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[A Sticky Gecko]

Would be very interesting to find out!

[station wagon]

Appart from my cart wheels, I have three other sets of 10" wheels and none of them is stamped with max load. Strangly, the only set i have witch is stamped is the golf cart one. Wellers are trailer wheels so why insurance would approve them on our Minis? I've never called my insurance to ask them if i could use trailer wheels on my car...

[RayBoogs]

Aren't they just classed as an alloy wheel? Because, you know, thats what they are!

[Bungle]

i don't think anyone have been brave enough to ask

[ANON]

has anyone phoned their insurance company and asked if they will cover a mini with wheels off a golf buggy ?

got to speak to my insurance today, traders policy, might ask them about it.

to be honest though they do look like a nice wheel and i'm sure they are safe but it all comes down to taking a chance if you ever have a claim mad against you if you've got them on.

plus if there is so much interest in them why not go to an approved manufacturer and get some made up? bloke on another forum i'm on organised 15" x 9" ronal copies to be made for £120 per wheel if 150 were made. so a 10" wheel would be considerably less. the bonus is that this is a uk company who supply land rover amongst others.

[pickupmad87]

just found this comment on ausmini forum
awdmoke wrote:This has been discussed many times before. The factory that makes the Gianni Potenzas in China also sells them as buggy wheels - Google "Wuyi Jiaxin Wheel Co". That way you can buy them without the markup on the brand name. Most alloy wheels are made in China now, including some of those imported from Europe.

[MiniNoobJhb]

I know I'm bringing up an old topic now.

Just wanted to check in with Jeffrey and find out how his wheels are doing?

[Yams]

I know I'm bringing up an old topic now.

Just wanted to check in with Jeffrey and find out how his wheels are doing?

 

I never knew this thread existed till now. It's been a good read, so thanks for bringing it up!

[panch1989]

They look gorgeous with gold centres. Wish we could get them easily here.

[Turbo Nick]

It doesn't make the slightest bit of difference whether they're for a golf buggy or a spaceship.

 

The important bit is the load rating, which on the ones in question is 500lb (226kg). If my understanding is correct then with these fitted you've got 452kg per axle load rating which is more than enough for even the heaviest minis.

[Turbo Nick]

only just realised how old this post is!

[Dr s]

Turbo Nick, that assumes an equal weight distribution? A mini weights 650kg say + 100kg for a driver. 

Biased towards the 66% to the front and your getting close to 250kg per wheel as a static load. 

Once you corner it hard then you'll get a decent weight transfer as well. 

 

Personally I think 226kg isn't enough for me. It maybe for others. 

[sixtyeight]

I'm not overly fussed by people using the wheels.. it's when they use the 7*10 golf cart tyres ON THE ROAD that gets me worked up.

 

Yes I have seen this. 

 

http://www.ebay.com....=p2047675.l2557

[kezzkitkat]

I'm not overly fussed by people using the wheels.. it's when they use the 7*10 golf cart tyres ON THE ROAD that gets me worked up.

 

Yes I have seen this. 

 

http://www.ebay.com....=p2047675.l2557

what a great description 

yes have to agree i would buy some road going tyres 

[The Matt]

I wonder whether the safety rating is different though? 

I mean, there may be a load rating of 226kg per wheel, but when designing a wheel for a buggy you maybe wouldn't have the same safety factors as for when designing a road wheel for a car?

 

So, for example:

 

Buggy wheel designed for off-road use on a golf course, load rating = failure load/2 (a safety factor of 2)

Car alloy wheel designed for road use, load rating = failure load/4 (a safety factor of 4)

 

But, all you can really do is base the decision on whether you're happy to take the risk with them.  I've not seen any reports of them failing on people yet, so that must be a good thing?