Pics needed of cars with upgraded wheels.

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My Cooper S is due for its first MOT soon and I think the front tyres will need replacing beforehand. So I've decided now is a good time and out the $h1t runflats and upgrade the wheels at the same time. I'd like to go to 18's, just after some pics of various styles and how it effects the handling. Also what width and profile tyres I should be looking at.

Cheers, Al.

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Surely 18s with standard tyres are not going to be worse than 17s with runflats, if anything they'll be better. The sidewalls on the runflats are so thick there is no way they should be fitted to any car that has an ounce of sportiness to it. When I first got my car this was the first mod I was advised to do to improve the ride, handling and driveability, this by a couple of independant tuners. It is only cos I am too tight to bin the runflats when they had good tread that its taken me this long to get round to doing it. The project car looks good, I've fitted a quad exit exhaust, similar to M3/M5, other than that just loads of shiny bits and a catbon dash.

Al.

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My exhaust is a bit louder than the standard, but nowhere near as loud as the PlayMini one I had on my Classic Cooper 500. I've heard of Milltek but not heard one on a car.

Al.

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Thanks for all the responses, I managed to get hold of some Hamann 17x8 5-spokes in the end and am very pleased with them. Only thing is the tyres are only 205s and look way too narrow and don't protect the wheels. Anyone have any idea what size I can go up to without rubbing? 215/45s? or 225/40s? Will add spacers if necessary. Pics on the link in my profile, I still haven't got the hang of posting them on here, if someone else can feel free.

Cheers, Al.