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[bennyboy93]

hi my name ben and im new to this forum i have a Morris Minor Series II in pale green im hopfuly going to make a build thread in the next few weeks so here are the plans,

dvd /cd/sat nav head unit
2 3000wat 15" subs
17" wolfrace alloys (from halfords)
2 sparco buket seats
carbon fibre wrap the bonnet
hid kit
and hopfuly some neons

plz tell mw what you think about what im doing cause i reckon its ganna be sic cheers . ben

[charlie_morris_minor]

you will struggle with the alloys unless your car has had the stud pattern changed to something other than the standard 4 inch pcd, sorry i do not mean to be negative

[Alex'n'Ane]

I take it from your plans and the '93 in your name your a younger member? do have a look at the forum below and introduce yourself. Neons on a minor?? You may want to look into lowering your car to give it a nicer stance also. I do like the sound of most of your plans though, a carbon fibre look bonnet sounds good. Sorry to be dull, but you may want to consider what your insurance company will say with some of those mods..

[plastic_orange]

Neons may make you some new friends with our boys in blue.

Pete

[morrisfixer]

Is the cars headlights not bright enough that you've got to put neon lights under it?? Are you deaf aswell !! With that much power coming from the stereo the old dynamo wouldn't cope. Apart from that sounds really cool why not lower it a couple of inches and stick a set of 15" mini light wheels on easy
Stevie

[chrisryder]

i've seen neons on a minor before. wired into the stereo so they pulsed with the beat...

the sub in the boot also caused a small fire with wiring that was too thin, watch out!

all i've got in my minor is a little stereo and two 3.5 inch-ish speakers, and they're plenty! even with my noisy engine i can drown it out with the music! i don't really see the need for subs! but hey i might just be getting old... 22 this year!

carefull on your choice of wheels too. not only do some look bloody awfull, you will struggle with stud pattern unless you change to different hubs (which can be done, but often with a bit of work!) don't be tempted to fit 100mm PCD wheels on your standard minor hubs. Minors are 4 inch which is 101.6 or something like that. so you could just about get a 100mm rim on but you'll have studs breaking and wheels falling off. not clever.

also you need to take into account overall rolling radius so the gearing and speedo are kept right. also, smaller wheels make the car sit lower to the ground (good for handling, bad for ground clearance) but have the annoying feature of making the car look high with regards space between tyre and wheel arch.

wheel offsets (distance from mounting face to centreline of wheel, called ET) can be fun too. you may find you have to fit spacers (especially at the front, it gets a bit tight) but spacing too much puts stress on the wheel studs, then they break and the wheels fall off. still not clever! you can get longer studs by the way, so that you can fit spacers and still have enough thread to fit a wheel nut on. i've got 1/4 inch spacers on the front of my minor (the light blue one in my sig pic) and longer studs to help, i personally wouldn't go much more than 1/4 for fear of stud breakage.

something you haven't mentioned, but as a young immature lad at heart... noisy exhausts. the standard one has its flatulent merrits, but 1.5 inch 'large bore' systems in my experience have a much lovelier bassy note to them, and a bit of a snarl when you thump the throttle the only downside is the 'all mouth and no trousers' effect!

anyway, good luck with whatever you do to it, keep us posted and don't hesitate to ask questions! someone on here has probably already tried whatever you think of. it's very difficult to think of something original when a car has been around for 63 years!

[hotrodder13]

im fitting 17 inch alloys and i need a 1 inch spacer and a 2 inch flared arch, i also have twin 12 inch subs at around 2400 watts, its pretty loud, the boxs are built into the boot and the subs face into the car, neons are tacky i wouldnt but if u want to go for it,
im also goin to fit a 8000k hid kit, just make sure you get a h4 kit

[charlie_morris_minor]

the fact that the wheels are 17inch does not mean that you need spacers and wider arches. That is goverened by the wheel offset and the overall width of the wheel.

In an ideal world you would want to have the centre line of the new wheel in the same position as the centre line on the current wheel or you will increase the strain on your wheel bearing. This is far more important on the front bearings than the back axle bearings though.

Also something to bear in mind is if you go up a few wheel sizes the side wall of the tyre will need to decrease to allow the wheels to fit in the arch. obviously if the height of the side wall comes down too much you will need to think about modifing your suspension to take account of the "loss" in shocks that can be absorbed by the tyre wall ( sorry if that is badly described ).

If you could "borrow" a set of wheel and tyres to see how the car handles after the mods that would be the best as it could end up saving you a lot of money if you need to sell the wheels on if you do not like they way they make your car handle.

[hotrodder13]

17 inch wheels are 7 inch wide mininum ! so you do either need spacers and flared archs if you have standard inner wings and suspension


my wheels are et 37mm so i will need spacers front and rear, if you can find a wheel with an et of around 15 or 20 mm you may not need spacer but will still need bigger arches. with a 1 inch spacer on the front they miss the top trunion by half an inch

i went for 205/40 tyres which are smallest i could get and cnt get them under the arch

[rossrox]

welcome to the forum!!! yeah, beware who you tell about your mods, alot of people on here really dont like modifications. mods are good aslong as you dont go over the top. Id pass with the neon idea, as hotrodder said, they are pretty tacky. minors are respected cars, we dont want them too chavy.

[charlie_morris_minor]

you learn something new every day re 17" are a minimum of 7" wide.. so yes your comment of spacers and wide arches is correct

modifications are in the eye of the beholder and if it is what you like go for it..

my advice may have sounded negative, it is not meant in such away I would just hate you to spend the money and find that things do not work out.

[Faceplant]

hello benny,

welcome! i hope you can post some pictures of your minor,

form experience, and as my dad says, measure twice, cut once. basically do as much research before spending cash, as others have pointed out modifiying minors is relatively easy and cheap but can also get expensive very quickly!

something simple like changing the wheels, which is easy on modern cars is quite different on a minor! I have 15' centrelines and lowered 1.5' at the rear and 2' at the front, the result was the tyres were catching on the inner wheel arch. if left the tyre would have burst (probably when its raining!)

i have now unlowerd and luckily it doesnt change the overall look of the car, its my daily drive so it has to work properly!

also minors are relatively easy to open without a key, so get a good alarm