[mikeswagon]

So I got my winters last week, and put them on at the weekend. I was expecting some sort of caps for the centre, but once they're on I like the look.

Thought it would be interesting to see who's rocking what over the winter.

These are the mini steelies with pirelli snowcontrol.







And for the winter, rubber mats too



And since it was such a nice day, I cleaned and sealed the victory spokes before they got stashed away.

 

[jeremybingham]

Jasper has dezent alloys in graphite from my tyres £290. Inc pnp mini [email protected] £330 fitted and balanced. I had the 16" tyres from a previous car and they are handbook winter inept 195 50 16. Really they should be 55 but they only change the rolling circumference by 3% which is fine apparently!

 

[jeremybingham]

Pics attached. Seem to find posting pics very difficult.they are dezent TD graphite.

 

[jeremybingham]

Oops I loVE predictive text. The tyres are hankook winter I cept .LOL

 

[jeremybingham]

I see you've roof rails Mike's wagon. Me too not fitted the roof bars yet but think they look nice. Bet there aren't many around like ours!

 

[Hat]

how much were the steel set fitted? i'm in two minds whether to go down this route with the mini. i've run winter wheel & tyres on my mx-5 for the last 5 years before switching into the mini. they were definitely needed on the mx but the mini is a pretty solid car in snow conditions, especially with brand new tyres on

 

[mikeswagon]

I see you've roof rails Mike's wagon. Me too not fitted the roof bars yet but think they look nice. Bet there aren't many around like ours!

I would bet/hope that there are no more in Aberdeen with roof rails. Roof bars are on my christmas list (Kirsty/Callum in case you see this ) Like your wheels btw, if I'd had winter tyres to swap on they were on my short list.

how much were the steel set fitted? i'm in two minds whether to go down this route with the mini. i've run winter wheel & tyres on my mx-5 for the last 5 years before switching into the mini. they were definitely needed on the mx but the mini is a pretty solid car in snow conditions, especially with brand new tyres on

I'm not entirely sure, as the mats were on the same invoice. I think they were roughly £500 all in, which I'm happy with. The alloys package was more than twice that. I just picked them up and fitted them myself at the weekend, but I believe the price was the same for them to fit.

 

[Steve07]

Hi Hat,
The wife's F56 Cooper steel wheels with winter tyres (non run flats) including MINI wheel trims and tyre kit and valve sensors was £640 all in with the dealer discount.

My F56 Cooper S came in at £1220 for 16" Spoke alloys with Dunlop winter run flats, tyre pressure valves and MINI centre caps included. Once again the dealer did me discount for buying early and for two sets.

There is an excellent configurator on the MINI website where you can inout your car model and have a play with the options available to you.

 

[jeremybingham]

Thanks Mike's wagon didn't realize mini did steel wheels else may have seriously considered saving a bit of cash. Do like the dezents tho.

 

[Hat]

Will look into it cheers

 

[D6GMB]

I got a good deal on the 16 inch alloy winter wheels package.
Paid £1000 for them but fitted mysef and storing them myself.


Will post some pics when the weather improves a bit.

 

[Hat]

struggling to find a fitting company that lists 16" steels for the Cooper S. Mytyres don't list them, only 15" for the Cooper

 

[jeremybingham]

For very little more you can have alloys from them.?