Re: Spare wheel options
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:17 am
thanks Jt ,yes my dealer supplied all the kit so should be ok,but will be looking to buy a full size wheel later on if I keep it long term.
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I accept your comment re omitting the jack but at 79 I consider jacking a car up and changing a wheel a bridge too far!jtonline wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 9:51 pmBrum1955 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 23, 2018 4:56 pm I read the article on fitting a full size (18in) wheel with interest. Do the styrene inserts serve any useful purpose? it seems to me that omitting them frees up the space around the wheel for more storage and also saves £59.24 in parts.
Most people these days are covered by breakdown insurance so they would jack up the car and change the wheel for you, omitting the jack and associated parts saves a further £78.04. Just fitting an 18in alloy wheel complete with Toyo tyre and insulator can be done for £248.84, considreably cheaper than the space saver kit.
Yes I suppose you could omit the inserts as the wheel is held in place by a bolt (providing you extend it's length). I would make sure you keep at least one of the towing eye hooks in the boot somewhere though. IMHO if you're going to fit a wheel you may as well pay a bit extra and get a jack and associated parts so you always have the option of doing the wheel swap yourself.
I was under the impression the 16" spacer saver and tyre was only if you had 16" wheels as standard, and then advised to go no more than 50mph. Are you saying it can also be used if you have the 18" wheels? If the answer is yes and then you have a flat on the front, you have to swap a rear to the front and then put the space saver on the back?jtonline wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:18 pm Yep, the space saver wheel is 16" diameter and the recommended tyre size is T125/90D16 98M.
When fitted, you should only drive at max. 50mph for the shortest distance possible. Mazda recommend that you do not fit to the front axle.
N.B: If you buy the wheel & tyre from an ebay seller, unless you're buying the complete kit, you'll also need the two replacement polystyrene pieces, jack & bolt, & wheel nut wrench.
The depth of the tyre on a 16" wheel is larger than that on an 18" wheel which makes them both a similar outside diameter.Grumpydad wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:01 pmI was under the impression the 16" spacer saver and tyre was only if you had 16" wheels as standard, and then advised to go no more than 50mph. Are you saying it can also be used if you have the 18" wheels? If the answer is yes and then you have a flat on the front, you have to swap a rear to the front and then put the space saver on the back?jtonline wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:18 pm Yep, the space saver wheel is 16" diameter and the recommended tyre size is T125/90D16 98M.
When fitted, you should only drive at max. 50mph for the shortest distance possible. Mazda recommend that you do not fit to the front axle.
N.B: If you buy the wheel & tyre from an ebay seller, unless you're buying the complete kit, you'll also need the two replacement polystyrene pieces, jack & bolt, & wheel nut wrench.
Grumpydad wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:01 pmI was under the impression the 16" spacer saver and tyre was only if you had 16" wheels as standard, and then advised to go no more than 50mph. Are you saying it can also be used if you have the 18" wheels?jtonline wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:18 pm Yep, the space saver wheel is 16" diameter and the recommended tyre size is T125/90D16 98M.
When fitted, you should only drive at max. 50mph for the shortest distance possible. Mazda recommend that you do not fit to the front axle.
N.B: If you buy the wheel & tyre from an ebay seller, unless you're buying the complete kit, you'll also need the two replacement polystyrene pieces, jack & bolt, & wheel nut wrench.