I have a 135i w/ runflats and no spare and I only wish it had non-runflats w/ some kind of spare. Our MiniS came with runflats and the first suspension upgrade was to get ride of them. The car handled so much better with non-runflats. With runflats, you get a lot more road transference throughout the car. Plus your tire choices are limited and they cost a lot more.
If weight is the issue then just pick up a fix-o-flat kit but stay away from runcraps.
It's a tough call. The scissors jack that comes with cars is almost useless when you actually need it...which means a run home for a jack or calling a service anyway. I'm still carrying mine but it's tempting to pull it.
When I got my first Evo 8 i removed everything out of the trunk and upgraded my AAA to the Premier membership. It's like $100/yr but can cover up (1) 200 mile tow, (7) 100 mile tows, and unlimited 7-mile tows. Plus they will bring FREE gas if you run out, free battery jumps, etc. $100/yr for all of that weight gone and no hassles. I've kept the membership and never had a full trunk since.
Why don't you guys that are talking about having a support for the flimsy oem trunk board just build a bigger & stronger board out of 3/4" MDF? It's not very hard to do at all & you can get at least 2 out of 1 large sheet for $30 or so.
i might not be seeing things clear, but how by just removing the tire your trunk will be bigger if there is the board thing that separates the tire compartment and the trunk? the board would still be there to delimit the trunk space, and underneath there will be a whole that would be pretty annoying to use on a daily basis cause of lifting the board all the time.. would you guys just remove everything and have the whole structure exposed? i dont get it..
The trunk is bigger if you remove all of the stock trunk items (minus the sub if you have one). You can then build a larger board, which will drop the stock trunk floor height (w/board) & give more room. You could also choose to store things under both the new floor (or old one, if you retained all of the foam & such). Example, my trunk:
If you look at the black plastic, you can see the indentation, where the original floor went to.
For those without a spare or thinking about running without a spare
DO NOT USE FIX A FLAT!!
That stuff goes in through the stem(aka tpms sensor) and it WILL ruin the sensor, that crap will also render the tire non repairable, a proper patch will not adhere to the tire.
That single can of fix a flat can cost you $150 for a sensor and, depending on tread wear a whole set of tires. Make the call and have it towed, much cheaper.
I spent $0 supporting the floor after taking out the tire and OEM foam spacers. Basically I used 4 pieces of plastic blue packing foam from an old monitor I recycled anyways, the kind that you can cut and trim to the right height easily without it exploding all over. It's held up fine to anything I've thrown in there so far and the carpet still fits perfectly. To keep the carpet from moving around I used a small zip ties and two holes on each side to secure the carpet in place, you can barely see them.
If anyone in the DFW area has the full spare tire set for sale let me know.
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