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: 17" ronal on car?


solidsponge
Aug 27th, 2011, 11:22 PM
Anyone have 17" ronals on first gen cooper or cooper s?

Cannot find a picture on the car.

Cheers!

MINIAC
Aug 27th, 2011, 11:38 PM
You mean R98 web-spokes ...

http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/572/R98_Silver_Showcase.jpg

Advanced Member Search (http://www.mini2.com/forum/memberlist.php?do=search) lists 223 members with R98 wheels on 1st Gen cars, 39 of whom might have a picture in the MINI2 Galleries.

solidsponge
Aug 27th, 2011, 11:40 PM
nice, yep thats them, cheers.

look better off the car funnily enough, still nice though.

solidsponge
Aug 27th, 2011, 11:48 PM
hey I knew the wheels were in faq, but didnt know clicking the image searches and usually shows one on a car, nice forum feature!:)

MINIAC
Aug 28th, 2011, 12:01 AM
hey I knew the wheels were in faq, but didnt know clicking the image searches and usually shows one on a car, nice forum feature!:)
Yes that feature was added a year ago :D

http://img.autoforums.com/site-styles/mini2.com/images/icons/icon4.gif OEM Wheel Gallery Pictures Needed (http://www.mini2.com/forum/site-feedback-wish-lists/181603-oem-wheel-gallery-pictures-needed.html)

Tigger, Eeyore & Roo
Aug 29th, 2011, 01:38 PM
Although they are known as Web Spokes here, they are in fact made by Ronal.

If you do fit them, they really need a lot of looking after as the polished rim corrodes faster than you can possibly imagine. The car needs to be garaged and the wheels kept perfectly clean; they need to be dried off after each wash and then waxed too. I know, I've had two sets of them.

Not a recommended fitting for fitting to a daily driver.

solidsponge
Aug 30th, 2011, 08:09 PM
Although they are known as Web Spokes here, they are in fact made by Ronal.

If you do fit them, they really need a lot of looking after as the polished rim corrodes faster than you can possibly imagine. The car needs to be garaged and the wheels kept perfectly clean; they need to be dried off after each wash and then waxed too. I know, I've had two sets of them.

Not a recommended fitting for fitting to a daily driver.

Oh right, I've gone off them after seeing them on car, they look ok still though. I'm not a daily driver but its on the street so cant really garage it. Which is a shame really as I hardly use it :) haha. Thank for the info!