Wheels - Advice Wanted!!

[Forbes]

Depends what garage it is and how they are feeling.

As for what to do. It's your choice, it's your car.

I would say lower and wider on light weight wheels, but others will say OEM

[Penny Louise]

Hmm... really don't know what to do... with my previous cars, I've always kept the standard wheels.

Thanks for everyone's advice. Chances of me trading it in at some point to a Mini dealer are very slim... but who knows.

[ELFMAN]

Penny Louise, I think we discussed this in PM's before. I'd still stash the X-Lites in case of future trade-in, choose one of the 'aftermarket' wheels to put/keep on the car and punt the set you like least.

You can stick the X-Lites back on for the Winter.... BUT - as the Dogfather was saying, performance-wise there's the weight issue with the X-Lites being much lighter. It was always accepted by road testers in the mags (and me!) that the MINI was sweeter on 16's than on anything bigger and heavier. I quite like to see an R53 on X-Lites, as apart for the dynamic positives, they're not too common these days and actually suit the car. You pays your money... but don't get stuck with a set of alloys that the dealer will use as an excuse to mark down your trade-in, slim chance or not. Even a private buyer might look at it as a good thing that the car still has its original alloys... I kept my 'Star Spoke' 16's to put back on my R53 for trading in, but ran the car for years with my 16" Minilites.

[Penny Louise]

Yeah we did... But I still haven't came to a decision haha! I'm a nightmare...

[ELFMAN]

On Elm Street... Remind me NEVER to go shopping with you!!!

[GCA3N]

Thought I'd read somewhere on here Greig that some folks had trouble at trade in time when they had non-mini wheels

I remember taking my R56 S in with the TD's on and they gave me a trade in price but the guy commented that it would have been higher if it had the original wheels on.

[N16SHP]

Depends what garage it is and how they are feeling.

As for what to do. It's your choice, it's your car.

I would say lower and wider on light weight wheels, but others will say OEM

Very much agree with you Ben! I'm a big fan of some Mini's that are still stock, but you and Ryan's cars are great examples of how, for want of a horrible phrase, out of the box you can get with the Mini's! I think if your brave enough, go different, people will like it much better! Me...not so brave!

[Penny Louise]

On Elm Street... Remind me NEVER to go shopping with you!!!

hahaha... I just can't make decisions lol!

Well... some of you will be disappointed to hear that I did sell the standard wheels last night... probably for too cheap as well (not very good at putting a price on things so tend to let things go to cheap) but never mind it's done now. I've got my heart set of S spokes if Im honest...

[ELFMAN]

Ach, it's not the end of the world!

If you're set on the S Spokes, go for them, but if you like that style, how about 'Rota' RB Drift in silver? Tried to stick a pic on here, but it didn't work! Google it and check them out, or try http://www.performancealloys.com/whe...s.aspx?ID=1877 I'd have a set in a minute, but I found out they won't fit over my big JCW Brakes. They're like Minilites and available in 17", I think they'd look FAB!

[Penny Louise]

I know well the way I looked at it was if I need another set of standards at some point, i'll just need to hope that some nice person is selling a set on here or ebay lol...

Just had a look, they are similar aren't they but to be honest I'll be getting a second hand set if I get them because ideally I want to have them colour coded to the car :)