Go with your intuition. It is an extra insurance, like we all hope we will never need. It is better to have it than not. I run non run flat tires, cary repair kit, gorilla wrench, some tools t remove nails, compressor and a BMW. scissor jack. Just in case the puncture is in a place too far away or the roads are wet and muddy. It would take me 5 minutes to remove the tire and plug the hole with comfort. I also carry a 38 in the car, hopefully never need it, but it is better to have it and not needed it than other-way around. I think your request and thinking is correct.

 

I bought a used C4 jack many years ago (Corvettes at Carlisle) when I dumped the runflats on my C5. Sold the car but kept the jack for my 13GS which doesn’t have runflats. You can still find used C4 jacks on eBay.

 

Be easy enough to adapt the top plate with a pin to engage in the Vette's jack point holes. Or modify some pucks to engage the current top plate.

 

As TorchRedFred noted, rarely is your Vette going to be on a flat, level solid ground. Odds are higher it will be in dirt on the side of a highway or roadway. Who wants to drive on a rim to a solid area? I wouldn't risk jacking up this car in most places.

 

I don't really think anyone is talking about a slow leak here due to a small nail or a staple. Thats pretty much a no-brainier. As you mention you fill it up how ever many times it takes to get home and fix it. To find an item that is causing a substantial leak where immediate attention is needed can be done with the "roll & find" technique. Sure your gonna get you clothes dirty, but thats what Tide is for. You obviously have to lay down to have a good "sight line" as you call it, but it works. Now regardless of how one attacks a flat on the roadside, for anyone that doesn't want to get dirty then of course calling AAA is their best choice.......

 

my aluminum low profile race jack fit in the car, for long trips. it does take space but I have room

 

Just keep a good air pump in the car. If you have to stop every 5 miles and fill up, so be it.

 

Thanks guys - great stuff! Did some more searching on the forum and it looks like ACDelco 34111 was mentioned as a good solution to my problem. This may ultimately be the direction I choose to go. As always, and like another poster said, this place is the best resource I have found for these cars. You guys rock.

 

I don't see how that jack solves your problem either, but I give up.

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I think you might have swayed me. Thanks.

 

Unpopular opinion here but I like to be self sufficient. I’ve been carrying a jack from my Infiniti G37. Previously had a harbor freight jack but I retired it when it wore out. Been running non run flats for 29K miles. I’ve received about 5 punctures the first 20K miles so you could say I’m probably the most unlikely driver ever.

I also carry a dynaplug kit and mini compressor in the cubby. 100+ piece tool set and jack behind the seat. i dont know if you’ve ever been to central North Dakota, but there aint jack **** out here. It’s so much easier to just repair the tire myself and keep on going. If you’re breaking torque on the lugs while on jacks, you’re doing it wrong.

Break torque before you jack the car, jack car, remove lug and wheels, find puncture, repair, install wheels and lugs hand tight, lower and torque.




I’ve also removed the clutch master cylinder in a parking lot and repaired it so I could continue autocrossing. This was way before GM sent out the recall. Much faster, easier, cheaper than waiting till the weekday for the dealer to open.

This was when my tick master cylinder came and I swapped it out. Same procedure as when I repaired the stock one. I was lucky that tractor supply co. Was across the street so I could get a jackstand instead of having to place a wheel under the car.

 

Just drive on the run-flat tire, or air up a non-run-flat. Ain't no way I'd be carrying a jack in my Vette. Air pump? Ok. Jack? nope...

 

Wal-Mart is open...

 

This thread gives new meaning to the line "Paralysis by analysis".

You do realize that, when you have a flat tire, you may not be able to get any jack under under your car, right? Often, the only way to plug a flat is to roll the vehicle to such a position that the hole/puncture is moderately accessible, then plug it at that point, with the tire on the car.

Have you ever plugged a flat? I have plugged tires that I had to push and/or pull on so hard that if the tire were not mounted on the hub, I could not have done it.

You are developing a repair strategy that will not likely work out. Keep your plug kit, air compressor, and fix-a-flat handy, and LEAVE THE JACK AT HOME! JMO, though....

 

I would agree. I've been driving for 35 years and owned 20 some cars and I have never had to do a tire repair along the side of the road. I'm going to continue taking my chances.

 

I've plugged many tires on my vette. It's never been so low that I couldn't get a jack under there. If it was, I would just inflate it and than get a jack under there. You guys make it sound like plugging a tire is rocket science when it's trivial.

 

What about one of those air bags like the off roaders use? Will that lift a Vette without breaking anything? Need a pretty high volume compressor.

 

My emergency kit; Run flats, AAA card, phone, and credit card. Maybe a handheld CB if going out of range of cell tower - though a handheld will only get you a few miles, so still needs to be traffic around you. Oh, and a first aid kit (in each of my cars). I have a battery jumper that I've carried in other vehicles - better than jumper cables.

I wouldn't have anything other than run flats.

And last but not least, I do have race ramps for working at home. Not cheap, but well worth it.

 

Agree....

I plugged one on one of my c6's and never took it off the car...Drove it 5k miles without issues... Its a run flat for a reason lol.

 

I had a small screw in my drivers side rear with RUN FLATS had 4000 miles on them. I drive it home and pulled the wheel and had it plugged. The TPMS sensor illuminate. Drove for 6 miles that way to get home. PS. I use a low profile floor jack with a hockey puck. If I jack up at the rear location in front of the rear wheel with my 2.5 Ton floor jack lifts the rear and the front at the same time.