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Old 02 July 2005, 04:53 PM
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Default Carrying a spare wheel in the boot.

Right then, I am thinking about shodding my spare 17" ST2 with a tyre as a spare wheel. The problem I have is that the spare wheel at the moment is a space saver (that doesn't fit my 335 Godspeed conversion) and there does not seem to be enough room for a wider spare. My old Cav GSI had a raised carpet to cater for this, but this limits what you can carry in the boot.

Whats the best option?
Old 03 July 2005, 01:03 AM
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I can get an 18" wheel in, but it lifts the carpet by 4" or so, which I can live with.
Alternative is to keep the spacesaver, and if you get a front puncture, take it off, put a back wheel on the front and the ss on the rear.
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Old 03 July 2005, 12:20 PM
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Build a false boot floor to raise the level - you can then get rid of that crappy peice of wood that covers your spare and have a poper level floor to sit your subs on (another excuse )
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Or do as i do, don't have one!

Touching wood, nothing goes wrong though.
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Remove all of the carpet in the boot, thereby saving weight!
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