Emergency tyre repair kit

[Ibiza06]

Hey
After ordering my new FR and noticing that it comes with a tyre repair kit rather than even a space saver wheel (something to do with the battery in the boot maybe?) i have been wondering whats included with these kits, most importantly a pump to inflate any repaired tyre?

 

[VRSLOZ]

I would imagine a bottle of tyre sealant which you put in the the tyre through the valve so you can make a minor journey to the garage to get a new tyre.

 

[Nutkin]

my boca has a spare wheel :S strange

 

[Ibiza06]

Think its something to do with the size of the 2.0 diesel unit. batteries been shoved in the boot.Stranding by to be corrected by any current FR owners though

 

[jc_boc]

even the new cupras and bocs come with the batery in the boot now mate.

 

[Deleted member 55317]

im sure --10 plate fr cupras bocs all have the battery in the boot

 

[jc_boc]

ummmm mine is in front and it's a 10 plate hehehehehehe I think it was from 60 plates that they started doing it. mOrk has a 60 plate cupra and the battery is in the boot.

 

[G3K]

mine is a 60 Boc with the battery in the boot and have a spare wheel

 

[skeat12]

My battery is in the boot and has a spare wheel in there. Maybe they're saving weight and costs?

 

[Deleted member 49882]

I have a spare wheel ... but I have removed it and have two tins of quick fix in place. No point carrying extra weight in this time of austerity Should improve my mpg

 

[Ibiza06]

im not to familiar with any tyre repair stuff(my car being an 06 with a full spare wheel) so what exactly is given and what does it do?

 

[VRSLOZ]

im not to familiar with any tyre repair stuff(my car being an 06 with a full spare wheel) so what exactly is given and what does it do?

A can of tyre weld (goes in through the value and sets hard) so you can get to a tyre garage. Only problem is that if you use it the tyre cannot be repaired (if it can be).

 

[andycupra]

getting rid of spares, saves weight, as well as money to manufacture.

 

[Deleted member 49882]

The stuff I have I salvaged from my previous clio sports ... seems to be like an expanding foam compound ... I used it once before ... got to the garage and as I remember were able to wash it out then do the repair. I guess there must be different types of quick fix on the market.

Only problem I have found with removing spare tyre and jack etc is obviously it leaves an area unsupported under the boot lining. Therefore, when you put items into the boot, it sinks into hole where the tyre should be. Easy enough problem to rectify I should think.

 

[rji]

My ST has a spare wheel and the polystyrene moulding that holds the jack sits inside it and supports the boot (estate) floor. The polystyrene is quite small compared to the size of the spare wheel well and if I carried something really heavy I think it might squash the polystyrene.

If I took the spare wheel out I would have to put something in its place to support the floor - a bigger block of polystyrene perhaps.