13" wheels

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13" wheels

Postby chad123 » Thu Sep 01, 2016 8:21 am

Hi all will 13" wheels fit on my mk 2,its running metro hubs
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Re: 13" wheels

Postby Stuart » Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:37 am

The short answer is yes. Your car is a narrow front arch version though, so the wheels will stick out, more so if those Metro brakes are vented ones. Clearance with the rear springs can also be an issue.
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Re: 13" wheels

Postby chad123 » Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:29 pm

Cheers,only just got on to that its you replying on the mini forum
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Re: 13" wheels

Postby Stuart » Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:25 am

chad123 wrote:Cheers,only just got on to that its you replying on the mini forum


Yes we all end up bumping into each other in various places on the web ;)
I prefer a mk2 on 12" wheels, and now you can get 165 profile tyres I don't really see the point of going to 13" wheels. Having said that Yokohama could just suddenly stop making any more 165/60x12 tyres.
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Re: 13" wheels

Postby kelvink » Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:14 pm

I think the Mk2 looks best on 12" Minilites though I don't actually have any. I can also confirm it's a bugger finding 13" wheels that fit with clearance at the rear with the springs
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Re: 13" wheels

Postby Inim666 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:39 pm

I plan on using 13 inch revolution rfx wheels with 165/65/13 tyres on my decathlon as there are no clearance issues running this setup although to gain a little extra clearance you could add thin spacers to the rears
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