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Alex5 · Jan 27th, 2007, 01:35 PM

Hi, I have an R52 MCS with the 16" X-Lite wheels and Goodyear Eagle runflat tyres. I have seen a lot of mention on the forum of changing to standard tyres for improved ride quality and grip, and ideally I'd like to go back to the excellent Toyo Proxes or Goodyear GSD3s I used to run on my MX5, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that you cannot use the runflat tyre compatible alloy wheels with normal tyres? Could someone helpful just confirm this please

Many thanks for any help.

minisoopercooper · Jan 27th, 2007, 01:41 PM

totally untrue. Loads have gone back to normal tyres and if any fitter tells you otherwise then they are a total chimp

Alex5 · Jan 27th, 2007, 01:45 PM

Thanks, that's excellent news, I quite like the X-lite wheels and I think they are one of the lightest 'standard' OE alloys, so it would have been a shame to lose them for tyres.

keefo · Jan 27th, 2007, 09:39 PM

you cant re inflate your tire if you have ran it while it is flat,
yes you can put any kind of tire in it doent need to be a run flat one

hope this helps keefo

Jan 27th, 2007, 01:35 PM	#1
Alex5 MINI2 Regular My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buying Mini bits Local Time: 05:07 AM Posts: 75 Offline	Quick runflat tyre question Hi, I have an R52 MCS with the 16" X-Lite wheels and Goodyear Eagle runflat tyres. I have seen a lot of mention on the forum of changing to standard tyres for improved ride quality and grip, and ideally I'd like to go back to the excellent Toyo Proxes or Goodyear GSD3s I used to run on my MX5, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that you cannot use the runflat tyre compatible alloy wheels with normal tyres? Could someone helpful just confirm this please Many thanks for any help.

Jan 27th, 2007, 01:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
minisoopercooper Me again Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bristol Local Time: 05:07 AM Posts: 19,522 Offline	totally untrue. Loads have gone back to normal tyres and if any fitter tells you otherwise then they are a total chimp ↑↑↑ - Click me for the event of the year. - ↑↑↑

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Jan 27th, 2007, 01:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Alex5 MINI2 Regular My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buying Mini bits Local Time: 05:07 AM Posts: 75 Offline	Thanks, that's excellent news, I quite like the X-lite wheels and I think they are one of the lightest 'standard' OE alloys, so it would have been a shame to lose them for tyres.

Jan 27th, 2007, 09:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
keefo MINI2 Newbie My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2007 Local Time: 05:07 AM Posts: 10 Offline	you cant re inflate your tire if you have ran it while it is flat, yes you can put any kind of tire in it doent need to be a run flat one hope this helps keefo

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