcw brakes I'm sure

[Mon the fish]

The only 16" wheel available on the R53 that fitted over the JCW brakes was the bridge spoke (as on the Park Lane). All 17"s did.

[Big Gordy]

Andy the easiest and simplest solution is to give me your JCW brakes and then you can source a cheap set of 16's :thumbs up:

[ianking]

Surely you should keep to 17s as the car is specced with a chilli pack and it would have come with a 17. The dealers like to keep them as close to the spec as they can for selling them back on.

[ELFMAN]

Have to correct Mr. Mon the Fish here - The JCW BRAKES for my R53 fitted behind the standard 16" 'STAR SPOKE' (or whatever they were called) alloys, not just the 'Bridge Spokes' or 17's etc. I should know, as I ran the car with them before I bought my Minilites. They were designed so that they'd fit under the standard 16" S wheels. There was a lot of cobblers talked about this at the time - I once even saw it stated that you had to have JCW 18's (!) to fit them - obviously a cunning rumour started by BMW to sell expensive alloys!!!

Back to Andy & Lenore's wheels - as Ian "I'm Getting Married in the Morning, Ding-Dong the Bells are going to Chime" King said, you'd really have to keep to 17's if it's a Chilli Spec.

[AndyP & Lenore]

Surely you should keep to 17s as the car is specced with a chilli pack and it would have come with a 17. The dealers like to keep them as close to the spec as they can for selling them back on.


Have to correct Mr. Mon the Fish here - The JCW BRAKES for my R53 fitted behind the standard 16" 'STAR SPOKE' (or whatever they were called) alloys, not just the 'Bridge Spokes' or 17's etc. I should know, as I ran the car with them before I bought my Minilites. They were designed so that they'd fit under the standard 16" S wheels. There was a lot of cobblers talked about this at the time - I once even saw it stated that you had to have JCW 18's (!) to fit them - obviously a cunning rumour started by BMW to sell expensive alloys!!!

Back to Andy & Lenore's wheels - as Ian "I'm Getting Married in the Morning, Ding-Dong the Bells are going to Chime" King said, you'd really have to keep to 17's if it's a Chilli Spec.


Cheers guys.

Yeah, really need to stick to 17" to keep with the Chilli Pack feature.

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[Livi]

Andy, if you dont know what the car came with, it was specced with 17" S-Spokes :thumbs up:

[Craig]

Andy... I think I can help... Give me a call ;)

[AndyP & Lenore]

Andy, if you dont know what the car came with, it was specced with 17" S-Spokes :thumbs up:

Cheers David.:thumbs up:

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[Mon the fish]

See here - http://www.minitorque.com/forum/f229/s-spokes-sale-12553/

[AndyP & Lenore]

Thanks for everyones input. :yes nod:

Deal done. All sorted. :thumbs up:

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