Dougie Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I’ve got a 65 plate XV and it doesn’t have a spare wheel. It’s got 17” wheels. Any ideas for a “space saver” spare that will fit under the cover in the back of my car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGMan Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I been looking as well and used this web site as a guide 'https://www.tyremen.co.uk/space-saver-wheel-and-tyre-kit' and then looked on eBay and a lot of the tryes are from 2004 for about £40 (rubber to old) and decent ones are about £100. Looking to go to Scotland in February and worried that I will get a nail through the side wall and having to wait for hours for (Subaru) RAC to turn up! Lad at work got a wood punch nail through his tyre & alloy - took RAC just over 2 hours to come out and drove him to a garage with the RAC spare tyre on. Would rather spend max 30 minutes putting space saver wheel on and then driving to local garage myself. Also just bought Tyre Puncture Repair Kit (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MX6XKFW/) to use rather the Gel stuff and they are not guaranteed. https://youtu.be/H5DWhIF1c0M/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 was a factory option instead of the foam. dad has one in his. need to get the boot foam shape (not sure what to call it), which raises the boot up, and the spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGMan Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Took the foam holding my gel fix it kit and jack etc out of my 2018-19 XV a few hours ago, I have for a space saver tyre hole and some plastic side bits to hold a the jack handle (like I seen in the Canadian Crosstrek. I searched on eBay in the USA/Canada with no luck but going to keep looking. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Kelly Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I posted this in response to a posting on "XV Spare Wheel" It would be nice if one could have an article in a thread linked, as it were to another thread / article. Ihave a 'real' spare tyre (in my XV 2.0I S ES CVT) although its still a "temporary" wheel, it is a full road wheel and proper tyre. It's a Bridgestone185/65 R 17 90M Or am I missing the point here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGMan Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 That what I am after; as long as it not to expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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