when you go up a size, what happens to the spare?
19 May 2004, 08:36 AM
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when you go up a size, what happens to the spare?
If you have standard 17" wheels and go up to 18" for example, do you need to buy a new spare wheel? If so, can you buy a space saver one?
Sorry if its a stupid question, but I've just never heard it discussed on here.
Sorry if its a stupid question, but I've just never heard it discussed on here.
19 May 2004, 10:32 AM
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I'm looking for a spare alloy to do the job for me - if my front wheel needed chaning, I'd have to take the alloy off the back and put it on the front, then put the spare on the rear (because the spare wouldn't fit over my front brakes).
20 May 2004, 05:22 PM
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I'm looking for a spare alloy to do the job for me - if my front wheel needed chaning, I'd have to take the alloy off the back and put it on the front, then put the spare on the rear (because the spare wouldn't fit over my front brakes).
I guess I'll have to start looking too.
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20 May 2004, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tinhead
I am in the same boat as you blueboy but if you jack from the front you can lift both wheels together so its not much of a problem.
Where's the jack point at the front then, didn't know there was anything stable there?
20 May 2004, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Wooooooooo, never thought of that.
I guess I'll have to start looking too.
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I guess I'll have to start looking too.
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I may well go straight to Speedline for mine (they're supposedly quite cheap) and I don't need a tyre as I've already got a spare one.
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Originally Posted by alcazar
Wooooooooo, never thought of that.
I guess I'll have to start looking too.
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I guess I'll have to start looking too.
Alcazar
The space saver wheel can run in either direction so one covers any side.
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21 May 2004, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Nathan L
No you don't as the rolling diameter of the new wheels stays near enough the same as the old ones.
26 June 2004, 04:06 PM
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Just seen your old query about spare wheels. You don't legally need to carry a spare. The M.O.T requires a legal tyre, but only if there is one carried.
ie it doesn't say that you must carry a spare.. You might also have noticed that space savers don't actually save any space in the wheel well, they are only really of use when used in a non-wheel well car.. It is just a way for manufacturers to save money on the 5th alloy!
ie it doesn't say that you must carry a spare.. You might also have noticed that space savers don't actually save any space in the wheel well, they are only really of use when used in a non-wheel well car.. It is just a way for manufacturers to save money on the 5th alloy!
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