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Technical Forums => Maintenance and Modifications => Topic started by: ADRay on November 05, 2018, 05:11:52 AM

Title: how rare are these?
Post by: ADRay on November 05, 2018, 05:11:52 AM
I have an opportunity to grab these, 12" steel rims with hubcaps and a spare, for $150. . tires are pooched.

What do you think?
Title: Re: how rare are these?
Post by: MiniDave on November 05, 2018, 08:41:56 AM
If that's the look you like, seems like a decent deal to me.....I haven't seen them in 12's before. Didn't even know they made them....
Title: Re: how rare are these?
Post by: ADRay on November 05, 2018, 09:07:37 AM
yeah, google searches produced nothing. came off a car from Japan.

Title: Re: how rare are these?
Post by: 94touring on November 05, 2018, 09:10:31 AM
I've never heard of 12s either
Title: Re: how rare are these?
Post by: drmini on November 05, 2018, 09:50:30 AM
The wheels aren't rare, but the hubcaps are somewhat rare. 
Title: Re: how rare are these?
Post by: Jimini II on November 06, 2018, 02:34:52 PM
Quote from: drmini on November 05, 2018, 09:50:30 AM
The wheels aren't rare, but the hubcaps are somewhat rare.
Wheels are stock base Mini City type wheels which had plastic? hub caps, the chrome/stainless hubcaps are a aftermarket Japanese item i believe.
Title: Re: how rare are these?
Post by: John Gervais on December 20, 2018, 02:26:31 PM
Cool!  Those centers give a bit of 'retro' styling.

One of the things I regret is that I gave a set of 12" wheels and Bridgestone Blizzak tires away a few years ago and later sold a set of 12" MiniLife wheels with Yoko A510 tires to the same clubmember.  She lost the car, wheels and absolutely everything when her brother's shop burned down.  A real shame; I was hoping to one day buy the wheels back.
Title: Re: how rare are these?
Post by: ADRay on December 21, 2018, 08:57:14 AM
I still haven't popped on them, the ad is still up on Craigslist
Title: Re: how rare are these?
Post by: AuburnGator on January 03, 2019, 02:40:22 PM
That is the same tire and hubcap combo that came on my Mini from Japan. The only complaint is that those hub caps tend to rattle. I have managed to track down most of the noise with some weather stripping to take up some of the sloppy fit.

I like the retro style.