5 Lug Wheels - questions about buying used

You also need to consider offset, it isn’t just the 5x112 bolt pattern. I have been looking into maybe some different wheels 17’s or 18’s and I like some of the vintage Mini styles. I haven’t done the research yet to see what the typical wheel offset is on stock across the model range.

 

Just to be clear: wheels off a Countryman will not fit a hardtop or Clubman. The bolt pattern is 5x120 on the Countryman (or other F6x models) while it is 5x112 on the F5x models.

 

The OE wheels on F5xes come in a range of ET42 to 54, it’s a narrow enough difference so as to negligibly affect handling or wear. The brakes on the SE are small enough that as long as you find something in the ET40 to 60 range you should be ok. Also try to find rims that are hub-centric at θ66.56 mm; centering rings add a possible (though improbable) fail point.

 

The following website lists the wheel specs:
https://www.wheel-size.com/size/mini/cooper/2022/#trim-iii-facelift-2021-2024-cooper-se--181

And for those like me, who don't understand ETxx, etc, the following is useful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_sizing

 

Plastic BMW jack points under the rockers. ICE MINIs also have usable points exposed between the front wheels and between the rear wheels, but they’re not available on the SE.

 

I suspect that, like mine, most floor jacks are too tall.

 

Jack needs to be fairly low and have a flat saddle (in the absence of BMW-style jack point pucks). A cupped saddle will damage the rocker cladding.

 

This is incorrect. The first Countryman (R60) had 5x120 wheels, but the current generation (F60) has 5x112 wheels just like the rest of the MINI line.

 

Really? Huh. I stand corrected. Perhaps that’s why the abundance of used (MINI) 120s I found last year, but few (MINI) 112s. I reported my post and asked for the text to be stricken but not deleted. I don’t wish to steer anybody else wrong

 

I was kind of in the same situation when I was shopping for snow tires.. figured I'd just go with factory wheels that I found on Ebay and I got lucky someone in Colorado was selling a set with TPMS/Winter tires on factory wheels and had only driven one season on them... so yay me!

Anyway this site helped because it lists the specs on the size of the wheels so in future you can see what you're looking for on other sites like tire rack or whatever...

https://www.originalwheels.com/minicooper-wheels/mini2019rims.php

 

How long ago did they change that? I thought the countryman was straight BMW off a BMW assembly line.

 

I don't know, whenever the F60 came out. 2017?

Which is too bad, because my R60 wheels were some of my favorite ever. Would have been great if I could have kept them for the SE.

 

Yup walking around the dealership today there were plenty of sets on display (with eye-popping prices, natch), the Revolite 517 wheels for both had the same p/n, the F5x sets shod with 195/55 UltraGrips and those for the Countryman with 205/65 Blizzaks. I had Domenick strike out my incorrect post a couple of days ago.