spare wheel

[Gerry 16v]

I have the dreaded foam and compressor... I tell you if i could find the muppet that specced my car i would give them a right talking to... no spare wheel and no MP3 headunit... no Bluetooth either Humpff.


Anyway, sorry about the rant. Does anyone know if its possible to buy a spare wheel from the dealer? Also, will a Mk5 Golf one fit (on the car and in the boot) as I might be able to source a scrapped one. I dont know why but I feel uneasy about the foam, a proper spare just seems more 'right' if you know what I mean.

Cheers

 

[honeyman]

My dealer rang me to tell me they have a spare wheel for me, but I would have to give the inflation kit back so I didn't bother. So I assumed they were swapping them over.

 

[Ni Cupra]

i have an 18" space saver wheel for a spare! its the funniest/stupidest looking thing i've seen, hope i dont get a flat wheel and have to put it on!

 

[Marsden1002]

i have the same, foam and compressor.

Im sure you can buy an alloy wheel from seat for around £120, sure ive sean them on the seat site . . . maybe im wrong!

 

[Rampage]

The dealer at Bury quoted me £250 for a wheel (no tyre).

 

[Gerry 16v]

Hmm, so the cack space saver is a fortune to buy then? An alloy would be nice but would it fit in the spare wheel well? I dunno.

Does anyone know if the Golf MK5 spare would fit in the wheel well?

 

[Glovepup]

I'm sure a few months ago there was an announcement about this and SEAT were replacing all foam kits with spacesavers?

 

[Rampage]

The dealer at Bury quoted me £250 for a wheel (no tyre).

I meant £250 for an alloy, not a spacesaver.

 

[DanGB]

Hmm, so the cack space saver is a fortune to buy then? An alloy would be nice but would it fit in the spare wheel well? I dunno.

Does anyone know if the Golf MK5 spare would fit in the wheel well?

should fit yes, i think its either 16 or 17inch.

 

[cuprascott]

Ebay or scrappies i would say!!

 

[Paul_W]

Remember to get a jack too

 

[p1tse]

work colleague has a new leon and no spacer saver. knowing the offset was same as mk5 golf, we checked friends gti which had one.

he rang up seat and it was like £200+, phone around the scrappies, got one delivered for £50

 

[Marsden1002]

Part Number: 5P5071490
Description: 16" Alloy Wheel
Model Application: Altea, Altea XL, New Toledo & New Leon 2006 >
Information: Fitting time 40 TU
Detail: 6.5x16" ET50 suitable for tyre size 205/55R16
Price (RRP): £ 103.40
Order: SEAT Accessories and Parts are available to order through your local SEAT dealer.
Click here to locate your nearest dealer.


Thats from the Seat site, so i cant see why seat are saying £200??

 

[Gerry 16v]

Thats for an alloy though, which probably wont fit in the spare wheel well in the boot. I guess the spacesaver is expensive due to the whole supply and demand issue.

 

[Bainie]

Does anyone know for sure if an alloy will / won`t fit in the boot space, I had a 235/35x19 in my vectra, as I didn`t trust the foam, and it fitted in the hole with a squeeze !! I would like to replace the spacesaver with an alloy so when I am away the wife wouldn`t have to get a new tyre sorted if she had a puncture ?

 

[lard-ajc]

a full size alloy won't fit in the wheel well. Diameter wise it will be fine but will protrude above the base level of the boot.

Suppose there's no reason why you can't make up some foam to pack out the rest of the boot floor around the full size alloy.

Important thing it to make sure you get the wheel-brace, jack and locking wheelnut key. Originally our car came with the foam and compressor but got the spare and toolkit with the deal when we bought the car. The dealer gave the impression that the toolkit was an extra which would not normally be there with the foam/compressor

 

[Paul_W]

I was told by the dealer that a replacement raised boot floor is available to fit a full sized wheel in the spare wheel well. No idea on part numbers though.

 

[Gerry 16v]

I was told by the dealer that a replacement raised boot floor is available to fit a full sized wheel in the spare wheel well. No idea on part numbers though.

A mate has one of those in his MkII Golf and it makes carrying loads a nightmare due to the big hump in the middle of the boot floor.

 

[lard-ajc]

A mate has one of those in his MkII Golf and it makes carrying loads a nightmare due to the big hump in the middle of the boot floor.

the idea of the packing is to raise the rest of the boot floor so that there is no hump in the middle