I planning to buy a 2017 Subaru Forester XT. I have been told that it has a space saver spare wheel. Has anyone fitted a full sized spare in the XT?

I am planning to drive to some fairly remote places sometimes and would feel more secure with a full sized spare.

I think I might have to raise the floor of the boot a bit, which I wouldn't mind doing. I think the wheels on the XT are a bit bigger than on a normal Forester?

Also, does anyone rotate the tyres on their forester? Do you do this at home or take it to a Forester dealer?

David

Just an update. The Subaru dealer has told me that a full sized aluminium spare wheel from them would cost around £600! He told me that I could get full sized steel spare wheel a lot cheaper from somewhere else (not Subaru).

David

Another update. The Subaru dealer says that a full sized spare wheel should fit in the wheel well in the boot. However, a full sized spare from Subaru would cost £700!

Once I have the car I will investigate getting a much cheaper full sized spare from somewhere.

So, the Subaru dealer has told me that the tyres are vredestein ultrac plus

The XT has 18”x7” wheels. Tyres are 225/55R18.

I have never bought a full sized spare tyre. The car I have at the moment, a Suzuki Grand Vitara, has a full sized spare on the back door of the car.

How do I go about getting a wheel and tyre that are identical to the ones I have on the car? Without paying £700 to a Subaru dealer?

I have looked at the price of aluminium wheels on line, and there are plenty of them that cost £500 or more, without a tyre. So maybe the Subaru price is not so bad.

If I get a steel wheel with the correct tyre and then changed the wheel because of a puncture, would it matter that one wheel was steel and the other 3 aluminium.?