05-06-2018, 03:15 PM | #1 |
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Run flat tires
Has GM ever considered run flat tires on the Camaro ?
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05-06-2018, 03:38 PM | #2 |
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The SS, V6 1LE, and RS models come with run flats. Non-RS, SS 1LE, ZL1, ZL1 1LE do not.
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05-07-2018, 09:33 PM | #3 |
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How do those cars, specifically the ZL1's, offer a solution to fix a flat while driving then? From what I understood, any car has to be able to offer either a spare, tire inflater/patch kit, or some sort of run on flat tires unless I am mistaken. Thought most performance car OEM's went with run on flats to save the weight of the kit and the spare plus more equal weight distribution.
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05-07-2018, 10:41 PM | #4 | |
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Better weight distribution is probably more of a turn lemons into lemonade kinda thing than an actual benefit. Your performance pretty much always going to be better off with less weight period than adding a bit more to give it better balance. Run flat tires can provide 'good' performance, but rarely (if ever) 'great' performance. So the higher the performance target, the harder it is to make a runflat that will meet it. And on something like the ZL1 1LE it'd be impossible.
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05-10-2018, 05:08 PM | #5 |
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SS 1LE's come with an inflator kit in the trunk, I think it has a sealant as well.
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05-11-2018, 03:29 AM | #7 |
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I would imagine the inflator kits make a mess of your rims wen you use it?
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05-11-2018, 09:32 AM | #8 |
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I'd be more concerned for the TPMS sensors. Wheels can be cleaned . . .
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05-11-2018, 11:51 AM | #9 |
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I carry a tire plug kit, so unless there is a huge gapping hole in the side wall, I will pull the nail/screw plug the tire and fill it until I can throw a patch on it.
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05-11-2018, 12:52 PM | #10 |
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05-18-2018, 06:07 PM | #11 |
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ive always carried a plug kit but from working at porsche for a while, 911s come with sealant and everytime someone used it the tire never sealed and the sensor always failed.
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01-20-2019, 04:00 PM | #12 |
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I just made a video on pluging my ZL1 rear tire with 25 miles on it. It was a challenge and entertaining! And of course the tires are over inflated from the dealer.
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01-20-2019, 05:56 PM | #13 |
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Tire plugged in sidewall, should be replaced, the hole is outside the acceptable patch/plug area of the tire tread.
Also, reamer identical to the reamer shown, is used by being pushed in and out several times, and the rope plug used would be the thinner black plug rather than the thick brown plug. When taking delivery on mine, right before I left the lot I spotted a screw in the tread of the right rear tire, had them swap out wheel/tire with another unit.
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01-20-2019, 10:21 PM | #14 |
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The window sticker on my '18 V-6 RS says," 20" machined aluminum premium gray wheels w/run-flat tires,STD equipment tire sealant & inflator kit deleted".
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