Can 205/50-17's do any damage?
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Can 205/50-17's do any damage?
I've had two sets of 205/50-17's on my '05 MCS. After putting me in these tires 2x, Discount finally informed me that these are not a standard size for my MINI. The first set were Yokohama's and I only got about 15K miles out of them and they wore extremely unevenly. I switched to a Michelin Sport A/S and my husband kept noticing a rubbing sound. When we took it back in, they told us that the 205/50-17 was not the right fit (so why did they sell them to us in the first place ) Had them replace with the same tires in a 205/45-17, but am concerned about any damage that may have been done that we can't see yet. Any thoughts?
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Thanks everyone, I will take a look at the wheel liner. I think the dealership noticed some rub marks on the struts (?), but said it wasn't anything to worry about. We just want to CYA with Discount. They swapped out the 50's for 45's for nothing which was decent of them since the 45's are more expensive, but they think that absolves them of any other issues. We just want to be sure we won't have issues down the road that lead back to having the wrong size tires on for 25K miles.
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