Restoration Part 30
Wheels and Tyres
Now that the Minis was nearing completion I decided to start actively shopping on eBay for some alloy wheels. If within 4 weeks I hadn't found any suitable wheels I would buy new. The new wheels I decided on were 10" x 6 Minilite style. They were available with Falken tyres from most of the specialists at around £330 for a set of 4 and a little more with better tyres. <
After a couple of weeks and loosing out on a few sets of wheels that in my view sold over priced a set of Deep Dish Minilite style wheels came up they had 3 good tyres and one damaged tyre, the tyres were Yokohama A032R. From the photographs the wheels looked to be in very good condition. I put in a bid and l was lucky enough to get them for a bargain price of £134.
I knew that one of the tyres would need replacing so I looked up the local Yokohama suppliers and ordered a tyre.
Unfortunately the fitter damaged the rim and with it being polished it could not be rectified I had the choice of waiting for a new rim or a free tyre. On inspection the rim was not too bad, just like mild kerb damage so I accepted the free tyre. I can always get a rim some other time. All they need now are some centre caps.
Damaged rim.
I fitted a stainless steel hose braid kit that I bought a couple of years back, doing this reminded me that the heater hose would need replacing as the original leaked and I had fitted one from a Morris Minor that a friend had given me but unfortunately the Mini heater cable was about an inch too short. I found a Mini one on eBay. It will be fitted as soon as it arrives.
I now need to sort out the interior and get ready for the MOT.
My Mini Mayfair
Restoration
- 1 - Initial Inspection
- 2 - Boot Floor 1
- 3 - Boot Floor 2
- 4 - Boot Floor 3
- 5 - Rear Valance
- 6 - Body Stands & Engine Removal
- 7 - Front End Removal
- 8 - Bulkhead 1
- 9 - Bulkhead 2
- 10 - Sills 1
- 11 - Sills 2
- 12 - Sils 3
- 13 - Sills 4
- 14 - Footwell
- 15 - Floor
- 16 - Battery Box
- 17 - Underside
- 18 - Underside protection
- 19 - A Panels
- 20 - Wings & Front Panel
- 21 - Front Panels & Arches
- 22 - Rear Subframe
- 23 - Return From Paint
- 24 - Brakes
- 25 - Wiring
- 26 - Engine 1
- 27 - Engine 2
- 28 - Fitting Engine
- 29 - Interior, Glass, Lights
- 30 - Wheels & Tyres
- 31 - Finishing Touches