For those carrying a tire sealant/pump, any reason to get a 3rd party set instead of using the one that comes with the car?

 

The can of tire sealant from the factory has an expiration date, I think, which you might want to check and replace if expired.

 

The aftermarket Fix-A-Flat aerosol cans are much easier and faster to use. I carry a large size can with me and I also carry a gummy worm flat fix kit as well. Have and not need is much better than to need and not have.
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Here’s my version of the Jack.
It actually came with my 993 TwinTurbo the car got totaled, but I saved the jack.
The major change I made was brazing a half inch female fitting on the end, which allows me to use a ratchet which gives you much more leverage than the hand crank.
if you wanted or for in garage use you could use a electric impact to raise the car.
carl

 

Lots of good ideas here guys, thanks, I now have a nice tool kit in my frunk. I found the Porsche jack on ebay and had it shipped, I can't believe how light this thing is! I just drilled the top pin (rather than grinding it down) out to 10mm and put a 10mm bolt in it with a 17mm wrench head, it fits perfect in the jacking hole under the car and very secure as I already did a test lift with it. I'm going to have a 1/2 inch socket end brazed on like 4carl did to make it that much easier too.

 

In the trunk of the 1M I have a jack, wheel chocks, a breaker bar, gloves and towels, and a full size front spare (245x35 19). I can still fit groceries in as well.

Once I move to the 992 not sure what this kit will be reduced to, but it'll probably be just the tire plug kit.

 

So naturally I do not have a spare but now I have everything I need to remove a wheel and plug a tire roadside if necessary. I absolutely cringe at the thought of some clown trying to put my car on a flatbed.

 

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I'm having a hard time imagining what to do with a jack.
You still have no spare, and no place to put the road wheel if you did.

 

So here is my theory after plugging many tires in my lifetime on both cars and motorcycles. Plugging a front tire while on the side of the road is "relatively" easy as you can turn the wheel to be outside of the fender, but as low as our cars sit, doing a rear plug install with the wheel on the car is almost impossible especially if it has a nail/screw/ on the inside portion of the tire. Just getting the nail/screw out is much harder than one thinks it would be. These plugging kits while certainly are efficient in their purpose take quite a bit of muscle to install. Thus with this really cool and super light jack I will be able to simply jack up the car, remove the lug nuts, install my two wheel hanger pins, then remove the wheel and then use what little muscle that I have to install the plug, air up the tire with my portable compressor Airmoto, re-install the wheel and lugs nuts and be on my way. Again all of this is really just to avoid a flatbed destruction of my car and to get me back on the road asap. I would replace my tire as soon as I get home as I'm not a fan of tire plugs long term on high performance cars/bikes, but having this preparation sets my mind at ease. Hope this explains my thought process on the jack and plug kit.

 

Having worked in a tire shop and plugged many a tire, it is not as easy as many think. Plugging a tire while it is still on the car but without a lift is usually more difficult unless you just get very lucky. If you have a nail in your tire, your luck is probably low anyway. Not impossible to do but usually much, much more difficult….especially at night or during inclement weather. So, if I am plugging any tire, I will either get the car up on a lift (if slow leak) or remove the tire to do it right. Pushing the plug probe through the rubber tread and steel belts takes force and leverage especially if the hole is at an angle.

 

I think I'm just going to keep my tire plug kit as insurance against ever needing it.
Maybe I should put the tire goo bottle back in the car, although I can't see it actually working.

 

Why all the hate for the flatbed guys? Unless the suspension is much lower than stock I've found most operators pretty competent, though admittedly mine is a 'normal' C2S with a relatively friendly front clearance. Perhaps a GT3 or GTS may differ....

 

A 9mm fully loaded including a round in the chamber and two extra mags.

 

Bad idea.