Hi I'm new to this forum just trying to get to grips with it

I've been looking at these minilites for my seicento 1.1 xs

They are 25et with a 4x98 pcd just wondering if they would stick out a lot from the body work! and the tyres I am looking to put on them are 175/50x13 Yokohama. I wouldn't mind if they did stick out but would want them to be legal. as I'm not to clued up on this I was hoping someone could help me is there any alternatives arch rolling or stretch tyres???


Cheers brad

I think they'll stick out a fair way.

I also think they don't look that good on Centos (they're, what, 2 decades out of date?)

The real alternative is to get wheels with the right ET.

But, first, you've got to work out why you're doing what you're doing. Is it for go or for show? etc.

Very good peice in the FAQs on ET, PCD and all.

What are they, 13x5j? Sounds like they'd fit just fine, I'm pretty sure standard offset is ET26 so ET25 would be fine without spacers.

However, I do agree that they won't look good on a Sei (in my opinion). On a Cinq yes, but not a Sei.

Ive ran et-7 on a sei, and they stick out about an inch roughly.... I then found a set that were et10 which looked great, minimal poke with the tyre tread under the arch... Et25 should be fine if thats deffo the offset.

thanks everyone for your advice they are also 5.5x13
i shall take into acount what u have said
hopefully get the wheels wen i get payed
cheers brad

My bad. 25 et should be OK.

Still think they don't suit the car, though!

Re: Minilites for Seicento - anybody actually done it ?

Newbie here.
Was about to ask a dumb newbie question (as a new thread), but your excellent forum software prompted me to bump this one instead.

Just bought myself a very low mileage Seicento 1.1 Active. I really wanted a Sporting, but have been struggling to find anything with reasonable mileage that hadn't been messed about with (sorry - tastefully modified).

It is virtually all original, as new, complete with steel wheels and horrible plastic wheel trims. Part of me says keep it original, but to improve the ride / handling (it rolls a bit) I'm thinking about lowering it by 60mm all round and fitting 13" alloys (with 175/50R13 tyres). I don't really like the design of the Seicento Sporting alloys, so I started looking around. I want something in a curvy 4-spoke or 8 spoke pattern. Came up with the idea of 5.5J or possibly 6J Minilites (or Minilite clones). Seems I'm not the first.

I just phoned John Brown Wheels. Told the telephone sales representative I was thinking about fitting a set of 13" Minilites to a Fiat Seicento ....

Rep: What model is that ?
Me: SEICENTO (spelling it out)
Rep: What year is that ?
Me: 2003
Rep: Is that rear wheel drive ?
Me: No !
Rep: Is that a 5-stud pattern ?
Me: I think I'm wasting my time talking to you. Hangs up. :bang:

Sensible answers only, please.

Re: Minilites for Seicento - anybody actually done it ?

Depends on budget, as with many things, but Compomotive do a minilite replica - http://comp.co.uk/wheels/wheels.asp?section=ml-24-13

If it was me, I think I'd go for the ML1362 with a 24 offset, and make sure they do a 4x98 stud pattern (I'm pretty certain they will).

They won't be cheap though...

Wheels are a personal choice, they are out there...

On the spring subject, I'd go -40 max. _60 is fine for smooth racetracks, not for the road.

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if he drops 60mm rallycinq it will only be a 40mm drop on height of a sporting remember so not too low, about right for a cento imo.

as said above, wheels are a personal choice - just get what you like. Have a search on the old fleabay, just go to the wheels section and search it for "4x98" or "fiat" or something, and see what comes up. Lots of trawling but I am always seeing nice wheels when i look, cause you know I look all the time even though i don't need any or have anywhere to put any more lol.

Re: Minilites for seicento - question about suspension

blu73 said:

if he drops 60mm rallycinq it will only be a 40mm drop on height of a Sporting remember so not too low, about right for a cento imo.

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Thanks for confirming my assumption that the Seicento 1.1 Active was about 25mm higher than a Sporting. I checked it (quite unscientifically) using a metre steel rule to measure to the top inside centre of the wheelarch lip. Though it looks a LOT higher side on.

I've owned a Cinquento Sporting that I had lowered by 40mm (from new) on 175/50R13's (on OEM wheels) and that always seemed quite a sensible compromise ride height for road use. That car retained the standard struts and rear shocks. But if I do lower a 1.1 Active by 60mm all round, will I still be able to get away with that ? The struts and rear shocks have done very little work so far. The car has had one previous little old lady (genuinely) owner and has only covered 6500 miles in 14 years.

Back to the wheels thing. Apart from 13" Minilites, I'd also been considering FIAT's own make Abarth / Schumacher 5.5J x 14" alloys. But I can't find any 175/50R14 tyres anywhere (let alone 175/45R14, which would give the correct rolling radius). What the heck are all the existing Abarth / Schumacher Seicento owners using for rubber nowadays ???

Re: Minilites for seicento - question about suspension

20mm its 20mm lower as a sporting - or would have been when the springs where all brand new at least lol.

Running 40mm or more lower than stock its generally advised to get shortened shocks, its not like cento suspension is expensive so just get a complete kit. I'd buy new top mounts too if it were me for sake of the money required.

on all my centos i have run 14x5.5j wheels (same size as abarth wheels) and I always ran 185/50r14, preferrably Yoko A539

blu73 said:

if he drops 60mm rallycinq it will only be a 40mm drop on height of a sporting remember so not too low, about right for a cento imo.

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I get that, but most of the springs now offered for sale are based on the Sporting rather than the more basic models.

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can't say i've look for a couple of years, but i remember everyone used to get confused all the sites had 60mm springs listed when really they had the exact same springs listed as 40mm for sportings lol.