R53 Cooper S - Winter wheels/tyres
R53 Cooper S - Winter wheels/tyres
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CO2000

Original Poster:

3,177 posts

235 months

Monday 22nd November 2010
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R53 Cooper S - Winter wheels/tyres

What options are there ? (Std brakes)

Running them on the front only ok ?

Running 17" Bullets at the moment.

DanGT

753 posts

252 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2010
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You will have to do all 4 or you will come out of every round about backwoulds. I found this with all weather on the front and normal on the back.

CO2000

Original Poster:

3,177 posts

235 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2010
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Fantastic, 2 it is biggrin

robinh20mrv

586 posts

228 months

Saturday 27th November 2010
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i have fitted four 16 inch winter wheels with goodyear ultra grips (proper mud and snow tires)
and have no problems, in fact i was out playing in the snow this morning!

great fun, loads of grip!

Pip1968

1,388 posts

230 months

Tuesday 30th November 2010
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I have just posted a question about winter tyres for my wife's Cooper not having seen your post or this thread. Where did you source the wheels from, are they just a cheap second hand OEM set or did you buy some steel wheels and if so where from?

Thank you

Pip