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Mini info please
Bananaman - 26/1/05 at 05:09 PM

Does anyone know if there are any 13" wheels that will fit onto Mini hubs.

Cheers
Michael

flak monkey - 26/1/05 at 06:00 PM

Uh....minilight wheels spring to mind.......assuming you want alloys

[Edited on 26/1/05 by flak monkey]

white130d - 26/1/05 at 06:18 PM

I got mine from these folks:

mini sport


see the picture in my archive.


David

donut - 26/1/05 at 08:34 PM

There are loads of mini companies who sell 13" wheels for minis. Mini spares, mini sport, Hudderfield mini spares, Midland tyres, etc etc etc.....

If you are using them on a mini you will have to grind some of the front arch away or the tyres will rub.

Buy mini world or mini magazine, loads of ads in there. or try http://www.miniclassic.co.uk/ for used items or http://www.minifinity.com/ for the same.

subk2002 - 26/1/05 at 08:57 PM

http://www.minimag.co.uk

http://www.miniworld.co.uk/index.htm

Here to

britishtrident - 26/1/05 at 08:59 PM

Some of the GTi Metros used 13" wheels.

With Mini trailing arms beware the tread clearance wrt the swinging arm bearing even with 12 inch wheels the clearance is minimal.

andyps - 26/1/05 at 10:56 PM

Any 13inch Metro wheel will fit the hub. As everyone else has said any mini supplier wil offer tham as they were an option on the later minis straight from the factory. Made the cars much slower in a straight line, and apparently they don't handle as well. I certainly prefer the handling with 10 inch wheels as opposed to 12, but have never driven a min with 13inches

Bananaman - 27/1/05 at 08:57 AM

Cheers for the replies chaps, much appreciated. I should have said that they were to replace the 10 " on my trailer.

What size wheels did a standard Metro run?

Big cheers
Michael

MikeRJ - 27/1/05 at 09:37 AM

Standard early Metro used 12" rims. The Turbo had 13" rims. Later cars used some poxy metric sized rubbish and tyres cost a fortune and then I think the last of the A-Series Metros went back to standard sized rims. The GTA (same spec as MG Metro) had 13" rims.

The Mini uses a 4" PCD, there are quite a few other cars that used the same PCD that had 13" rims e.g. Manta, Viva, Midget/Sprite


[Edited on 27/1/05 by MikeRJ]

phelpsa - 27/1/05 at 11:43 AM

Later metros used a 3.75" PCD, so watch out!

Adam

MikeRJ - 27/1/05 at 12:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
Later metros used a 3.75" PCD, so watch out!

Adam


That would be the Rover Metro's using the K series engine. All the A series ones had 4" PCD AFAIK.

andyps - 27/1/05 at 01:26 PM

Avoid the TD sized Metro wheels - 315mm diameter I think - as the tyres cost a fortune (probably more per tyre than most metros are worth theses days). If you want a pair, however, I am pretty sure I still have some laying around with reasonable tyres!

Alez - 31/1/05 at 08:31 AM

My Locost has 13" minilites:
http://usuarios.tiscali.es/alez/PICT0040l_.jpg