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This may have been asked before and I have had a look but have found no definitive answers.

You may have seen what I mean either in mags or at a show and with Japanese origins. They are what appear to be standard 12inch steel wheels with a standard offset, painted in silver or OEW but the final touch is a chrome hub cap. It resembles the cap found on the 10inch wheel but are a tad larger to fill the 12inch wheel are and appear to attached using the wheels lugs. I have searched the interweb and cannot find any reference to the source or the materials that is conclusive.

Has anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

[tadleysimon]

i think they are the normal hubcaps for 10 inchers, to fit them yo 12's you have to weld lugs on

[Miniphernalia.co.uk]

i think they are the normal hubcaps for 10 inchers, to fit them yo 12's you have to weld lugs on

I think I may have found what type of cap, they are ever so slightly larger than Mini ones and have an MGA/MGB fitment. So maybe they fit the standard 12 inch wheel but this isnt definitive still. There is or was a G reg Mini prototype going around in OEW attending Concours. That had the same set up but I would like to confirm it with someone thats done it before buying all the stuff to do it...

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Found these but buying from Japan seems a nightmare!

Turtle

[Timty]

Theres a japanese mini in mini world mag (may2010) that has the 12" wheels and hub caps it looks like a great way to get the 10" wheel look! im definatly going to try and find some if any one knows what will fit pleeez let me know.A guy over the road has an MG im going to do sas manouveres tonight and measure them!! Or i might just ask him!!

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I am getting help with the lingo and payment, will probably be about £100 for them though...

[jamiewandsmurray]

Sorry to revive an old thread, but did you ever get round to ordering these? Or find an alternative? Im in the same posistion, i want the original looking chrome hubcap/steelie setup but on my 12's as i cant afford to get a 10' brake conversion etc.. Thank you :)

[leaky]

Hilman imp steel wheels are the right fitment for a mini and chrome hub caps for on them. That's the easiest way of going about it you just need to find some imp wheels for sale

[craig 1010cc]

but imp rims have a lower offset, so may well need arches. I'm pretty sure that in japan they are using stock 12" steels, its just finding the hubcaps

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I have meant to reply to this for a while, been busy.

 

I ended up getting Cooper S Calipers and fitting Cooper S offset rims and falken tyres.

 

Up to that point I was running 12inch steels, was going to use plain 8" chrome hub caps, fitted to late Morris Minor/ Austin LCV's but how to fit them?

 

I bought some genuine 1990's plain pastic 8" Mini hub caps which fit 12" wheels with a number of clips. I paid 99p for 4 new hub caps and £10 for all the clips I needed, but then started to have problems finding good plain chrome caps off a Morris. I was going to araldite the plastic caps inside the chrome ones and attach them to the steels using the clips, which push in to holes pre-drilled in the steels, thus securing the chrome caps without the need to use tie straps or drilling the chrome potenially throwing out the wheel balance.

 

As I said, I couldnt get hold of decent chrome caps, plain ones, loads of Morris "M" caps around but didnt want them, then the op came up for a brake conversion and a set of Cooper S rims came my way for free. I have just got around to buying 4 new stainless steel Mini caps and fitted them...

 

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The type of plastic hub cap I was going to use -

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Plain Morris/ Austin LCV Chrome Hub Caps -

[java gt]

Expensive but this is what you are after.

http://www.ebay.co.u...#ht_1012wt_1018

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Got some new ones in the end for the same price and now I have the look I have been after :)