Factory wheels - can they be used with "traditional" tires?
#1
Factory wheels - can they be used with "traditional" tires?
There are some old threads here and on other forums that refer to the standard wheels that MINI provides with their runflat tires (which I guess nowadays is ALL tires) as somehow being different from wheels for use with traditional tires. These threads talk about having to replace the wheels if you want to replace the runflat tires with traditional tires.
Is this true?
I'm specifically looking at the 18's, but I would think that this is somewhat a generic question. Can you put non-RunFlat tires on factory wheels that originally came with RunFlats?
Thanks in advance!
Is this true?
I'm specifically looking at the 18's, but I would think that this is somewhat a generic question. Can you put non-RunFlat tires on factory wheels that originally came with RunFlats?
Thanks in advance!
#2
There are some old threads here and on other forums that refer to the standard wheels that MINI provides with their runflat tires (which I guess nowadays is ALL tires) as somehow being different from wheels for use with traditional tires. These threads talk about having to replace the wheels if you want to replace the runflat tires with traditional tires.
Is this true?
I'm specifically looking at the 18's, but I would think that this is somewhat a generic question. Can you put non-RunFlat tires on factory wheels that originally came with RunFlats?
Thanks in advance!
Is this true?
I'm specifically looking at the 18's, but I would think that this is somewhat a generic question. Can you put non-RunFlat tires on factory wheels that originally came with RunFlats?
Thanks in advance!
#3
Wheels the same...
as the first reply said. While now getting very common and soon universally required, run flats traditionally required a TPMS system be installed while of course conventional tires didn't. MINI's would have that TPMS anyway, and the OEM rims are set up for it--basically a flat spot milled on the inside of the wheel near the valve stem to accommodate the sensor housing.
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