Would be worth asking if they clear metro and metro vented....using the term 'rover' just creates confusion.

Anyone want to figure out a price for landed in NZ/Oz?

Worth mentioning here too:
The reply from mini sport UK:



Cheers!
Matt

I say stick to 7.5 inch discs, yo just need to change, discs, drive flanges and calipers to convert from 8.4" rovers.

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How is that possible? Are they a completely different rim to the one on ebay and the one that Keith Calver reviewed?? Because both of those have a completely different offset to standard.....

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Well, the cat's out of the bag now. I was hoping nobody noticed those wheels.

The seller is not sure what size disks were on the car they came from, so it could go either way. It was an injected car, but it may have had a Cooper S disks swap.

Can't see how they would fit over 8.4s myself.

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Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

I think the rim is offset so much that it doesnt physically go OVER the caliper... the caliper is mostly exposed behind the rim. Thats my theory anyway.

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If so, the eBay wheels can't be "the ones that fit over 8.4's" cos there's simply not enough offset.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Not sure about the Japanese wheels but I've sent an email to minisport UK asking for clarification of the offset and whether they will fit over 8.4 inch brakes like claimed in miniworld , and for clearance of the calliper to the inside of the rin . Personally though I'd imagine if the allot wheels will fit over 8.4's then steel wheels should too , even if it needs an inch spacer or something but I've never heard of someone doing it . Surely an alloy rim would be thicker than a steel one and that thickness would have to be on the inside of the rim rather than inside the tyre area ...

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Yep, this is a different rim. Not the Japanese rim with a huge offset to hang them outboard of the disc.

An actual cooper S steel replica in alloy!!

Cheers
Matt

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so....where do you get these mythical offest rims that hang on big disks?

People keep mentioning offest like it's a bad thing I have some guards to fill dammit

Japan.

Get thee a nice young Japanese girlfriend to translate for you and your set!

As Graham said:
http://www.garage-morris.co.jp/VALTAIN1/valtain%20top.htm

Cheers
Matt

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Matt68....... here is the translated version

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.garage-morris.co.jp/VALTAIN1/valtain%20top.htm

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

I think minispeed sell the version that fits over the 8.4 disk, minisports version are only new. There is a chrome set on ukebay that minispeed is trying to sell. The OEW version look great close up.
Love those Valtain wheels especially the split rims...... Yummm

Well , from below , we can take it that the current minisport wheels aren't the ones they gave away in the miniworld competition last year , the ones in the link up the page are standrard offset and won't fit the 8.4 brakes .

Dear Ian,

Thank you for your e mail, it was very good to hear from you, and we have pleasure in advising as follows.

Regarding the above wheel, this has an identical offset to the original steel Cooper S wheel, however, it will not fit with the 8.4" discs.

We hope that this information is of assistance, and if there is anything else we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us again, when we will be only too happy to assist in any way possible.

Thank you again for your interest, and we look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Very best regards,

Mick Holt,
Sales Manager.

Mini Sport Limited

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ya but the minispeed ones DO fit 8.4"...I'm waiting to hear back to see if that includes vented. More expensive though...

Fit by having a huge offset! disc and caliper inboard of the rim!

Sounds dodgy to me!

Cheers

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