Reply With Quotehere's the question no one has asked yet: why are you removing the spare tire from your daily driver? Are you using run flats or solid steel tires?
Grand Master
Yeah I think the spare wheel will be the least of my worries in an accident besides if my car is rearended hard enough that the trunk caves in then the spare won't be enough of a help.Originally Posted by filip00
i think it is really an issue you could call.....IRRELEVANT.
-Mike
2 Grand Master
here's the question no one has asked yet: why are you removing the spare tire from your daily driver? Are you using run flats or solid steel tires?
Big, Big Time Poster
Yes!
The placement of the spare wheel is part of the structural design element in the event of a rear end crash.
"Uncle" Phil C
2011 Kia Optima EX-P.
Former owner of a 95 525i 5spd. "The GQ" aka A Shark in sheeps clothing
03 R1150RT 6spd. "DaRTth"
00 R1100R 5spd. "LeRoy"
Grand Master
Im assuming its for weight saving measures...at least thats why I would do it
-Mike
2 Grand Master
weight in a daily driver ? qube, what are you going to do if you get a flat?
3 Grand Master
No, not weight. As it stands now, the sub and other goodies take up trunk space. EG: battery booster, few towels, etc.
The motivator is that I can no longer transport even a simple 1U server in the back. If I can move everything other than the sub into the spare wheel well, it will fit fine.
If I get a flat, I can either use the fix-a-flat I keep... plus the booster/inverter/inflater pack. Else, call roadside as I have two years of that which came with the purchase.
That's the motivator there.
NB: in the e34, I didn't mind transporting them on the rear seat with a few towels but not in this baby
Grand Master
I dunno Some people are nutty like that and want as much performance as possible...I'm one of the those people but I'd still leave the spare in
Even if I got a flat and pulled off to the side of the road I wouldn't be able to change the wheel because of the crappy tools BMW gave us
Last edited by Sam-Son; 01-03-2008 at 01:52 AM.
-Mike
2 Grand Master
the bmw wheel tools are indeed crappy, I replaced them with ones that actually work. I remove my tire at the track, but I don't take my BMW to the track.
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