GTS Spare and Compressor
- Thread starter JaseGT4
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Cars used to come with the compressed foam for punctures but now it's an option.
To be honest, I'd never use the stuff anyway and use breakdown recovery to get to a puncture repair place. Note that OPCs don't repair tyres they'll always insist on buying a brand new replacement.
To be honest, I'd never use the stuff anyway and use breakdown recovery to get to a puncture repair place. Note that OPCs don't repair tyres they'll always insist on buying a brand new replacement.
I didn’t get one on my GTS. It was a stock car from the OPC.
My understanding is if you don’t spec it (circa £48) you won’t get one. I’ve got my own which lives in one of the bins behind the drivers seat.
The advantage of the Porsche one is it clips inside the front luggage compartment.
My understanding is if you don’t spec it (circa £48) you won’t get one. I’ve got my own which lives in one of the bins behind the drivers seat.
The advantage of the Porsche one is it clips inside the front luggage compartment.
Brian_Innes
Member
I always carry a Silverline puncture repair kit in my cars. Like David, I have never used the Porsche supplied gel and compressor kit.
The Silverline repair plug got me 450 miles back to the Highlands from an Anglesey track day when I had a puncture on a Cup 2 front tyre with my Cayman R. I can unreservedly recommend the Silverline product. Just remember to carry an air compressor or hand pump.
Peace of mind on long driving tours.
Brian
The Silverline repair plug got me 450 miles back to the Highlands from an Anglesey track day when I had a puncture on a Cup 2 front tyre with my Cayman R. I can unreservedly recommend the Silverline product. Just remember to carry an air compressor or hand pump.
Peace of mind on long driving tours.
Brian
The GTS 4.0 used to come (in 2020) with the compressor and tyre sealant as standard, but is now a £48 extra. If you don’t specify it then it will cost several hundred pounds to buy!
You may not use the sealant, but the compressor is useful as it does store away nicely in front of the battery. If you do buy it as an after sale item then it doesn’t come with the housing that enables it to be secured in place.
You may not use the sealant, but the compressor is useful as it does store away nicely in front of the battery. If you do buy it as an after sale item then it doesn’t come with the housing that enables it to be secured in place.
Thanks everyone, didn't relaise as all of my other cars have had compressors, a little unfortunate. I might kick an email off to the dealer to see if they can source an extra one for me on another build as it would be handy. Thanks for the plug repair tip, will order those as a backup.
tomorrow
Windy_Miller
Guest of the Club
Do you no longer get the headlamp removal tool in the kit anymore?
are the headlamps still removal by ‘popping them out’ using the removal tool through the front boot access holes?
(sorry for taking off topic of spare wheels )
are the headlamps still removal by ‘popping them out’ using the removal tool through the front boot access holes?
(sorry for taking off topic of spare wheels )
Windy_Miller
Guest of the Club
ha ha ha - not quitePaulJ said:
but I have had my headlamp units out on my car to change a bulb and when I removed the bumper for repainting.
ok, so I may not need / want to do either of those on a new car under warranty, but once out of warranty I’m going to want to know that I can replace a headlight bulb myself (if I have the necessary headlamp removal tool, which you do get in a 987 and 981…
) 
That’s interesting Dan. On my 987.2 the headlamp unit has to be removed to mechanically switch the beam for driving in Europe and elsewhere, but I assume that on the latest cars that facility is accessed via the PCM or maybe carried out automatically with the PDLS+ system?
It sounds like a right faff having to remove the front PU just to change a bulb!
Jeff
It sounds like a right faff having to remove the front PU just to change a bulb!
Jeff
Windy_Miller
Guest of the Club
interesting, because on the 987 you need to take the lights out to be able to remove the bumperScrounger said:
seems like a step back in maintainability to need to remove a bumper in order to remove headlamp should you ever need to change a bulb…
Windy_Miller
Guest of the Club
Also for general info the OE ‘Porsche’ tyre sealant is exactly the same stuff provided in all other VAG vehicles.
after I used my OE sealant a few years back to get me home after a puncture as I came off the M40 I got pricing from my local OPC for a replacement bottle of the goop that was twice the price of a Skoda bottle. And the Skoda bottle had exactly the same manufacturers name and part no etc on it as the original Porsche one, just with a Skoda brand badge instead of the Porsche crest.
i think I paid about £25 for the Skoda one and the OPC wanted £52. That was in 2017/18 so prices no doubt different now.
Also unsurprisingly the VAG pump is just the same as the Porsche one, but probably cheaper too…
This is the OEM brands website - Terra-S:
https://www.terra-s.com/products.html
after I used my OE sealant a few years back to get me home after a puncture as I came off the M40 I got pricing from my local OPC for a replacement bottle of the goop that was twice the price of a Skoda bottle. And the Skoda bottle had exactly the same manufacturers name and part no etc on it as the original Porsche one, just with a Skoda brand badge instead of the Porsche crest.
i think I paid about £25 for the Skoda one and the OPC wanted £52. That was in 2017/18 so prices no doubt different now.
Also unsurprisingly the VAG pump is just the same as the Porsche one, but probably cheaper too…
This is the OEM brands website - Terra-S:
https://www.terra-s.com/products.html
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