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May 9th, 2008, 12:30 PM
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| MINIs with wheel trim/steel wheels. Lately ive seen a few MINIs with wheel trims and i keep thinking to myself WHY?  Personally i feel MINIs deserve alloys and the wheel trims make the car look cheap and ugly. What are anyone elses views on this and any one got any pics.  Very happy owner of an 07 Cooper in Lightening blue/white, chilli pack, bi-xenons ,vis pack, parking sensors, power folding mirrors, webspokes, and a TARGET roof baby!!  |
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May 9th, 2008, 12:41 PM
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| Mainly I think it must come down to cost. Base model ones without an option pack are entry level for a lot of people. I kept to steel/hubcaps as I knew my learners would probably kerb the trims eventually and new hubs are cheaper than alloys! Best of both worlds is to keep a set of alloys seperate for shows/runs. I agree about the fact steel wheels are not as nice as alloys to look at but I don't thnk the newer covers (3/04+) are as bad as the first ones. Handling on the 15" wheels is fantastic mind!  |
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May 9th, 2008, 12:43 PM
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| Heres some wheeltrimmed MINIs, and the PW one looks sooo odd!  Very happy owner of an 07 Cooper in Lightening blue/white, chilli pack, bi-xenons ,vis pack, parking sensors, power folding mirrors, webspokes, and a TARGET roof baby!! Last edited by MINIAC; May 11th, 2008 at 02:38 PM. Reason: Make images clickable thumbnails |
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May 9th, 2008, 12:54 PM
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| Heres some lovely steelies on a new ONE.  Very happy owner of an 07 Cooper in Lightening blue/white, chilli pack, bi-xenons ,vis pack, parking sensors, power folding mirrors, webspokes, and a TARGET roof baby!! Last edited by MINIAC; May 11th, 2008 at 02:40 PM. Reason: Make images clickable thumbnails |
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May 21st, 2008, 05:14 AM
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| Am just speccing my Mini ONE and wondering whether to go for the alloys. I like the 15" Rotators, but choice will come down to weight - any idea where this is listed? Options so far: * Sports sus * Sports seats * Darkened rear glass * Manual air con * Colour line interior Current car is a yellow Panda 1.1, so anything's an upgrade... Still undecided on colour, do like the mellow yellow but have had the ... taken out of me at work. |
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