__________________ 2001 BMW M5 TiAg. Black Interior/Grey Inserts and Aluminum Trim 110,000+ mile club, F&R PDC, and rear folding seats
BBS LM Reps - 245/35/19 F 275 30 19 R Yokohama S-Drive Tires
H&R 5mm spacers on all corners with extended lugs
Air Filters - aFe
Stebel Air Horn
Aluminum Brake Ducts Inlets
Muffler DELETE
B&G S2 Sport Springs
Dinan Rear Sway Bar
Royal Purple Transmission & Differential Oil
Castrol TWS Motor Oil
MKIV Navigation
Passport 8500 X50 - Hardwired by Oval Mirror
Parrot Minikit Slim Bluetooth Speakerphone - Hardwired by Homelink
DDM Tuning HID 35W 5000K fog lamp kit and Error Eliminators
LED license plate lights, LED Angel Eyes, & Interior LEDs (all from BMWLED.net)
M5 side emblems - Grey/White (thanks to fellow member Strike)
Route 66 Extended Warranty - Main Street Deluxe Coverage ($2,060 3 yr/36K purchased on 09/13/2011 w/99,680 miles)
2005 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Black/Black w/20" Sport Techno Wheels - Daily Driver - Purchased on 04/04/2013 w/65,890 miles)
There is nothing magic about the BMW tire sealant or compressor. And it does no good if you get a big hole (plug kit) or you get a bad tire valve. Nothing beats a spare (although it will not fit as neatly in the trunk NAV compartment!).
Regards,
Jerry
Has anyone on the board ever used one of these kits? Does it garbage-up the inside of your tire or do anything to the sensor? I have a BMW fix-a-flat kit that I bought from the dealer after I got my beast, but it is now 4 years out of date. This is a lot more affordable, but does it have any bad side effects?
I should also note that gsfent is correct, nothing can beat a spare tire if you've had a sidewall blowout like I have. Had to get it transported on tilt-up the remaining 45 miles to my cousin's house and then two days wait until they could get a replacement PS.
Has anyone on the board ever used one of these kits? Does it garbage-up the inside of your tire or do anything to the sensor? I have a BMW fix-a-flat kit that I bought from the dealer after I got my beast, but it is now 4 years out of date. This is a lot more affordable, but does it have any bad side effects?
I used one of these "slime" kits on a different car/tire issue I had a few years ago. It does garbage up the inside of the tire a bit but I think it can be washed off. My specific problem with the tire rendered it useless after a few miles of driving but the slime allowed me to get to where I needed to a few miles away.
The one thing I will mention is: If you do use this and bring your car to a shop to get the slimmed tire replaced, please let your tire guy know there is slime in it. I didn't tell mine and when I came to pick up the car, he has the most pissed off look on his face. When he unmounted the tire from the wheel, all the slime went all over him lol. SORRY!
Is the slime in an aerosal can. I had the holts tyre weld in the wheel well in the boot. Two days ago when i opened the car there was this strong smell of aerosol. Opened the boot and white foam creeping up around the floor covering. The can had exploded. It was like a foam party in there. I tried cleaning it up but it was slowly expanding so i just threw the floor covering on it and came back to it the next day. The foam had gone and left a nice sticky residue for me to clean up.
The package seems to fit like a glove where you got it but its not somewhere I would keep this type of product if its in a pressurized container after my experience.
Has anyone on the board ever used one of these kits? Does it garbage-up the inside of your tire or do anything to the sensor? I have a BMW fix-a-flat kit that I bought from the dealer after I got my beast, but it is now 4 years out of date. This is a lot more affordable, but does it have any bad side effects?
I don't think we have low pressure sensors inside the rim. I believe our cars use the ABS sensors to detect "low tire pressure". I'm not 100% on how it works (more rotations per mile as the tire size "shrinks" with loss of pressure I assume).
I have a similar pump - purchased when I bought my car for the 800 mile drive back home. One day, at home, I decided to use it instead of pumping up my 80 gallon compressor tank. It lasted 30 seconds before the inline fuse blew so you might keep spare fuse or two...
I don't think we have low pressure sensors inside the rim. I believe our cars use the ABS sensors to detect "low tire pressure". I'm not 100% on how it works (more rotations per mile as the tire size "shrinks" with loss of pressure I assume).
I have a similar pump - purchased when I bought my car for the 800 mile drive back home. One day, at home, I decided to use it instead of pumping up my 80 gallon compressor tank. It lasted 30 seconds before the inline fuse blew so you might keep spare fuse or two...
Yes, the car uses the ABS sensors to monitor tire rotation.
As to keeping spare fuses, good idea. You shouldn't blow a fuse after 30 seconds, most times you blow a fuse because of the surge at startup. YOu can try going up slightly on the fuse size, just make sure the fuse is below the rating on the power source. So if the cig lighter power source is say 10A, you don't want to go above that. Radio Shack is a pretty good source for odball rated fuses.
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