If you remove the spare tire to get more room for amps and subs, how do you make up for it? Fix-a-flat? Runflat tires? Take your chances?

brian

 

Triple A, call a friend to bring you your spare, call for a tow, any number of things you can do.

 

triple A fixes the flat on the spot? or they tow you?

brian

 

Both if you have a spare they change it for you, if you need a tow they tow you.

 

The point would be to not have the spare. I meant would they fix the actual hole in the tire on the side of the road, then reinflate the tire. So I guess they'd tow you.

I think I can change a tire.

brian

 

Never use Fix-A-flat or goo like that. Mucks everything up.

 

The answer you're looking for is no, they don't plug holes while you're on the side of the road. They'll tow you to a facility who'll fix your flat at your expense.

 

there is a sevice where they will patch up your hole if needed. They got one of those tire machines in the back of the truck so they can take off your tire properly. I had to do that once. i thought it was pretty neat.

 

Does normal triple A do this, or is it extra, or someone other than triple A?

brian

 

I'm not sure. I have a bunch of little business cards in my car and they were the only place that would come on site and fix my wheel for me, especially when it was 2:00 AM in the morning. They were other than triple A.

 

i tell all my customers this, since i do 90 percent spare tire removal installs...and i myself has been spareless for 12 years now

hell, many of the new cars dont even come wtih spares at all.

in town: AAA card, or a can of fix-a-flat, fixaflat should be last ditch if you are in a huge rush and cannot wait for AAA, as the stuff really makes the tire changing techs hate your guts lol

long trips or trips going into the boonies: throw the spare in the car, it will still take up less room than having af ull system in the trunk

b

 

Everyone that keeps throwing around the "fix-a-flat" goo idea please keep in mind that should you go that route your TPMS sensor will, in all likelihood, be garbage once you squirt that crap into your tire. So now you have the cost of the tire repair, PLUS the cost of replacing a tire pressure sensor to deal with.

I haven't personally experienced this in our Z's, but this is the way it was in my previous car. It didn't even come with a spare, but lots of us replaced the runflat tires with better rubber and in doing so we assumed the responsibility of dealing with "no spare and no runflat tires". Same situation. If you used fix-a-flat your tire pressure sensor on that wheel was toast. I have no reason to believe the Nissan sensors are any different than the Corvette sensors.

Just a thought.

 

My personal outlook on this is, I have towing with both nissan and my insurance company and I think I even have triple a, basically i can tow anywhere lol, so i'm not worried about it

 

Aaa Ftw....