Most liked posts in thread: Choosing wheels... so many choices!

I went with the Allegerrita's and noticed a big difference in performance. The 17's are actually 14lbs so you'll be saving around 11lbs... more if you go from runflats to standard tires. Right now I'm running the runflats that came on the wheels, so going from R90's and Michelins to the OZ's and Dunlop's I dropped about 8lbs per corner. It should be around 10 when I replace the runflats.

I also thought Aleggerrita's were plain looking so I waited to find used Special Editions which were released around 5 years ago. They had black centers with machined lips, with no other color options. I didn't like the black so I painted the centers matte anthracite metallic.

The OZ's rub in the rear on big bumps with my setup. My car isn't super low, but might be lower than you're planning to go. Tire Rack has a warning about this and says shaving some of the plastic of the wheel liner/fender arch might be needed. I didn't have any rubbing when running the R90's with 5mm spacers in the rear.

 

Just edited my previous post with a little more info on fitment and rubbing.

 

If I am voting purely on the options you presented then yeah, go with the 17" OZs. Well manufactured wheels that have fantastic function and, in my opinion, good looking form.

 

I like #2.

 

OZ all day long. MINI wheels are 1 ugly and 2 very heavy 3 way overpriced.

 

OZ's all day long !!

 

I really like Rota RBs. They have a retro look that goes nicely with our MINIs.

 

Don't buy black wheels because that fad is dying like all the carbon fiber crap.

 

MiniLites! Or, their reasonably priced, yet well made copies... Rota makes a nice one.

 

Wheels.

Here's the King Drifta 17"x7" wheels and 205-45 R17 Michelin tyres that I had fitted on my 2010 R56 Cooper D

 

I changed my dirty white holeys to burnt orange to go with my Royal Grey '06 MCSa. It all comes down to one's preference as the car's owner. In my case, that color also compliments the dragon on the sunroof cover.

 

It's not a fad if people still like the looks.......and who says you have to follow car fashion?

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I waited more than a year to see if they would come out with the RB in 5X112 bolt pattern. Love the wheels, but I would have ended up changing them anyway when I installed the BBK.