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spare wheel

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  • 14-01-2009 8:12pm
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    jjunkhead
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    i have 17 inch wheels on my car but i have no spare wheel. if i had a blow out and had to change the wheel to a 16 inch would it do until i went to the garage? would it damage my car in any way?


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    vengeance52
    Registered Users Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭vengeance52


    most spares are space savers and are not the exact size of the original wheel. it will be fine to drive to a garage. generally dont go over 50mph as the handling will be slightly off.


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    thetyreman
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    jjunkhead wrote: »
    i have 17 inch wheels on my car but i have no spare wheel. if i had a blow out and had to change the wheel to a 16 inch would it do until i went to the garage? would it damage my car in any way?


    A 16inch will be ok,but try it on the car first and make sure it fits/suites,try on front and rear.
    Let the jack down (with the spare on of course)and chack that you have clearence all around,specially if it isnt of the same model car,and give the steering full lock both ways when checkilng the clearence on the front............it wont do any harm to get you sorted short time,but dont forget its on as the car will handle differently with it on,take it handy...


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    CreepingDeath
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    jjunkhead wrote: »
    i have 17 inch wheels on my car but i have no spare wheel. if i had a blow out and had to change the wheel to a 16 inch would it do until i went to the garage? would it damage my car in any way?

    Here's a tyre calculator application on a web page Linky

    You can enter the values on your spare tyre and 17" tyres and compare sizes.
    ( the tyres will have those values on it )

    I compared the standard 15" tyres of a Celica against the 17" low profile alloys I have, and there was just a 3.1% size difference. Not problem to get to a puncture repair shop.


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,324 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Odds are your spare has a higher profile tyre, so the diameter of the wheel+tyre will probably very close to the fitted wheels.

    Not your ornery onager



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