Jeff,

The style of wheel you posted pictures of are the exact wheels I sold to you that you are now returning. If you want aftermarket wheels and you want the low wide stance, you will need to cut the fenders and at a bare minimum you will need to clearance the fenders.
I'm not sure what issues you had fitting my wheels to your car, but you said they are hitting the floor boards and the frame and the fenders and the suspension and the flares. It sounds to me like you have something else wrong with your car. I don't know how the wheels can contact the frame or the floorboard on a mini, so you may want to seriously evaluate whether you have some strange modifications to your car.

I know I told you in emails and on the forum and also on the advertisement itself that you would need to modify your car by cutting and clearancing, but I'll telling you again on here just the same as others have. If you want to fit MANY of the aftermarket wheels you are considering you will need to do exactly the same thing to make them fit as the wheels you are returning to me. If they are hitting in strange places, expect any wheel wider than 6" with similar offset to hit in the same areas especially if your suspension is lowered.


To everyone else, please be extremely clear with what advice you give Jeff. I thought I was very clear with my advice that cutting and clearancing would be required to fit 13x7's and once he fit the wheels he realized he would have to cut and clearance to make them fit and it was too much for him. Please be VERY specific on what you mean by cutting and provide diagrams or other information you can to be VERY clear the level of involvement.

He wants to be low and wide without any modification.

+1 about 12" tires rubbing.

My car has the 12" BL alloys (about 5" wide?) with Falken 165/60R12 tires, and the whee arches (fender flares) similar to yours. The front tires would rub until I replaced the knuckle joints and adjusted the ride height. I also had to adjust the spacers between the front subframe and the front bodywork - this 'tweaks" 3D shape of the fenders (wings) to minimize interference. Before that, the tires would rub, and on hard cornering, grab the plastic wheel arch and try to rip it off.

With wider rims and tires, you will have rubbing, and they would probably stick out beyond your plastic arches, which you'd have to upgrade.

The 10 inchers you have now would ride smoother and likely handle better. Unless you have a fire-breathing lump under the bonnet, performance will brobably suffer with bigger, heavier wheels.

Very nice truck, by the way. I like it with the wheels you have.

12 x 6's may rub on the front edge of the fender just about where the bumper ends. A 10 x 6" wheel with a 165 70 10 tire on it is approximately around 1/2" smaller than a 12 x 6 running 165 60 12's. A lot depends on the condition of your current suspension and the offset of the new wheels. You may end up using Hi Lo's and adjustable bottom arms and tie rods to achieve what you want on the other hand i have seen 12 x 6's bolted on with no clearance issues.

To answer your question if you are using the early Mamba's they had the extra inch on the inside of the wheel so clearance should not be an issue i am not sure how the new Mamba copies are made if the extra inch is on the outside you could possibly have clearance issues.

Anybody have a pic of a rig with the Mamba 6x12's on it?   They're here in the shop.  Wonder how that set up might run and operate on mine.

They're 10x6's  now.   I surely dont want to cut it up.  If I went with 12X6's and a lower profile tire, I should expect about the same clearance it has now then?

Cookoo

ALl your' Like Pictured" cars are with 13 Inch Deep Dish Wheels.

Those wheels with offsetts to give the Hellaflush look will require fender cutting  - wide arches.and Lowering

(Hi Lo's)

All about the game you want to play and the money to play it !   13's without high lo's will be a high riding mini. The wheels should clear fenders but will probably crash on the front edge. 

Cars with sportspack style flares have extra clearance cut in the metal fender to avoid rub.

Not impossible but a complete style choice to be made with your car.1

13's will give the low profile tire you also pictured.

IMO - your 10's with tight fenders is perfect. And if you havnt freshened up your cones- they're probably sagged enough by now that the fender looks tight on the 10" tire.  if you slap a 13 on there- for sure youll get rub and need the Hi Lo's and clarance... Fender flares are tricky on a Pickup cause i havnt seen many manufactures making flat rear fenders for PU and wagons -- Would need to be specially made flares that dont wrap around the rear like a normal sedan flare. 

Do you know the width of your current wheels? If they are 10"x6", the 12"x6" ones you have indicated should fill the wheel openings about the same with a "lower profile" look.

If you have 10"x5" wheels, the 12"x6" ones will sit a little wider. The extra width should be split about evenly between inside and outside, so they would stick out about another 1/2" from your current wheels.

What's a local shop? I haven't bought anything locally since the internet was invented.  

OK so my '70 truck is nearly all stock. (7.5" cooper S discs)  Heavy duty axles.

How will I expect 12" x 6" wheels to fit.  The ones here in the MM shops.       MMKT2111  

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I love this look.    (thanks on the tip)

I was implying he would not find wheels or tires at a local shop if he lives in the USA. He would have to go with a Mini parts supplier of his choice (from anywhere) as almost no local wheel/tire places (think Discount Tire, NBT, Firestone, etc.) in the USA carry any of the 10" or 12" tires that fit our Minis.

Why is that? Every Mini supplier will ship parts. I've bought from sources in UK and Australia. I buy from ebay.co.uk all the time. I'm not sure why people seem to think getting parts from overseas is a big issue, after all that's where our cars came from.

When you are posting, there is a green box in the upper left of the page. Click there or grab your pictures and drop them into the box. 

    Ye. Pretty irritating.

  CAN  NOT load an image. WTH.    Why cant i get the option to pull a pic from my computer????

For tires, you would then be limited to the following two sizes: 165/70/10 (for the 10"x6" wheels) or 165/60/12 (for the 12"x6" wheels). You will also be likely limited to the various Mini parts suppliers as your sources for wheel and tire selections - especially if you are located in the USA.

They're cooper S 7.5"  discs yes. I think stock drums in the rear

       <-----------     Can you see this photo?  I dont understand why its not working.

Depends on a lot of things the most important being disc or drum brakes ?

And if they are discs what size ?

Can somebody please help me to get wheels and tires that will fit on a stock height ' 70 truck.  I would love a wider look with alloy or chrome.   I love that little bit wider look and Polished lip with low profile tire.

Can somebody suggest a size and setup that will NOT require cutting or mods to run?

Thanks.