Urgent wheel advice needed - auction closes in 7 hours

[Brompty]

Dear All

This forum has proved very helpful in my short ownership history, but this is a urgent plea for advice.

The ride quality where I live on 17" wheels is teeth-rattlingly awful - the roads are just not appropriate for my little car (rather than the other way around). I want to fit smaller (yes, smaller) 16" wheels with more rubber than I have at the moment.

I have found these on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MINI-COOPER-S-16-INCH-AL...

Does anyone know if these will clear the front discs and fit straight on or should I look elsewhere? The auction finishes today, so do need quick answers as the price is good and three out of the four tyres are in great shape.

[Pints]

With 7 hours to go, surely there's time for a call to your local MINI dealership.

[Brompty]

Good idea although the seller has not put a part number nor wheel style reference on the listing, so all I have is the image. I'll give it a go later.

[CO2000]

If you have runflats get rid of them, the ride quality will improve no end (& I went to 40 series!)

[Challo]

Brompty said:

Dear All

This forum has proved very helpful in my short ownership history, but this is a urgent plea for advice.

The ride quality where I live on 17" wheels is teeth-rattlingly awful - the roads are just not appropriate for my little car (rather than the other way around). I want to fit smaller (yes, smaller) 16" wheels with more rubber than I have at the moment.

I have found these on Ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MINI-COOPER-S-16-INCH-AL...

Does anyone know if these will clear the front discs and fit straight on or should I look elsewhere? The auction finishes today, so do need quick answers as the price is good and three out of the four tyres are in great shape.

16" do for the Cooper S as the 1st Generation came with these as standard, but the Chilli pack added the 17"'s. As far as Im aware these where the 16" for the Cooper S



Those look like wheels available on the Cooper or One models but I cannot find a picture on them on the internet.

I did find this place though which seems to have lots of wheels. http://www.usedalloywheels.co.uk/used-mini-alloy-w...

[Maracus]

I know the auction had ended, they will fit if you have standard brakes.

I have a set of 16" alloys with winter tyres that fit fine, they are the recommended size that is on the plate inside the car.

Edited by Maracus on Thursday 24th December 11:15

[Brompty]

Thanks for all your help, everyone. I think I may have missed a bargain, but as the seller did not put the exact model (and I had not seen these wheels before) it was a bit risky.

There are loads of others on Ebay however, so I'll keep an eye on it.