tyres

[beastieboy]

as i'm a tight fisted mini owner, does anyone have any good recomendations of suppliers with competative rates on 13" tyres ?
thanks, bb

[jeffriesmullet]

for 13s theres only 4 tyres u can use bridgestone,yokohamas,falkens,dunlops i have used all the 1st 3 and found bridgestone to be the best never use falkens they are very poor rubber they are all about the same price though

[miniman]

Try the PH tyre finder service (see banner or links from home page), also www.mytyres.co.uk.

[Fatboy]

Midland Wheel Supplies usually have good prices for Mini sized tyres - PH tyre finder well worth checking ut first though.

[vrooom]

seconded jeffriesmullet, bridestone are best for 13"

gone back on 12.. lost the grip of 13" in wet... but handles much better now.

[minimax]

I use bridgstone potenzas on my 13X7 superlites and the leaps and bounds they are over 12X5.5 falkens in the dry, in the wet, round bends, and when dropping the clutch from 5000rpm is utterly amazing

[swindorski46]

MWS had some proper bargain "Johnny No Brands" at Mini in the park. Depends how tight fisted you really are......

[miniman]

swindorski46 said:

MWS had some proper bargain "Johnny No Brands" at Mini in the park. Depends how tight fisted you really are......

Hmmmm, MWS have a lot of "Johnny No Brands" stuff and IMHO it is mostly crap! I bought a set of W&P arches at last year's Castle Combe action day and they are so shite that they are just sitting in the garage waiting until I get round to fobbing them off onto some fool on eBay!

[chriso]

Can't you just fit some spare wheels from your dad's selection of vehicles? Think of the grip! Not quite sure they'd fit though...

BTW, got to drive the Tuscan yesterday - I now need a faster car!