The poll and graphics from Tomas has me thinking of the Mini Cooper wheels for my xB. I like the look. Does anyone know if those wheels will actually work on the xB? With the OEM tires (Goodyear Eagles)?

 

moved...

 

yes someone on here has them............he got them as a gift if I recall

 

Mini wheels will work. You need mad spacers as the wheel use a 48 offset! Seen it done on a Vitz, bB and a few Nissan Cubes. The look is kinda tight.

 

Mini Cooper standard wheels:


Style R81 (7-hole) 5.5Jx15 = 5.45Kg (That's 12 pounds!) Offset = 45mm

Scion is 'hubcentric' with a 54.06 (54.1) diameter hub.

Mini Cooper is 56.1...

 

^^^ Those ones are the only ones I'd consider. The "superlite" ones are way heavy @ 26lbs.

 

I have a MINI Cooper that has aftermarket wheels that are drilled with stock centerbore 56.1mm. I want to keep the wheels for an xb and have found out that there is NO hub Centric adaptor that will go from a 56.1 to 54.1. The wheels that I have may, I am still verifying this, allow reboring to 60mm and I can then use a 60 to 54.1 adaptor. I do not know if the OEM MINI wheels will allow for reboring but that will be what it takes to get a correct hub centric mounting. Without them there will most probably be wheel vibration with associated damage.
I will follow up on this when I know more and when/if I go through with the xb purchase it will be an '06.

 

you will need hub spacer to clear the rears. but yes they will fit, some have them here

 

i like those wheels. =]

sen-

 

Thanks to everyone for the input/info. I've got a few mods ahead of wheels, so I have some time to think about it. Also, sounds like I've got some learnin' to do about wheels an such. Not just a simple swap.

 

So will those Mini Cooper wheels fit to the xB? Does it need to be modified to fit? rebore? adapters? spacers?

I like those Style R81 (7 hole). It's the closest thing I've seen to the OEM bB hubcaps.

Thanks.