Tyre fitment on 2012 Cooper D
Discussion
All,
I've taken on responsibility for looking after my girlfriends 2012 Mini Cooper D. She needs two new front tyres and I've done a bit of reading on here regarding what people are fitting. Looking at Uniroyal Rainsport 3 which seem to have great feedback on here.
She doesn't have any run-flats on right now so going to stick with regular non-run flats. But she does have 3 different brands across the 4 wheels, including miss-matched fronts/driven wheels! I'm guessing this is probably why the car tram lines so much and generally doesn't handle like it should, torque steer being a real pain when pulling out of a roundabout.
The rears are currently Davanti (never heard of them) and have 5mm to 6mm left with quite even wear across their widths, so will leave them both as they are.
My questions are:
- Do I need to purchase BMW OEM fitment tyres, or can I go for the none-OEM BMW fitment?
- Do the tyres need to be star rated? With over 80k on the clock and no manufacturer’s warranty left, I'm thinking I probably don't need to worry about this.
Thanks in advance,
Paul.
I've taken on responsibility for looking after my girlfriends 2012 Mini Cooper D. She needs two new front tyres and I've done a bit of reading on here regarding what people are fitting. Looking at Uniroyal Rainsport 3 which seem to have great feedback on here.
She doesn't have any run-flats on right now so going to stick with regular non-run flats. But she does have 3 different brands across the 4 wheels, including miss-matched fronts/driven wheels! I'm guessing this is probably why the car tram lines so much and generally doesn't handle like it should, torque steer being a real pain when pulling out of a roundabout.
The rears are currently Davanti (never heard of them) and have 5mm to 6mm left with quite even wear across their widths, so will leave them both as they are.
My questions are:
- Do I need to purchase BMW OEM fitment tyres, or can I go for the none-OEM BMW fitment?
- Do the tyres need to be star rated? With over 80k on the clock and no manufacturer’s warranty left, I'm thinking I probably don't need to worry about this.
Thanks in advance,
Paul.
Just a quick note to say that the Uniroyal Rainsports are looking good so far. However it's hard to say if the tyre or the corrected wheel alignment has made the biggest improvement to the drive of the car as both were done at the same time by a trusted independent.
The alignment was significantly off and the "adjuster bits" (what ever they are called) were seized up and looked like they have never been touched (over 80k on the clock). They needed to be heated-up to free them, then allowed to cool down again before the geometry could be properly corrected which took a bit longer than expected due to this.
The drive back was a marked improvement. No more tramlining and much better handling on the back roads.
The alignment was significantly off and the "adjuster bits" (what ever they are called) were seized up and looked like they have never been touched (over 80k on the clock). They needed to be heated-up to free them, then allowed to cool down again before the geometry could be properly corrected which took a bit longer than expected due to this.
The drive back was a marked improvement. No more tramlining and much better handling on the back roads.
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