15" wheels for winter tires on MCS
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15" wheels for winter tires on MCS
Can someone please confirm that 15" wheels will fit on an R53 Cooper S. I am trying to purchase a winter tire package and the tire shops in my area insist that 16" is the smallest diameter listed in their catalogues and therefore nothing smaller will fit.
Yet I am sure I have seen certain board members with pictures of their MCS's with 15" winter shoes.
Thanks in adavance.
Yet I am sure I have seen certain board members with pictures of their MCS's with 15" winter shoes.
Thanks in adavance.
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Those are 185/65/15 Nokia Hakkapalita 2 snow tires. That tire is now discontinued. I'm currently using Pirelli Winter 190 in the same size. I've not used them in the snow yet so I'm hoping they will work well. They were 1/3 the price of the Hakka's so I'm hoping they will be good. Too cheap to pass up. Bought them at Tire Rack.
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Can someone please confirm that 15" wheels will fit on an R53 Cooper S. I am trying to purchase a winter tire package and the tire shops in my area insist that 16" is the smallest diameter listed in their catalogues and therefore nothing smaller will fit.
Yet I am sure I have seen certain board members with pictures of their MCS's with 15" winter shoes.
Thanks in adavance.
Yet I am sure I have seen certain board members with pictures of their MCS's with 15" winter shoes.
Thanks in adavance.
If you have stock MCS brakes then you can fit 15" wheels.
Try entering your MCS in tirerack.com and see what wheels are suggested. You can add snow tires, contact Alex@tirerack.com and see what can fit.
The alloy 15" or 16" wheels are cheap enough and will do fine for winter.
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Yep, that seals the deal on the coils! And as much as I hate to say it, the response on the 175/65/15 tires really rocks as well. I am thinking of possibly rollin' those coils and then a set of Yokohama AVID Envigor tires in the 175/65/15 size. Those should have plenty of grip in comparison to the contis!
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Well, I didn't get to gra the coils. However, I did snag a sweet set of Koni Yellows from a fellow NAMer! I will be installing those shortly. I am hoping that these shocks fill the void in my handling dept. After driving on all sorts of sizes for the mini, I prefer the OEM size due to the feedback I get with them. Plus, the car can still easily be put through its paces on the 175/65/15 tire. I wanted to roll some 195/60/15 tires, but the OEM size seems adequate enough for me for now.
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