Anubis Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Always wondered this; I have my spare wheel in the boot as you'd expect but I've changed to 19" Volks last year and have never thought about the Spare wheel. I have a can of that spray glue stuff in the car at all times incase I do get a puncture. Would putting the smaller spare one on to "limp" home in an emergency be OK (I should leave it in the boot)? Or will putting this on make the zed very one sided (due to a smaller wheel) and may end up damaging the car even more? What are your thoughts on this? Should I take the spare wheel out since its dead weight? At the end of the day, I know I'd look a tool driving with 3 Volks and 1 spare wheel. What do you guys do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1703 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I keep the spare in there just in case and I also run 19"s. I don't think you would notice the car sitting at a funny angle if you did have to run it on the smaller wheel to the garage ..... I think the overall height of the smaller wheel with bigger side wall tyres would be mm difference to the 19" wheels so hardly noticeable at all ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 i took mine out for added mpg and lightening the car as its a heffalump already. got two cans of tire weld and an RAC card. plus, thats alot of storage space freed up, i have my jump leads, tools, etc etc in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Shouldnt make too much difference as the rolling radius of the tyres is the same on your normal wheels and space saver. Obviously the handling will be odd as the standard tyre is nearly twice as wide (if a rear one), but its only meant to get you to limp home. If I were only trundling around my local town or whatnot, I would probably remove mine, but when I go to Wales/Scotland, I like to have it just in case, as I've heard stories of people waiting 4-8hrs for the recovery to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokomo Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 id bin it tbh mine now resides in the garage and is repalced wiht tyre weld. when i saw Ebized's 370 at the last meet i noticed they dont even come with a spare , just some tyre weld and a pump ! infatc im not evens ure they gave him a jack . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcash5 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Although Heavy, isn't the zed's weight really well balanced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 id bin it tbh mine now resides in the garage and is repalced wiht tyre weld.when i saw Ebized's 370 at the last meet i noticed they dont even come with a spare , just some tyre weld and a pump ! infatc im not evens ure they gave him a jack . Correct! - I do have a wheel brace though It's the curent 'fashion' with many new cars not having a spare wheel, whether that is weight, money saving or a bit of both, its not my preference. For my peace of mind I have a spacesaver now as anything other than a basic puncture will not not be sorted by tyre weld and a pump. And as I like to get out on roads that are often remote and often outside mobile signal range I would rather have the weight 'penalty' than wait god knows how long for a tow truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkie34 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I have been told by my local tyre fitter that once tyre weld is used in a tyre they can't fix the puncture for some reason.Is this true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Although Heavy, isn't the zed's weight really well balanced? I personally think it is. I have also suffered a proper blowout with only about 2 inches of the tyre remaining joined. A can of tyre weld isn't gonna get you home with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 spare wheel = dead weight Zed minus spare wheel = even bigger dead weight when punctured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 yeah tyre shops dont like repairing tyres with tyre weld stuff in them as its very messy and its hard to completly remove it to get the bung to stick, also depending on where the punture is they may not repair it anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I chucked mine out at the pod and gained 0.3 on the quarter down the strip . It's been out ever since It does weigh a tonne for a space saver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian.lewkowicz Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I'd always be nervous about not having my spare in. I have heard if you don't have the spare in the recovery company won't tow you? Unless that is only if you don't have any way of recovery, i.e. if you don't have tyre weld or sommat similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 spare wheel = dead weightZed minus spare wheel = even bigger dead weight when punctured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I would never, ever use that horrible tyre weld stuff. Even when I've owned cars with no spare, if I'd have had a puncture I would've called the breakdown services rather than trust/rely on that useless crap. Tbh I wouldn't be removing the spare wheel either (unless you're replacing it with something equally heavy as an emergency, like crates of beer) unless you really want to make your car more tail-happy. Less weight over the rear tyres will cause an imbalance when pushing on or in an emergency and the two ends will want to swap over more readily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Less weight over the rear tyres will cause an imbalance when pushing on or in an emergency and the two ends will want to swap over more readily. GPWP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriank Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Mines gone, first thing i did when i bought it was take it out and put a can of tyre weld in instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadwick Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 ive just took mine out 10 min ago, ive got break down cover , so i just seen it as unwanted extra weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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