MINI2 - MINI Forum - View Single Post - 16"s, 17"s or 18"s, which is really better?

elmadi · May 6th, 2003, 08:45 PM

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Originally posted by johnlummis
Hi Fred,I have 17's with 225/45/17 Bridgestone Potenza RE040's,the handling is fantastic as is the grip,you also protect the rims from being kerbed and I have not experiened any scrubage of the wheelarches but I have not had my Cooper lowered and will never do so.This is what it looks like.

BTW, I like the way your PS MC st-up especially when the arches & side mirrors painted.
May I ask how much your dealer charged you for painting the
side mirror & wheel arches?

Thanks.

May 6th, 2003, 08:45 PM	#18
elmadi MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cook County,Illinois Local Time: 08:25 PM Posts: 259 Offline	Re: wheels Quote: Originally posted by johnlummis Hi Fred,I have 17's with 225/45/17 Bridgestone Potenza RE040's,the handling is fantastic as is the grip,you also protect the rims from being kerbed and I have not experiened any scrubage of the wheelarches but I have not had my Cooper lowered and will never do so.This is what it looks like. BTW, I like the way your PS MC st-up especially when the arches & side mirrors painted. May I ask how much your dealer charged you for painting the side mirror & wheel arches? Thanks.