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Originally Posted by x1-2012
RTF pricing are indeed really prohibitive.
Since you got non-RTF, do you have a compact spare tire and a tire jack?
If so how much did you pay?
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I do not have a spare tire and a tire jack. I have a BMW kit with foam for emergency. I bought however a fifth M wheel since my wife scratch one of them on the lip, and I am planning to install a new tire on that one and maybe put it in the trunk as a spare for long trips. The wheel was $600 but I will have it forever and is perfect match. Not very convenient but I have no other choice since BMW thinks that X1 tires are made of Kevlar.
I presume that I can try my jack from my other vehicles and see if it works. I have full BMW roadside assistance anyway, important is to have the spare, a jack can be found.
Anyway, if you think that a RFT will give you some help somewhere in the woods, you are wrong.
there is a donut that is available, I didn't have time to look into it, I must do my homework very well, the donut MUST have the same total diameter with the wheel on your vehicle otherwise you will damage your differential.