Spacesaver really any use?
 

Morning folks.

I've got a flat on my car and was thinking of sticking the space saver on so i can get the flat off and drive to a mate's to get a new tyre fitted. However, it occurred to me that this may be a stupendously bad idea...

bearing in mind I, like most of you i suspect, have aftermarket wheels and tyres fitted, I'm concerned that there will be a mismatch between the circumference of the space saver and the ones on there which will cause problems for my front diff... can anyone advise please?

If its just to get to a local garage then I would personally say you will be fine, I would not recommend using it as an everyday wheel :nono:

certainly wouldn't use it everyday.

i reckon it would be for about a 10 mile drive, so not that far, and i certainly wouldnt' be caning it!

In the handbook for the 2005 widetrack STi it says when using the space saver make sure you set the DCCD to fully open mode. Not sure how the non DCCD center diff copes with it but it must be designed to cope with it to some extent otherwise they wouldn't have a space saver in the car.

Even though you've got aftermarket wheels the rolling radius will be the same as standard wheels? Otherwise your speedo would be reading wrongly.

It will be fine for that period bud IMO :)

thanks folks.
i think the current wheels/tyres aren't hugely different form the stadnard RR, so i'll give it a go. :)

Had to use the space saver a few times in the past(maybe 15 mile trip)
Just don't drive too quick

Just dont go too fast or too far and you will be ok.

What about a set of four for winter? ;)

Also markb s1, ot sure what car you drive.
But, on the newage STI's the spacesaver won't fit over the front calipers, so you have to changes two tyres :mad:

Don't the sti come with space saver that cover the brembos then?

if you get a front puncture, you need to stick the space saver on the rear wheel and use the rear tyre on the front, according to my handbook :)

That's a bit of a farce in it:cuckoo: I have a wrx with brembos on and was thinking of getting a sti space saver just in case my front had a puncture.
That's a bit poor from Subaru not to make one for the brembos.
Replacing a puncture on the hard shoulder on a motorway will take double amount of time to change, where as you need to get off hard shoulder ASAP as its a danger zone, so therefore you're more at risk now.
Well I don't need another space saver then, mines the same:thumb:

Yeah, and you'll especially enjoy changing a front puncture some night when its raining!

That's what I've just done :D

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The STI spacesaver is a different size (bigger) to the WRX spacesaver. I got hold of one when I put STI Brembos on my WRX. Whether the spacesaver will fit over them I haven't a clue?

Really :wonder: think somebody needs to try this and confirm it :thumb:

Arent the rear STI brakes bigger than the WRX brakes too? Might be why the space saver is bigger, as the WRX one might not fit over the STi rears either (if they are indeed different in the first place)

Maybe, the calipers are very similar size but the discs size differs 290 on wrx and 316 on sti.
So could be.

thanks all. fortunately (???) my car is a my93 wrx with wrx front calipers so i'm hoping it won't be a problem. :)

Newage STi spacesaver fits over brembos I used it a couple of weeks ago on mine for a week. Diff doesnt need to be open either, load of tosh, make sure its pumped up to 60psi or whatever, drive off boost and keep it below 60.

Used my space saver on my 03 STI and all was fine, just dont go booting it, I stuck to under 50 mph and all was fine over the 5 miles home.

Ah cool, cheers guys for confirmation, might just get one now :thumb:

get a fifth alloy instead??

i got rid of my spacesaver and have a full size spare with a decent tyre and all match if on the car, and no worries about clearing my brakes (8 pots)

lots of modern cars have Space Savers that only fit the rear axle because of over-sized front brakes.....