no spare!

DaMonk · 13-10-2009 7:29pm #1

brother just bought an e90 bmw without runflats, any suggestions as to what to do for a spare?

robbie_998 · 13-10-2009 7:30pm

buy one ordinary wheel for the car and keep it in the booth

or join the AA or RAC, they do flat wheels too

R.O.R · 13-10-2009 7:36pm

Can of tyre weld and a small compressor - loads of manufacturers doing that now without giving any spare at all.

Alternatively, it's around €500 for a full spare wheel kit from BMW. Wheel, Tyre, Jack, Wheel Brace and the screw thing to keep the spare in place in the boot.

bazz26 · 13-10-2009 7:36pm

The boot of the 3 Series might not be designed to hold a full size spare wheel. Suggest you take off one of the wheels first and see if it will fit in there before buying one. You might have to either buy a space saver or a can of tyre weld.

Might also be worth asking on a BMW forum as I am sure this subject is discused regularly. Most folks hate the ride from runflats and get shot of them.

R.O.R · 13-10-2009 7:42pm

bazz26 wrote: »

The boot of the 3 Series might not be designed to hold a full size spare wheel. Suggest you take off one of the wheels first and see if it will fit in there before buying one. You might have to either buy a space saver or a can of tyre weld.

Might also be worth asking on a BMW forum as I am sure this subject is discused regularly. Most folks hate the ride from runflats and get shot of them.

The boot in an E90 has a full size spare wheel well, they just fill it with a polystyrene, wheel shaped thing to keep the boot carpet from sagging. Think the early E90's weren't on run flats so had the spare there.

DaMonk · 13-10-2009 7:46pm

i think the tyre weld and compressor sound like the easiest option there, thanks.

unkel · 13-10-2009 8:33pm

DaMonk wrote: »

i think the tyre weld and compressor sound like the easiest option there, thanks.

It's the cheapest option anyway

In fairness, how often does one break down with a flat tyre these days?

crosstownk · 13-10-2009 8:34pm

This might sound weird and I'm not sure if it applies to the E90.

I've had numerous customers ring with the previous model to say there was no spare. They didn't see one when they lifted the boot carpet. However, there is another panel that needs to be lifted to reveal the spare.

Like I say, it mightn't apply to the E90 but just in case.................

If there's no runflats fitted then there has to be a spare. I don't recall BMWs coming with the 'magic spray' like Rovers did.

Gumbo · 13-10-2009 8:35pm

R.O.R wrote: »

The boot in an E90 has a full size spare wheel well, they just fill it with a polystyrene, wheel shaped thing to keep the boot carpet from sagging. Think the early E90's weren't on run flats so had the spare there.

my May 2005 E90 was on runflats, and i dont think theres space for a spare wheel in the boot either. i will double check in the morning.

my car would of been one of the first registered in the country and was on runflats from the factory with the breakdown kit in the boot, which consists of a bottle of that foam stuff!

crosstownk · 13-10-2009 8:37pm

unkel wrote: »

In fairness, how often does one break down with a flat tyre these days?

Quite true but typically, when it does happen the timing is always so horribly wrong

robbie_998 · 13-10-2009 8:38pm

crosstownk wrote: »

This might sound weird and I'm not sure if it applies to the E90.

I've had numerous customers ring with the previous model to say there was no spare. They didn't see one when they lifted the boot carpet. However, there is another panel that needs to be lifted to reveal the spare.

Like I say, it mightn't apply to the E90 but just in case.................

just a quick question for crosstwink crosstownk...

bmw customers ring you about their cars but yet you have a citroen sig

glad the OP found his solution

Unkel dont be soo mean to me, many a time have the AA come to rescue the day for me, only cos other people cant drive and crash

unkel · 13-10-2009 8:46pm

Lads, don't get me wrong - I would highly recommend the AA. I've been a member for 10 years now!

crosstownk · 13-10-2009 8:54pm

robbie_998 wrote: »

just a quick question for crosstwink crosstownk...

bmw customers ring you about their cars but yet you have a citroen sig

And I own a Volkswagen

robbie_998 · 13-10-2009 8:55pm

unkel wrote: »

Lads, don't get me wrong - I would highly recommend the AA. I've been a member for 10 years now!

very good indeed

crosstownk wrote: »

And I own a Volkswagen

what a weird combination :pac:

R.O.R · 14-10-2009 7:31am

Looks like I was thinking of another car with the polystyrene in the boot

Pics from an 07 318 SE

Lifting the floor of the boot you see this:

Remove the holder gets you this:

Haven't a clue what's under there as it's held in with multiple torx screws.

robtri · 14-10-2009 9:37am

tyre weld and a compressor... cheap and easy to sort out....

CJhaughey · 14-10-2009 10:35am

robtri wrote: »

tyre weld and a compressor... cheap and easy to sort out....

Tyre weld doesn't fix what potholes do to a tyre though;) Fine for a nail or similar but not the nasty snakebite punctures.

Bandara · 14-10-2009 12:19pm

DaMonk wrote: »

brother just bought an e90 bmw without runflats, any suggestions as to what to do for a spare?

but if he has runflats why does he need a spare?

Can't he just drive to the nearest tyre place and get the puncture repaired or buy a new tyre?

mickdw · 14-10-2009 12:34pm

Hammertime wrote: »

but if he has runflats why does he need a spare?

Can't he just drive to the nearest tyre place and get the puncture repaired or buy a new tyre?

OP said he bought an E90 WITHOUT runflats

Atreyou · 14-10-2009 12:39pm

Dont know how the boot in E90 looks like, but in E87 battery is placed under the carpet so the spare wheel wont fit anyway.

Tyre weld and a compressor.

no spare!

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