Need the space for a overnight trip so thinking of taking the spare out. Only had one flat in the last 10 years - touch wood.
Also how do the RAC treat this if you had to call them out because the sidewall was trashed and the weld couldn't cope?
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Any one carry TyreWeld instead of a spare wheel?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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given that most company vehicles have spares removed and the instructions are to call the AA/RAC/Greenflag i cant see it being an issue - when the **** dont put the spare wheel BACK when they sell it you end up with a van like mine thats sans spare wheel !
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Some new cars come like that now
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Assuming you don't drive for miles on the flat there's no reason the sidewall should die, they're fairly resiliant to a few hundred metres.
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CK unless your my missus and proceed to catch the sidewall on a petrol pump surround.....
then find out that her car doesnt have a jack !
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Some new cars come like that now
Yup - mine does.Posted 1 year ago # -
does it actually work? I last tried it on motorbike tyre 15 years ago and it was utterly sh1te sprayed in sprayed back out did not even inflate the tyre
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My Focus didn't come with a spare wheel. It did come with a compressor and sealant which I used last year. It worked really quite well to be honest. I wouldn't want to drive any real distance with it but it was enough to get to a tyre place to get a replacement.
Edit it wasn't TyreWeld but the Continental equivalent.
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No spare in my Focus which is a lease car, just a can of tyre weld.
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My TVR had a can instead of a spare
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Edit it wasn't TyreWeld but the Continental equivalent.
soudure de pneu?
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I'd consider one of thos elittle compressors that run off the fag lighter socket - I had to top my tyre up when I used the supplied can of weldy stuff.
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I used to. Only had one flat in the last 15 years, which was Tuesday morning. No sidewall left, tyre totally fubar'd. Luckily, I had a spare, jack, wheelbrace and a'hin with me. Not going to rely on a can any more.
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I had one in my last car which should have had runflats on but didn't. Sod's law - Got a puncture. Used two cans, but it worked fine. I got the tyre repaired, too, after being told that the sealant ruins them. The tyre fitter just washed it out.
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My Smart didn't come with a spare (no room to fit one), but they give you two years RAC cover, the inflator and Tyre Weld is an optional extra for about £90
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Just use Stan's
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The conti kit is called the 'comfort' kit and injects a liquid sealant into the tyre via the inflation valve & inflates the tyre with the integrated 12v compressor.
Generally pretty good unless you have a big hole (or torn sidewall).
It is very common now to have cars equipped with these systems in place of a spare tyre but I have to admit even as a tyre engineer by profession I paid an extra €40 when I got my last car to have a real spare wheel (even if it is mini-spare) as well as the repair kit.
I don't think the tyre-weld cans inflate the tyre sufficiently from memory, and the speed you can continue driving is drastically reduced (40mph or so I think)...
The challenge is identifying you have a flat tyre before you have damaged it beyond repair. Harder than you might imagine especially if it is on the rear axle....
When pressure monitoring becomes a legal requirement that aspect will disappear.Posted 1 year ago #
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