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02-13-2006, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by tonye60' post='239510' date='Feb 13 2006, 08:20 PM
anyone know how much a spare wheel, tyre and jack etc is in the uk , when the car did not come with one,.
I have the part number if you need it...
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Originally Posted by tonye60' post='239510' date='Feb 13 2006, 12:20 PM
anyone know how much a spare wheel, tyre and jack etc is in the uk , when the car did not come with one,.
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Originally Posted by colejl' post='239616' date='Feb 13 2006, 10:47 PM
Stale air. BMW would charge for fresh air! 
They put a plastic spacer in
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A cheap way:
1. go to tyre shop that take trade-ins, find an old, cheap 16 or 17 inch E60 rim, with a 2nd hand tyre
2. go to scrap yard, find a E39 jack (I've checked, it fits exactly)
I paid in total for these less than 80UKP (In Singapore)
And you get a full size tyre
1. go to tyre shop that take trade-ins, find an old, cheap 16 or 17 inch E60 rim, with a 2nd hand tyre
2. go to scrap yard, find a E39 jack (I've checked, it fits exactly)
I paid in total for these less than 80UKP (In Singapore)
And you get a full size tyre
02-14-2006, 12:07 PM
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?181.44 inc VAT.
I thought about sourcing the rim and tyre separately and using a jack and brace I have lying around the
garage, then found out the Continental space saver tyre is temporarily (?) unavailable. So I bought the kit,
which I must say is nicely put together with a useable wheelbrace and chock, all contained in an expanded
polystyrene thingy to stop it all wobbling about.
Be aware that you need to remove the standard ( runflat ) trim to enable the spare to fit. I did this myself,
but it's a bit of a fiddle and if you get the dealer to do it you're probably looking at about 30mins+ labour.
( Do they charge by the 1/2 hour ............. ? )
Cheers,
Mike.
I thought about sourcing the rim and tyre separately and using a jack and brace I have lying around the
garage, then found out the Continental space saver tyre is temporarily (?) unavailable. So I bought the kit,
which I must say is nicely put together with a useable wheelbrace and chock, all contained in an expanded
polystyrene thingy to stop it all wobbling about.
Be aware that you need to remove the standard ( runflat ) trim to enable the spare to fit. I did this myself,
but it's a bit of a fiddle and if you get the dealer to do it you're probably looking at about 30mins+ labour.
( Do they charge by the 1/2 hour ............. ? )
Cheers,
Mike.
02-14-2006, 02:14 PM
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