Kansas City MINI Enthusiasts

I have three choices I'm considering. They're part of a wheel and tire package. All are 17x7 except the GP wheels which are 17x7.5

The first are Silver R112

The second are Black R112

and the third are the GP wheels.

The 1st gen GP wheels won't look right without lowering IMHO.

Here is a picture of the car for reference.

I like the black ones. That may be too much black for an already black car, though.

SILVER

Amazed this thing is still going when everyone saw the black wheels on the car at the market. Well since my stock wheels have bald tires and I can't afford new tires, the new wheels and tires are going back on. I plasti-dipped the wheels to keep them clean this winter. They're Red.

Zackattack28 wrote:I plasti-dipped the wheels to keep them clean this winter. They're Red.

You plasti-dipped the new wheels red? Interesting......got any pics?

MiniManiac wrote:

Zackattack28 wrote:I plasti-dipped the wheels to keep them clean this winter. They're Red.

You plasti-dipped the new wheels red? Interesting......got any pics?

I will post some soon. It isn't perfect but it will protect them for the winter.

Zackattack28 wrote: I will post some soon. It isn't perfect but it will protect them for the winter.

It sounds like a good idea. I am interested to find out how easy it is to get it off after the winter. It seems that the longer plasti-dip is on, the harder it is to get off.

MiniManiac wrote:

Zackattack28 wrote: I will post some soon. It isn't perfect but it will protect them for the winter.

It sounds like a good idea. I am interested to find out how easy it is to get it off after the winter. It seems that the longer plasti-dip is on, the harder it is to get off.

I thought that too but I watched a video of a guy removing plasti-dip after a year and it came off very easy. This was a $38 solution for the winter versus $300 for snow tires or new tires for my stock rims.

Here are the black R112 replicas plasti-dipped Red. The coating isn't perfect. There are visible drips and runs inside the rim if you look closely but for my purposes, this will protect the wheels this winter and allow me to save money so that I can hold off buying new tires for the stock wheels for now.

Zackattack28 wrote:Here are the black R112 replicas plasti-dipped Red. The coating isn't perfect. There are visible drips and runs inside the rim if you look closely but for my purposes, this will protect the wheels this winter and allow me to save money so that I can hold off buying new tires for the stock wheels for now.

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I think it is a good idea. From the pic it looks good!