Spare Wheel removal

[Seat Gooner]

hello everyone

Just thinking has anyone removed there spare wheel and put a can of tyre weld in,

to drop some weight

And if so what did you use to cover the hole a sheet of mdf ??

Thanks

Mark

 

[james walker]

speak to willie, i would have thought hes done this on his track car lcr

 

[Art0ir]

I'd be ripping the back seats out before I touched the spare wheel. I'd much rather one passenger and a way home than 4 stuck with a flat lol

 

[MrBen2k7]

Some brakedown people specify you have to have the spare wheel, otherwise they can refuse to forfil there promises.

 

[Seat Gooner]

good point mate but i would like to keep the rear seats tho

 

[Seat Gooner]

Some brakedown people specify you have to have the spare wheel, otherwise they can refuse to forfil there promises.

but some cars dont even come with a spare wheel they just get a can of tyre weld

 

[adam cupra 20vt]

but some cars dont even come with a spare wheel they just get a can of tyre weld

Yeah my mates clio V6 has no spare.

 

[MrBen2k7]

meh, just something RAC told me..... Not that I'd ever take mine out... lol

 

[Seat Gooner]

meh, just something RAC told me..... Not that I'd ever take mine out... lol

could be worth noting tho mate i wouldnt want to end up when the rac come out

 

[vroomtshh]

Tyre weld doesn't work if the hole is in the sidewall, if its more than half an inch wide, if the temperature is below about 10degrees.

I have tried tyre weld on three occasions now, and been unsuccessful each time.

You'd also need 2 cans for an 18" wheel, still need a jack, and need a compressor to blow the tyre up (in really warm weather the can will do it, but thats all)

Not worth the saving IMO

 

[Marthamm]

I allways thought it was illegal not to have a spare,has this changed recently?

 

[Viking]

I had the tyre weld can, a compressor, and suchlike in the car when I bought it. I had a space saver spare wheel bought within a week, and a full size matching alloy within 3 months. Tyre weld is crap, buggers the tyre if you use it, has a 3 year shelf life before you need to buy another, and (as pointed out) it usually doesn't work anyway.

 

[MrBen2k7]

This might shed some light on it... but I did't read the whole thing..

http://www.nopenaltypoints.co.uk/SpareTyres.html

 

[D3DNA]

One of my mates bought a car as a daily hack, after a week gets a flat tyre and being no good with tools calls out the RAC. Guy arrives, and gets to work, cue car jacked up in the air with deflated wheel off the car, spare wheel about to go on and it doesn't fit. Apparently the wheel was from a PSA group car and trying to fit it onto a Vauxhall. He had to get towed to the nearest tyre place. Apparently happens quite often

 

[kevh]

hello everyone

Just thinking has anyone removed there spare wheel and put a can of tyre weld in,

to drop some weight

And if so what did you use to cover the hole a sheet of mdf ??

Thanks

Mark

just how much weight would you remove by the time you keep the jack add a pump add mdf to cover the hole. is it relly worth it

 

[MrBen2k7]

just how much weight would you remove by the time you keep the jack add a pump add mdf to cover the hole. is it relly worth it

I thought that when I read it...

Void your break down cover for the sake of 100g lol

 

[vwbassett]

Just a thought - Your talking about a miniscule amount of weight and then replacing it with MDF. At the same time without the wheel the black box with the jack etc wont stay up properly plus your then moving the weight distribution more to the front.

 

[Nef]

i took my spare wheel out as iv got different sized wheels to the spare, but i did replace it with 2 cans of tyre weld and a compressor.

 

[techie]

i took my spare wheel out as iv got different sized wheels to the spare

So do I, 17" wheels with 15" spare (how it comes from factory) but the RR is the same, if you have gone that different with your wheels then speedo etc will be out etc.

 

[DPJ]

It is definitely a condition of my breakdown insurance that I must carry a spare wheel.