Lightening Mini
Turbo Mini Forums

Hi

Once I have got my mini running perfectly, in a few months or so I would like to start lightening it a bit.

The first area for me is the rear (subframe and radius arms) as when i was fitting it, they were sooo heavy.

The idea is to fit a rear beam with coilovers etc leaving the front as it is for the minute.

I would also like to fit lightened radius arms as they do weigh ALOT. I do however not have hundreds to spend on KAD etc. I heard some people do make their own and wondered if anyone knows of anything??

Cheers

Jon

The bespoke ones are more than the KAD ones

Nutter driver and i have a radius arm at work that we wana make a jigg from then use some seamless tube and make one, have a go amte cant be that difficult..

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Edited by MadMatt on 15th Dec, 2008.

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Would making my own not be a little risky though, strength and all that under continuous roade use??

Also if i do decide to go down this route where would i get the end section from, with the pin going through to attach to the hub?

Cheers

Jon

Remove the stub axle from your old arms. But there is a lot of stress on them & wouldn't make your own unless you really know what you're doing