14"minilite widths

[littlered]

hi,im about to order my minilights,my car has dai,s blocks and springs and suspension lowering it 2" allround,i want to know what width i can go to front and back.
obviously i want them as dished as possible but dont want any rubbing issues at all,as reguarly am 4 up!
please give me your experience,as i really dont have a clue,also am i best to order from their main site or does anyone else know any where else
cheers carlyle

[volvosneverdie]

I dont know for Gospel dude, but Ive had 7js on mine before, and there was rub at the front on full lock.
So i wouldnt go any higher, specially if youre likely to be using lock at speed bud.

Hope that helps a bit, but probably not much eh?

[sven360]

Got my Minilite copies 6x14 off of a MX5.

£120 with some 185/60/14's with a road rally left in 'em.

[volvodspec]

I dont know for Gospel dude, but Ive had 7js on mine before, and there was rub at the front on full lock.
So i wouldnt go any higher, specially if youre likely to be using lock at speed bud.

i run 7j's all round with no rub! offset is important too!

with 7j offset of 25>38 will be fine with no rubbing.

[volvosneverdie]

I dont know for Gospel dude, but Ive had 7js on mine before, and there was rub at the front on full lock.
So i wouldnt go any higher, specially if youre likely to be using lock at speed bud.

i run 7j's all round with no rub! offset is important too!

with 7j offset of 25>38 will be fine with no rubbing.

There you go.
Wait long enough and Anjo always comes up with the goods.
Hes like Batman.
But with a cooler car.


And he keeps his underpants under his trousers.

[volvodspec]

And he keeps his underpants under his trousers.

very important detail

on the rear you can run 8j with a low offset; don't remember what offset that will be though, i believe Nikdev has/had 8j's all round, you do need some really handsome suspension to be able for placing 8j's on the front though, on the rear this isn't such a big issue.

[littlered]

So what tyres will be best on 7j,s width and profile?

[Chris_C]

i run 7j's all round with no rub! offset is important too!

with 7j offset of 25>38 will be fine with no rubbing.

Same with my 15x7's, no rub at all, unlike my 14x5's... but thats a tyre thing.

I run 195/50 15's, so the equiv of that for a 14 will do you fine.

[volvodspec]

mine's are 15x7 too

195-55-14 will be allmost the same diameter size as original tire (or 195-50-15) , i do recommend to put 15" wheels under it, a huge tirewall is only cool on offroad vehicles

195-40-14 would be cool too though

check out this link, maybe it will help you: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

[littlered]

ok so ive now found superlite as a company have gone down!!!!!!!!!
minilite are asking around £140 a wheel for 15,s and thats without tyres!!!!!!!!
anyone know some alternatives please
cheers carlyle

[volvosneverdie]

ok so ive now found superlite as a company have gone down!!!!!!!!!
minilite are asking around £140 a wheel for 15,s and thats without tyres!!!!!!!!
anyone know some alternatives please
cheers carlyle

mx5 and mini sportpack have copy type wheels as standard.
Not very good Copys though.
Even secondhand mini/super/ultralights are gonna stand you 2-300 with poor rubber man.
They're an expensive wheel.
Watanabe do a good minilite style 15in wheel and there's Compomotive MLs, but big money man.

[magnumpi]

Minilite is the original company that made this design of wheel and they are still about as far as i can tell.

Ultralite's/Supalites etc are all pretty much exact copies made by other companys of the original Minilite, so i'd wager a guess that most of the Miniltes out there aren't genuine Minilites, enough waffle and i hope that makes some sort of sense?

Minilite can be found here http://www.minilite.co.uk/index.htm

Try these aswell if you haven't already, but i know a majority of their wheels are replicas and not the genuine article hence the cheaper prices http://www.midlandwheels.com/

[volvosneverdie]

Minilite is the original company that made this design of wheel and they are still about as far as i can tell.

Ultralite's/Supalites etc are all pretty much exact copies made by other companys of the original Minilite, so i'd wager a guess that most of the Miniltes out there aren't genuine Minilites, enough waffle and i hope that makes some sort of sense?

Minilite can be found here http://www.minilite.co.uk/index.htm

Try these aswell if you haven't already, but i know a majority of their wheels are replicas and not the genuine article hence the cheaper prices http://www.midlandwheels.com/

I WANT!!!!!!



for Ron Burgundy.
Paul, sell me your wobble nuts for 10p and lend me £280 please

[magnumpi]

You Sir are a man of exquisite taste

Not been on their site for a while and when i saw the black ones you put above, i had a "do want" moment aswell.

Maybe the paint should come out over the winter on mine?

[volvosneverdie]

Maybe the paint should come out over the winter on mine?

deffo.
as long as youre not thinking of gaudy Driftworkz orange/green/pink.
satin black, white or colour coded for the epic winz.