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[Tupers]

i don't want to pee on anyone's chips, but i wouldn't want to be in the situation where n insurance assessor or accident investigator was looking at a car that i owned that was fitted with golf cart wheels

Would you feel the same way about a car you owned with split rims on it considering few of them go through any formal testing or approval process?

Split rims may be designed for cars but without any testing they could still the dangerous. Equally you could agrue that more 'golf cart' wheels are sold than split rims and as such there's a greater chance that their manufactures have put more time into making sure they're a strong and safe.

I'd also say that using a set of secondhand wheels with unknown history could be just as bad if not worse than a new set of 'golf cart' wheels as you wouldn't know if they'd been abused or if the had cracks waiting to blow the wheel apart.

[james.c94]

i don't want to pee on anyone's chips, but i wouldn't want to be in the situation where n insurance assessor or accident investigator was looking at a car that i owned that was fitted with golf cart wheels

It's not like they've got golf cart only stamped on them or anything, someone looking at them will just think they're for a car as they're on one

[brum,brum,mike]

i don't want to pee on anyone's chips, but i wouldn't want to be in the situation where n insurance assessor or accident investigator was looking at a car that i owned that was fitted with golf cart wheels

It's not like they've got golf cart only stamped on them or anything, someone looking at them will just think they're for a car as they're on one

I believe that an insurance assessor would look at the wheel for the special marking most wheels have on them? Correct me if i'm wrong ;)

And i wouldn't have thought golf cart wheels would have these...?

Edited by brum,brum,mike, 14 December 2012 - 11:12 AM.

[Driezzie]

Completely offtopic replies !

We had these kind of discussions like a 1000 times before. *sigh*

The insurance also doesn't like your shiny 12x6 / 13x7 ultralites, they don't like your stage 1 , 2 or 3 kit, hell they even don't like your maniflow exhaust !

The so called golf cart wheels are just mass produced in China for different purposes (look on Alibaba, madeinchina.com etc). It's a strong alu wheel and it just happens that a mini is the only road car that has 10 inch wheels.

If you don't like playing the game than keep driving stock. Simple !

Only people who are interested in the great service buddylove offers should reply so he can get an overview of who is interested.

And if there are still haters, here are some pictures and a quote from the 16valves mini forum where american / canadian users used them already on their minis. They have a lot more HP than most users on this forum.

The build on the Viking golf cart wheels are actually thicker than what the Ultralites are. Spokes have 500lbs stamped on the back, not far from the 250kg on the ultralites.

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Dragracing with golf cart wheels in the front

Edited by Driezzie, 14 December 2012 - 01:26 PM.

[Bungle]

i guess the answer is to tell your insurance company you are running wheels not suitable for a road car and that the tyres fitted are also not for these wheels

if they are still happy to cover you get it in writing and your sorted if the worst should happen

[Ethel]

Does the pcd match? 4" for Mini running gear, 100mm is a common alternative, close but not close enough. I'd defo be concerned about suitability & insurance; a Mini is a lot faster & heavier than a golf cart.
Two negatives don't make a right, if others are fitting dodgy 2nd hand or split rim wheels, it doesn't make a defence if your golf cart rim fails. You'll also want to match the rim profile for the tyres, "J" for Mini rims. The OP should consider this most: if you sell these wheels to go on Minis you make an implicit statement that they are fit for that purpose.

[Driezzie]

yes it's 4x101,6 mm so no wobble bolts or something. Just 60 degree nuts.

buddylove is just an US citizen who can buy the wheels in a shop and then send them to people who are interested, that's all he is offering. It's not gonna be a legitimate sale of automotive wheels. All I can say is that other people already used them in the past, they are made of strong airplane alloy aswel.

It's maybe harsh to say this but I'm 99% sure that Gianni Potenza did the same in the past, just a blanco bulk buy and then engraved his logo in them and sold them with a lot of profit :).

Edited by Driezzie, 14 December 2012 - 06:02 PM.

[supermotolee]

Everyone is quick to jump in with negatives on this post but no ones backing up their 'opinions' with any facts. Enjoy your golf cart wheels kids

its not like they are trying to fit wooden wheels to their wagons now is it?

[t@z]

i guess the answer is to tell your insurance company you are running wheels not suitable for a road car and that the tyres fitted are also not for these wheels

if they are still happy to cover you get it in writing and your sorted if the worst should happen

[ANON]

i'm not trying to scare monger or put anyone off buying them etc...but i've dealt with insurance assessors and know how they try to wriggle out of anything.

the way i look at it is i'd rather go to someone like image and say "make me these wheels" and pay more knowing that if i did have a crash that resulted in a claim my insurance wouldn't be able to wriggle out of paying out.

but hey, if people want to stick whatever wheels on then i'm not going to try and stop them, it's just a quick heads up

[Bungle]

i guess the answer is to tell your insurance company you are running wheels not suitable for a road car and that the tyres fitted are also not for these wheels

if they are still happy to cover you get it in writing and your sorted if the worst should happen

insurance company's will do what ever they can to not pay out

[Driezzie]

Anything that's not stock is illegal if you do not have papers for it (in a MOT way I mean that). Modern cars have very strict rules about that so it's not more different for minis that are not even an oldtimer. I want to see some insurance say : " hey nice 13x7 ultralites you have there although your papers say 12 x 5,5..."

Your Image wheels are also illegal, they are for racing purposes only.

It's at your own risk ofcourse I don't deny that.

Edited by Driezzie, 14 December 2012 - 07:11 PM.

[ANON]

Your Image wheels are also illegal, they are for racing purposes only.

It's at your own risk ofcourse I don't deny that.

you'd best let dvla/vosa know then as they seem to think they are fine.

[Mini_Magic]

Why not fit some trolley wheels? They're small and unique. Who cares that they're not for road use and probably quite dangerous at speed.

[james.c94]

Why not fit some trolley wheels? They're small and unique. Who cares that they're not for road use and probably quite dangerous at speed.

Your up for testing them then yeah? Bit of a stupid post mate :/ it's hardly the same, these 'golf cart' wheels probably even come out of the same factory as potenzas. If they've been proven on a race car and they've been proven on a road car they are most deffinately safe. But I'm sure as soon as one fails everyone will just say serves you right for using golf cart wheels, even though there's been one dodgy wheel out of hundreds on minis.