Ditching run flats - what happens if you get a flat?

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Sojourn

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 Ogmore, South Wales
Hi,

I've got a good bit of tread left on my original Bridgestone RF, I was thinking of replacing them and storing the RF's in the cellar until it's time to sell the car on.

My question is, if I put std road tyres on it and have a flat, without a spare what would I do - carry some holts tyre weld and hope for the best?

Regards,

Soj
 
I think that's what most people do, must get some for mine still :o

You could possibly find a small space saver that would fit but then it'd take up space in the boot.
 
I just bought a can of the Holts stuff

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270331336478&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&viewitem=&salenotsupported
 
Get the OEM BMW mobility kit as used on the M's. It's a more powerful compressor that also pipes through the can of tyreweld as well as a normal compressor. Ebay is the place.

I have a spacesaver spare too in the garage that I can drop in the boot for longer runs or if I have to do a home swap to ge tto the garage.

If all that fails I'm in the RAC anyway
 
BMW also do a mobility kit that is non-M branded. I've seen it on real-oem... not sure how much it is, but I bet it's cheaper than an M one. Comes in a nice bag with a BMW logo in one corner :)

Dave
 
You could get one of these and keep it the space next to the battery if you hav'nt got the HiFi stereo system. :thumbsup:
 
Forgot to add that when sourcing from Ebay ask for the expiry date of the sealant. They have a limited lifespan printed on a label and of course some of the eBay items may have been sat in a car for a decade already.

I can't say anything deteriorates but the side of a road in the dark and wet's not the best place to find out
 
Just out of curiousity has anyone actually experienced a flat with a non-RF tyre on the Z4 yet and had to use a can of tyre-weld/BMW mobility kit? If so what were the results?
 
On both my Z4's I binned the runflats as soon as I could, on the first I used Pirelli P Zero Asymmetrico's - beautiful.
On my current car I now have Falken 452's also pretty bloody good for general use and very good in the wet. I have a little compressor and an aerosol in the boot. I took the brave pill and did a twelve day, 3000 mile trip round France, Italy and Switzerland and all I did was kept a good eye on the tyres at each stop. Touching every bit of wood in reach, statistically you're only due a puncture every six gerzillion miles or something and seeing as I had a shed load before I got my first Z I'll take my chance that it's still someone elses turn!
 
Mr Whippy said:
BMW also do a mobility kit that is non-M branded. I've seen it on real-oem... not sure how much it is, but I bet it's cheaper than an M one. Comes in a nice bag with a BMW logo in one corner :)

Dave
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I bought that non "M" mibility kit when I switchrd to Michelin Pilots 2. Got it from BMW and squeezed 10% discount that brought it down to about 67 quid and is a nice little package with the roundel in one corner of a zip up case
 
X-S-Z said:
Just out of curiousity has anyone actually experienced a flat with a non-RF tyre on the Z4 yet and had to use a can of tyre-weld/BMW mobility kit? If so what were the results?
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Yes, I had a drill bit puncture my left rear tire. I used the BMW Mobility kit and it did not work so well. The recommended short 3km drive to even out the tire sealant inside the tire
did not work well. The general consensus is that the hole in the tire was too large for the tire sealant to be truly effective. The sealant was ejected explosively out of the tire messing
up the whole left rear of the car and I limped back to the hotel on the rim. The tire was forever destroyed but the rim was not damaged. I had the car towed to the nearest BMW dealership and had them install a new tire.
 
Thanks for all the info, I'll pick up a BMW mobility kit, for piece of mind I'll get it direct from the dealer$hip.

Now just to choose some tyres for my 108s with the lumpy 'rim guard' to protect them from when I kiss the curb... :o

I still have BMW warranty with roadside assistance, if I had a flat would the BMW dude repair it or would he say 'that's not a RF tyre, goodbye!' ?

Cheers,

Sojourn
 
Sojourn said:
Now just to choose some tyres for my 108s with the lumpy 'rim guard' to protect them from when I kiss the curb...

Cheers,

Sojourn
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I have the rim guard on my tyres, did not save the 108s when curbed :headbang:
 
Sojourn said:
I still have BMW warranty with roadside assistance, if I had a flat would the BMW dude repair it or would he say 'that's not a RF tyre, goodbye!' ?
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I'd be very interested to know this as well having just switched to non-RFT's. I managed to win a MINI mobility kit on eBay two weeks ago which came with a MINI branded compressor (I'm sure this is the same as the non-M BMW one), bottle of tyre gunk (expiring next march so 10months), tyre wrench, jack, screwdriver and spanner all in for £31 delivered. Only downside is it doesn't have a nice pouch but it's in it's original polystyrene moulded box so i'm happy enough. Just hoping I don't ever have to use it! I'm also not sure if the Jack will fit the Z, any ideas?
 
its probably worth ditching the jack (or leaving it at home) as if you dont have a spare then why would you want to jack the car up....................!!!?! :)
 
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