2nd Gen R56 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: Depression is Setting In

you should be excited to be getting rid of your run flats so soon! It will dramatically improve your ride, and maybe you can sell the other 3 run flats and come out ahead?

 

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking, too!

 

Yep, sold mine, bought new Hancook non run flats and made $50.00 on the deal. Sweet...

 

exactly


OP, I had the same RF's, replaced with the same Conti's you will have, and what a VAST improvement in ride quality! The "loss" in stiffness/handling is so minimal, it's a non issue.

 

And I thought that you weren't supposed to mix runflats with non-runflats (but that's just a vague memory... I can't remember where I heard/read it).

 

Well assuming they were not crappy Kuhmo or Pirelli runflats and the nail was in the tread they CAN be patched. The Dunlop and Conti RFTs are repairable.

That being said, I ditched my runflats before I hit 3k miles. The ride is better and tires are much cheaper. Yes, you lose the peace of mind having runflats. I have two cans of TPMS safe Fix-a-Flat (Sold at my local MINI Dealer...).

You can mix them but the ride would be akward.

 

Nothing to be depressed about. I had tires waiting for me the day I picked up my second Mini. No run flats in my house hold. But to even things out I got hit by a rock on day 6 of ownership which required a new windshield. At least the R56's don't suffer the R53 windshield gremlins. Those would crack as soon as you look at them.

 

Who was "they"? The dealer?

I was at my local Dicount Tire Dealer last year and they had a chart (internal) that showed which RFT tires could be patched (barring any other problems). Dunlop, Conti, Yokohama were on the okay list from what I recall and Pirelli and Kuhmo were on the non-approved list. There were others on both sides but I don't recall them all. My tire guy said it had to do with how each company created the run flat effect.

BTW, I forgot to mention: The Conti DWS tires are AWESOME. I bought those for my fiancee's Subaru WRX for her time back east. Not as good as snow tires for the real thing but great in wet, slush, and cold. You won't be disapointed.

 

Patch the runflat

Go to a Discount tire store and let them put a patch on the inside of that tire.

If you get the non-runflats you need to get some Slime and the air pump. Slime will not ruin the sensors like fix-A-flat will.

:beer

 

The new Fix-a-flat is rated for TPMS sensors now.

I sent an inquiry to Dunlop and recieved this response:

RMA Repair guidelines: RMA Tire Repair Guidlines