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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Teebee on 12 July 2010, 13:57:21
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So, I discover my tyre has shredded last night, think no problem i'll pop the spare on, it's a full size no name brand with OK tread, no big deal if I trash it.
All is going fine until I roll it up and realise it's 15" not 16"......... I guess that sums up my life at this time :)
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.... and realise it's 15" not 16"......... I guess that sums up my life at this time :)
They all are :y :y :y
...... and it's not quite full size. You'll have 205's on your car, the spare is 195 cos the 205 won't fit the well. ;)
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Andy's right, whether you have 17'' Elite wheels or 16'' CD wheels (facelift), the standard spare is always only a 15''. It's only meant as a temporary replacement, not designed for any extensive use.
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.... and realise it's 15" not 16"......... I guess that sums up my life at this time :)
They all are :y :y :y
...... and it's not quite full size. You'll have 205's on your car, the spare is 195 cos the 205 won't fit the well. ;)
He's probably got 225's being a mini-facelift elite ;) But it'll still be a 195 spare :y
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It is indeed just a 'get you home' spare. Except Squealey's 2.5TD which has a full size proper alloy spare, because I put it there ;D
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.... and realise it's 15" not 16"......... I guess that sums up my life at this time :)
They all are :y :y :y
...... and it's not quite full size. You'll have 205's on your car, the spare is 195 cos the 205 won't fit the well. ;)
He's probably got 225's being a mini-facelift elite ;) But it'll still be a 195 spare :y
225 is about the largest you can get in spare wheel well, even then its difficult to get the cover to clip neatly over it
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He's probably got 225's being a mini-facelift elite ;) But it'll still be a 195 spare :y
You're quite correct, I was thinking of the 205's that were on my Senator. :y
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Yep it's a 225 in there, I saw 225 and just assumed it was 16", that'll teach me to look properly!
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I can't speak for facelifted cars, but only mini-facelift cars with 195 tyres get 195 spares. If you have 205's or above (225's, 235's) then you get a 205 spare on a 15" rim.
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I can't speak for facelifted cars, but only mini-facelift cars with 195 tyres get 195 spares. If you have 205's or above (225's, 235's) then you get a 205 spare on a 15" rim.
you're trying to say I've got both width sizes wrong ......... ::) ::) ::)
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I can't speak for facelifted cars, but only mini-facelift cars with 195 tyres get 195 spares. If you have 205's or above (225's, 235's) then you get a 205 spare on a 15" rim.
but you're right :-[ ...... i've just been out in the rain to check. :y
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he he he ........
I did a fair bit of wheel swapping recently, and also checked in my nice shiny "new" '99 MY Brochure ...... ::)
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..... in my nice shiny "new" '99 MY Brochure ...... ::)
I'm sure I've got one of them ........... I wonder where I put it? :-/
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Its quite ironic, if you had 2 different size wheels on the same axle come mot time it would fail, and yet they allow u to drive it on the road in case of a flat tyre, makes u laugh really.
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Not really as the rolling radius is the same for both.
With a low profile tyre you get more wheel and less rubber, so a 17" and 15" wheel on the same axle will have less/more rubber respectfully - thus giving the same rolling radius - if that makes sense
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Not really as the rolling radius is the same for both.
With a low profile tyre you get more wheel and less rubber, so a 17" and 15" wheel on the same axle will have less/more rubber respectfully - thus giving the same rolling radius - if that makes sense
but they are different widths, which as johny5 says, would fail an MOT.
Still, our spare isn't as bad as a lot of these super slim pram wheel space savers you see about. :y :y
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Not really as the rolling radius is the same for both.
With a low profile tyre you get more wheel and less rubber, so a 17" and 15" wheel on the same axle will have less/more rubber respectfully - thus giving the same rolling radius - if that makes sense
but they are different widths, which as johny5 says, would fail an MOT.
Still, our spare isn't as bad as a lot of these super slim pram wheel space savers you see about. :y :y
those bloody things are just downright dangerous,I had to drive a golf a while ago in the wet with one of those things on the front and it was scary
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I contacted VOSA a while ago regarding this as I was disapointed to find Vauxhall had installed a 15" spare into my Ex Girlfriends Corsa SRi which had 17" Alloys.
VOSA explained that it is not a 'Spare' wheel, but an 'Emergency' wheel to allow you to drive directly to a local Tyre fitting centre.
Still, would be interesting to argue the toss with a bored copper on a rainy Sunday Evening when all Tyre centres are shut.