Brakes Wheels 1st Gen Tires Most liked posts in thread: General Inquiry... 20" Wheels

Unless it's for show or you have billard table smooth roads 20" wheels on a MINI is a bad idea. You need some sidewall to absorb some of the stuff out there. It's to easy on the 1st gen MINIs to bend or mushroom the tops of the strut towers. 20" wheels with 30 series tires allow that to happen really fast.

BTW, I moved the thread to the 1st Gen Wheels and Tires area and edited the title to make it a little more obvious what the question is. It is my experience that a clear title that conveys the subject will draw readers and more assistance.

 

Agree with Nathan.
Since many MINI owners, maybe even most believe 18s are too big for the same reasons mentioned above, I would think that the consensus on 20s would be that they are way too damn big. Maybe if you didn't actually drive the car 20s would be fine.

 

I recognize that big wheels are the trend and I'm hopelessly out of sync, but I also think the large wheels hinder performance, all that unsprung weight and mass is harder to control, and would upset the fine handling of our cars. On top of that, I wonder if they would even fit, or if there would be interference with the suspension.

Practical considerations aside, my opinion is they would look cartoonish......now if that's the look you're going for, then more power to you.

It also makes the big brakes on our cars look tiny....

To me they would just look wrong, like putting dubs on a 50's or 60's era car.

 

Have to echo mini_racer....... "Way too damn big".

 

18's on an R53 is really the 'max'. anything more than that and it looks silly. There are pics out there with MINI's on 20's....look before you commit to anything.

 

Think I just barfed a little bit in my mouth...

 

Then there is this look;


Mark

 

Wow, I thought those only came in silver, looks like anthracite's available now too!

 

Wood grain actually:lol:

Mark

 

Instead of S-Lites, they're S-narrows?

I know it's down to personal style and taste, and far be it for me to impose mine on someone else's car - but I'd look before you spend, for sure.....

 

Well said minidave, Roy Rogers would be digging those!!!!

 

I have 18's and wouldn't dare go taller. Wanting to buy some 17's just to gain some sidewall..

but he,y to each his own...

 

Any pics?

 

So do you have any pic's of the wheels you are considering in the 20"? They must be custom since I wouldn't think there would be a lot of call for 4x100's?

 

so, bigger is cool? :frown2: how about nice wheels being cool? I had custom painted HRE's for a 'show set' and drove on 16" SSR's with sticky rubber. The HRE's saw about 500 miles total before I sold the car.

 

It could be done, but i think it would look bad doing anything but sitting still, on bags. It would essentially have to nearly be at stock height I would assume, to roll on 225 and 8".

that blue one above has got to be on adjustable suspention i would assume.

and aside from bags or the like, youd definately need a nice set of Porsche brakes behind them, to fill the void.

My stock S brakes already look much to small for my 17s lol.

blow those up 3" and itll look like a wagon wheel lol




AND another thing, based on MetalMans comment about 4 lug. ANY 4-lug 20s are going look dumb as well. So change to 5 when you slap on the 6 pot brakes

 

I think what most are saying is not could you do it, but should you....

It's your car so whatever works for you is fine, of course.

I mean, what's next? Dubs? 24's? 26's? 40's????????