Mini One Steel Wheels

[m_celica]

Have searched the forums but drew somewhat of a blank.

Any thoughts on the best place to get a set of 4 15 inch steel wheels for a 2007 Mini Convertible (it's the old shape)? Mytyres don't have any in stock, had a look on ebay but most are a bit of a treck!

Thanks.

[vdubbin]

scrappie?

[aka_kerrly]

mega long shot here.... ebay or a Mini dealer

[rallycross]

there are usually penty of 15" mini wheels on ebay, mostly alloys, but they are not expensive as evereyone wants 17" or above so the 15" are not in demand (apart from maybe now for snow tyres).

there are also a few mini spares specialists/breakers on ebay (bmw mini) that should have a set, and delivery will only be £40.

Edited by rallycross on Wednesday 1st December 12:05

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-mini-steel-wheels-4-no-t...

[m_celica]

Thanks for your thoughts all. I think the 15" wheels are great, much more compliant that the 17" people seem to like!

[RKDE]

as long as you don't have the JCW breaks you will be fine

I got my last set from a breakers is 100*4 so the same as lots of smaller cars, you will find then for £10 each at the scrap yard with good tyres

[aka_kerrly]

RKDE said:

as long as you don't have the JCW breaks you will be fine

I got my last set from a breakers is 100*4 so the same as lots of smaller cars, you will find then for £10 each at the scrap yard with good tyres

very true, 4x100 means you can use VW and Vauxhall fit wheels to.

[Republik]

Did you have any luck with these? I'm tryin to find a set of 4 for my wifes Cooper D. Any links or suggestions would be much appreciated. Mytyres are still out of stock.

[m_celica]

Yes I did. I bought a set from BMW Edinburgh who had them for sale on ebay. £110 for wheels with trims delivered.

Put the winter tyres on over the weekend and it's much better. It needed pushing most of the way up the rural(ish) hill I live on which was covered in snow to get to the tyre place. As soon as I got back about 30 mins later I tried the same thing and it went up first time, still some wheel spin etc, but no pushing required!

Sorry to hear you're having trouble getting the wheels/tyres. Good luck!

PS: I also got the tyres from mytyres which got delayed, but they did arrive eventually (took about 10 days)

Edited by m_celica on Monday 20th December 18:10

[RKDE]

Just try the local scrap yards they will have huge piles of them on the side and you shouldn't be paying more the £50 for 5 wheels with good tyres

[Republik]

Manage to get some yesterday, a stroke of luck with the local dealership. 4 new steel wheels with brand new tyres for £380 after they had a cancellation. They are excellent too.

[sad61t]

Republik said:

Manage to get some yesterday, a stroke of luck with the local dealership. 4 new steel wheels with brand new tyres for £380 after they had a cancellation. They are excellent too.

That's not bad - I paid £420 for steels plus Winter Contis in early Dec (plus about another £100 for the dealer to fit them and replace the locking wheel nuts after I broke the adapter trying the DIY route). Still waiting for the trims to turn up.

ETA: Now just need Winter Doors - adding to the dipping windows problem they stopped entirely on Friday with a Bong and /=! icon on the dash, now doors frozen shut. Don't fancy crawling in from the boot, so still haven't tried the tires.

Edited by sad61t on Wednesday 22 December 20:49

[m_celica]

Wouldn't recommend climbing through the boot, it's pretty tight! So the windows have frozen shut which means the doors will not open?

We've got the trims, but have kept them off, I prefer the silver look of the steel on their own, very go-kart like!

[sad61t]

m_celica said:

Wouldn't recommend climbing through the boot, it's pretty tight! So the windows have frozen shut which means the doors will not open?

We've got the trims, but have kept them off, I prefer the silver look of the steel on their own, very go-kart like!

Yep - frameless windows, never again. It defrosted and I took it over some backroads near Bicester yesterday while avoiding the madness that is the M40 from the A43 to A34 junctions. Slithered a bit but kept traction. Only downside is that the passenger side window now goes up and down randomly and took about half a dozen attempts to actually shut. Grr!

Agree with you about the trims - I've ordered the centre covers only, to protect the hub and wheelnuts, not the whole dishtray.

Edited by sad61t on Tuesday 28th December 16:10