I just wanted to know if the tyre fix stuff in a can is any good. I'm thinking of getting rid of the spare in exchange for some bass and don't want to be caught out. If it easier to carry round a can instead, then that's what I'll do. I'm running on 18's if that makes a difference.

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

I used 2 cans for my rear 255x40x17's.

It works okay but Kwik Fit said that they couldnt repair the tyre after this stuff was used, though I reckon that was normal "Buy a new one from us" type b*llocks. Oh and it has the same speed limitation as the space saver so you wont lose nothing there.

Later,

Trev

I've used it on bike tyres and it is OK. Thing is on a huge tyre like on the Z there may not be enough air in one can to inflate the tyre - might be worth checking the destructions on the can. Soultion I 'spose is two cans ....

 

A few years ago there used to be this green goop called Oko. The idea was that you bunged it in the tyre before you got a puncture. I never tried it because I was slightly concerned about it putting wheels out of balance and with the sort of antics I used to get up to on a bike you didn't need that additional worry. Anyone know what happened to it ?

New TVRs come with TyreWeld instead of a spare !

 

Kwik Fit were half right - without a major clean up exercise, it isn't actually possible to find the puncture as the tyre weld welds it up (but not well enough to leave it that way).

 

A further disadvantage is that it won't help you if you get a major blow out and the tyre rips itself up (which was the only puncture type I ever had on my Z - fun !).

 

Dave