The width and look on that black car is what I'm looking for. But I don't want to run crazy spacers. I want all wheel. Force racing, kodiac, etc.

 

I'm going to get a 7.9 conversion kit either way. Maybe I'll run my 13's for now, and then put on the 10's after everything else is done. My concern is that I'll cut the fenders and get flares for the 13's, and then when I want to go with the 10's, it will be too much.
I really wish there was a pattern/size comparison chart online of all the different flares.

Seriously? people are considering running Golf cart tyres on their mini's with what 75 to 120 horse power?

I have the SSR 12 x 5.5 (i think) on a Mini with 165x60-12 Bridgestone Potenza's and the front fenders have been trimmed for clearance.

Those look like Mini special (also 90's) arches with stainless overlays.

Now that black car *must* be running front spacers, yes?

My absolute favorite, but near impossible to find are the SSR 10x6.5 formula mesh.

 

Bochinam, those are the Wood and Pickett arches?

I want to go bigger than 4.5 as well, have my almost-new wheels up for trade here in fact.

And yes, the offset combination issue looks to be pretty hairy the more I've looked into it, if you don't have a set lying around to try.

When I visit zerobelow's awesome Marcos project again I plan to leave a bottle of Jim Beam and then return an hour later to scant resistance as I help myself to his Mambas.  And the KAD rear discs.  And the KAD aluminum swing arms...

Minilite MkII 10x6 with the -15 offset are deep!

 

I haven't installed mine yet, but I went with mamba 10x6s. I haven't seen them side by side, but I've heard that the difference between the 10x5 and 10x6, puts the extra inch inboard. I was really torn between the 5 and the 6...the 10" tires seem to want a 5-6" wide rim, so the choice ended up being arbitrary -- I'll make whichever one work with the car when it's all done .

Which have the best offset for the 10 inch,  5-6 inch wheels.  I am assuming i will put flairs on but only because my wife likes the look of the flairs.  

Jerry

That's good to know. About the tires, not the retirement communities. haha. I'll have to look into it a bit more, but I'll probably stick with a tried and true tire. This car will be driven more than the occasional weekend cruise, and I want something that will be suitable for highway travel as well as some fun twisty roads. 

 

I'm currently looking at wheel manufacturers and their listed options as far as width, offset, and backspacing is concerned. I can find what I "think"will look good on the car with certain flairs, but it is hard to say if it will have the actual look I'm going for. I have been creeping on all of the 10" wheel threads I can find and have really only come across 10 or 15 cars that are running the setup I have in mind. I'll post some pictures when I get home of the setup I'm thinking of and maybe some of you guys can offer some more suggestions. But for now, my lunch break is ending and I have to get back to it. 

A lot of the golf cart tires are now DOT rated as they are building the GC's road legal at least for Florida anyway, they are all over the retirement communities down here.

i'm running 10x6.5's and they rub on the front corners at full lock. I probably should trim my fenders soon to clear it.

Tires Alex refers to are Goodyear Eagle 205 golf cart tires. They are rated for 90 mph.

Obviously the offset of a wheel will play an important part in where it rubs - I thought that so blindingly obvious that I didn't mention it.
What I was trying to point out is that the same clearance issues exist for 10" wheels as 13" wheels - and Mr Mouse already has wide 13s fitted, so it may just be a case of swapping the brakes and wheels.

Something else not mentioned is tyre selection.
5½"-6" is really as wide as you should go with a 165 tyre.  7" and you're probably stretching it too far.
Someone a while back was going to run an in depth road test of non-approved-for-road-use golf cart tyres that looked really cool and were about 3 feet wide.  Not heard anything else so I can only assume the trial ended up with him in a ditch and unable to get out and report back.

Well, I know that offset and tire selection will have a lot to do with it. I'm personally going to look for a decent negative offset as I like the dish look. It won't be abything crazy. The only reason I'm toying with 7in wide is because most of them offer the offset and backspacing I'm looking at. Backspacing being less of an issue.

I have a feeling this will be a case-by-case basis, where each wheel and tire combination will change the actual answer. Like I said, I'm OK with cutting... but I don't want to cut too much. And I'm about to order group 5 race arches and want to make sure that they will cover anything that I cut, as well as not being way too big for 10" wheels.

I disagree. I had 10x6 MWS wheels that had a wider outset. The car rubbed something fierce. When I put the same Yoko 008s on my 10x6 Mambas I had clearance no problem. The height of the car makes a difference too. When my car sat low the clearance was much less than just 1 inch higher.

In my opinion anything more than 6 wide is unnecessary unless you race or have a vtec. I removed my WP flares (partly because the MWS rubbed the mounting surface away) and drive with just the chrome trim. They stick out slightly but NO way near what those MWS did.

Wide 10s, 12s or 13s all have the same clearance issues - essentially its only the size of the hole in the middle of the tyre that is different.

Well, as many of you know, I'm restoring my mini. And I've been considering going with 10" wheels. But something along the lines of 10x6 or 10x7. Something wide, as I like that look, but I've not seen too many technical posts on them.

 

Does it require fender cutting to go with a wide 10? I'm ok with cutting as I've already got 13x7's on the car. From everything I've read, being low on 10's doesn't require any cutting. And if that's the case, I'd like to leave my fenders uncut when I do my restoration. It will be tricky with the 13" wheels on there right now... Hmm... I've gotta start making some expensive decisions. 

So who's in the know on this subject?