New 2023 SE Owner

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SJA said:
Awesome, are they 18x8? Do you mind sharing the tire size and setup you went with and offset? Also curious how range was affected by the 18’s?
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45mm offset, everything else should be in the photo. Let me know if that works!


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jakesmini said:
45mm offset, everything else should be in the photo. Let me know if that works!
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Awesome, I am thinking the exact setup 18x8 et45. Just wasn't sure if the 205 tire was stretched too much and 215 would be better. Would love to see more pics if you have them.
 
SJA said:
Good to know, I will check that out when time comes. Seems like Mini has a few choices of OEM tires between Goodyear, Hankook and Pirelli.
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But do we have any say over which tires we get? My salesperson won't respond to that question. I am scheduled now, but try if I can get anywhere....
SJA said:
Good to know, I will check that out when time comes. Seems like Mini has a few choices of OEM tires between Goodyear, Hankook and Pirelli.
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Percivel said:
But do we have any say over which tires we get? My salesperson won't respond to that question. I am scheduled now, but try if I can get anywhere....
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MINI dealers have no way to specify which tires come on the MINI Cooper SE.

For the first time, one US forum member reported his SE came with run-flat tires instead of the normal go-flat summer-performance tires. Perhaps MINI ran out of the go-flats and just stuck tires from an ICE MINI on his SE, but he hasn't responded to confirm his suspicion that his SE is the 1st in the US delvered from the factory with run-flats.
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My SE Sept 23 build came with run flat and nitrogen fill.
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Is there a way to confirm a nitrogen fill from the factory? Assuming the dealer didn't empty and refill the tires, do you have to fill a balloon from the tire, and then somehow test if a candle can burn in the gas that you captured?
 
SameGuy said:
At least now I know why the vinyl tape I ordered on the 9th and that was dispatched on the 11th still isn’t showing in Royal Mail’s online tracking… :rolleyes:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64291272
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Update for those who are still waiting for packages to arrive via Royal Mail from the UK: I got my roll of black vinyl on Thursday, exactly one month after ordering it. So international parcels are definitely getting through, albeit very slowly.

It turns out it’s a die cut roll of Oracal 651, which is high-quality vinyl. If Kill-All-Chrome got the dimensions spot-on, this should be very easy to apply.
 
insightman said:
MINI dealers have no way to specify which tires come on the MINI Cooper SE.

For the first time, one US forum member reported his SE came with run-flat tires instead of the normal go-flat summer-performance tires. Perhaps MINI ran out of the go-flats and just stuck tires from an ICE MINI on his SE, but he hasn't responded to confirm his suspicion that his SE is the 1st in the US delvered from the factory with run-flats.


Is there a way to confirm a nitrogen fill from the factory? Assuming the dealer didn't empty and refill the tires, do you have to fill a balloon from the tire, and then somehow test if a candle can burn in the gas that you captured?
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Nitrogen is a waste of money compared to dry air IMHO. Yeah, maybe you'll pick up 0.1s at the track, but spend your money elsewhere on the road.
I have an inline desiccant dryer from Horror Fright.
When I had my winter tyres fitted, it was warm and raining. I noticed the wet air as large pressure changes with temperature. A few flushes at work with my desiccator sorted the problem.
 
I have an inline filter on my system, but I'll likely add a blue-beads dessicant filter as well; when I changed some plated NPT fittings recently, I noticed the bores were thoroughly rusty.
 
Inline filters only catch particles. Hot air carries a lot more water vapour. Cheap compressors put out hot air. Reservoir tanks help a lot.
 
Water does come out of the filter's drain, though, but the big 60 gallon tank also gets drained before I put it to bed (if I know I'm unlikely to be using air within the next 12-24 hours).
 
You don't have to be a member to use the nitrogen fill-station in my local Costco's parking lot.

That's still much trouble for me.
 
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