Spare Wheel
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Rather than shell out for a 'Spacesaver' why not buy a 155x15 conventional tyre (this is standard VW Beetle size) for this rim? What rim size is stamped on the area between the wheel stud holes ?
My 924S has a steel rim like this but with a 165x15 Uniroyal on it.
Trouble is that the rear carpet may not fit as well if you go for the bigger size having had a Spacesaver as original equipment on your car.
My 924S has a steel rim like this but with a 165x15 Uniroyal on it.
Trouble is that the rear carpet may not fit as well if you go for the bigger size having had a Spacesaver as original equipment on your car.
924nutter
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What psi should in the spare wheel ?
I don't think the Wheel has Ever Been used and Looks an Odd shape..
Should I keep a can of tyre weld in the car instead?..(the wheel weighs alot!)
Your driver's handbook should tell you how many psi. That tyre wall is folded in on itself and when inflated takes on the proportions of a conventional tyre. So much so that they are an absolute B to collapse again. With the speed rated at 80 kph, or approxiately 50 mph you have to make your own mind up whether to use it. If it was mine I would use it, but then I wouldn't sue me if I gave me bad advice would I, so you choose. Ambulance chasers are ruining this country's goodwill.
Nouveau
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Ambulance chasers?
At least there are a few options, I guess I'll inflate it and decide..(I didn't realise it was collaspable! I think I may be dumb..[&:])
I Notice no response about the tyre weld...Is the a Frowned upon option.. Although in my old Alfa that's all one was given!
At least there are a few options, I guess I'll inflate it and decide..(I didn't realise it was collaspable! I think I may be dumb..[&:])
I Notice no response about the tyre weld...Is the a Frowned upon option.. Although in my old Alfa that's all one was given!
Both my 924S and my 924 Turbo had one of those and yes they do look like that.
Because of the use that I put the Turbo to (Club Rallies etc.) I decided to replace it with a normal Turbo wheel. To do this I had to cut away the section of boot carpet that covers the wheel so that on opening the back hatch I can now see the wheel. No problem in this instance.
If you go down this path I suggest that you come to the Frontrunner event on 6th April where there will be a 'Car boot autojumble' and you may well find a 924S/Turbo/ 944 wheel.
If you want another spacesaver wheel with tyre, there will certainly be one there, mine.
Because of the use that I put the Turbo to (Club Rallies etc.) I decided to replace it with a normal Turbo wheel. To do this I had to cut away the section of boot carpet that covers the wheel so that on opening the back hatch I can now see the wheel. No problem in this instance.
If you go down this path I suggest that you come to the Frontrunner event on 6th April where there will be a 'Car boot autojumble' and you may well find a 924S/Turbo/ 944 wheel.
If you want another spacesaver wheel with tyre, there will certainly be one there, mine.
Fred Hindle
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Tyre weld is a fat lot of good if you have a big hole / rip in your tyre. Go for a replacement steel full sized tyre. (By full sized I mean non- collapsible one, will be a different width to the other ones you have on each corner. Plus the Porsche inflator is about as much use as a chocolate fire-guard.
Cheers,
Cheers,
924nutter
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If you put tyre weld in the carcass, the chief purpose of which is to stop air escaping, I wonder how succesfull you will be when you come to collapse the tyre and get the air out. I have no experience of the collapsable, but I don't understand people's aversion. If you plan properly, i.e. start inflating the tyre first and then set to removing the punctured wheel, the chances are the 12 volt chocolate fire guard would have stood a half decent chance of getting the wheel somewhere near inflated by the time you need it. I will not be knawing at my boot carpet with a rusty hacksaw blade anytime soon. Oh and I suppose we all carry a torque wrench to ensure the correct tightnes of the wheel nuts/ bolts.
John.
It is possible to do it with a Stanley knife but maybe a rusty hacksaw blade is your tool of choice.
Not all of our cars are used for the same purpose. My 924 Turbo is used for Club Rallies and a spacesaver would not be appropriate therefore the mods.
924nutter
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The rusty hacksaw blade is the tool of choice for many things. Particularly useful for realigning the attitude of errant apprentices. Why didn't you just fork out for a boot carpet with the space for a full size wheel? You probably could have bought one from Ebay for little more than the cost of a stanley knife, plus there would be no frayed edges.[
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ORIGINAL: 924nutter
The rusty hacksaw blade is the tool of choice for many things. Particularly useful for realigning the attitude of errant apprentices. Why didn't you just fork out for a boot carpet with the space for a full size wheel? You probably could have bought one from Ebay for little more than the cost of a stanley knife, plus there would be no frayed edges.[
The carpet in my car was not paticularly good so it was no loss.
I already had a Stanley knife... Total cost NIL. can always use the money saved on the carpet from ebay to purshase a complete carpet if I put the car back to standard or better still I can use it to buy booze...[
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