New Cooper S JCW tyres
Discussion
I've had a couple of Mini's in the past, but never kept them long because of the run flat tyres, poor grip, bad braking performance and rock hard suspension.
I'm seriously looking at an almost new Mini Cooper S JCW but would want the run flats removing, perhaps for PS4's.
Has any one got rid of their run flats? If so how was the ride etc? What options on the Mini are there for puncture cover?
I'm seriously looking at an almost new Mini Cooper S JCW but would want the run flats removing, perhaps for PS4's.
Has any one got rid of their run flats? If so how was the ride etc? What options on the Mini are there for puncture cover?
Ours is just a cooper rather than a JCW on 17's, changing from the run flats was a big improvement on comfort.
Nothing special tyre wise as it's the wife's car and she doesn't hoon it, but replaced with uniroyal rain sport 5's, both grip and comfort is good.
Did the same on my BMW 5GT last year and it made a huge difference, mainly due to the tiny profile on 20" wheels.
Bought a compressor and tyre goop from amazon for about £25 should we ever get a puncture, cheaper than tyre insurance and touch wood not had a puncture on any car in the last 10 years.
Nothing special tyre wise as it's the wife's car and she doesn't hoon it, but replaced with uniroyal rain sport 5's, both grip and comfort is good.
Did the same on my BMW 5GT last year and it made a huge difference, mainly due to the tiny profile on 20" wheels.
Bought a compressor and tyre goop from amazon for about £25 should we ever get a puncture, cheaper than tyre insurance and touch wood not had a puncture on any car in the last 10 years.
Ours is a 68 Cooper Clubman S with 18" runflats, never noticed any discomfort in the ride.
And on the positive side, I was able to drive about 250 miles with a flat tyre without even realising, rather than being stuck at the side of the road. So that is a big thumbs up from me for runflats....
The OEM Bridgstones cost £125 each so not even that expensive....
And on the positive side, I was able to drive about 250 miles with a flat tyre without even realising, rather than being stuck at the side of the road. So that is a big thumbs up from me for runflats....
The OEM Bridgstones cost £125 each so not even that expensive....
I've just sold a Cooper S that had NRFs. The O/H has a Cooper S with RFs. The noise they make is the overriding issue, especially on the course-tarmac roads or ones that have been surface dressed. Ride & handling wasworse than mine. I've just bought a JCW which is currently on winter NRF tyres. They're as bad on noise as the RFs. it's been swapped back to summers today as the winters are a liability in the wet (Contis).
O/H is moving to NRFs this weekend.
O/H is moving to NRFs this weekend.
nordboy said:
I replaced mine with Goodyear Eagle F1's when I first had mine. Massive difference in ride and handling. The Eagle F1's have great wet weather handling and are really reasonable price wise. Hence I changed all 4. Sold my run flats on, which made the F1's an even better price.
Same here, on 17" wheels with adaptive suspension on my JCW. I've been very pleased, I swopped them over after 5000 miles (front to rear) and the have the same tread wear all round, and a complete reduction in the high frequency road imperfections rattling through the car that the RFT Pirelli P1s delivered. The Goodyears still stick like gum in the dry and cut through the wet stuff much better than the Pirellis. It gives the car decent compliance for every day stuff, with a teeth-loosening 'Sports' option if I want it.
I've swapped fronts for Uniroyal Rainsports. They seem to be a good compromise with cost and grip. It's definitely quieter at the front but now the rears sound like the bearings are going the cheap runflats are so noisy. 
I also had a good 'debate' with the tyre fitter who seemed to be of the opinion that they 'invalidate' anyone's insurance and the wheels are designed with a specific integral intrnal rim to stop the runflat coming off, so non run flat tyres are not designed to work with them.
I also had a good 'debate' with the tyre fitter who seemed to be of the opinion that they 'invalidate' anyone's insurance and the wheels are designed with a specific integral intrnal rim to stop the runflat coming off, so non run flat tyres are not designed to work with them.
t as standard.As i understood when I specified mine (2 years ago now) run flats or not was determined by the choice of wheel size ie 17” = normal tyres, 18” = run flat.
I went for the smaller wheel as I thought this was more than ample for the size of car and without runflats would give the better ride. I also preferred the wheel design. Happy with the choice.
I went for the smaller wheel as I thought this was more than ample for the size of car and without runflats would give the better ride. I also preferred the wheel design. Happy with the choice.
Got the OEM standard runflat tyres on my Clubman Cooper S, they seem fine to me, not overly noisy and handles fine. On top of that, they do actually work as I got a nail in one and didn't notice until I got to my destination and the tyre pressure warning flagged it up, I was then able to drive to get a new tyre - for that reason alone runflats get a thumbs up from me....
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