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Non space Saver Spare wheel (with pictures)

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Gene Hunt:

--- Quote from: Norbreck21a on September 30, 2009, 05:05:08 pm ---I agree Gene. Nothing "wrong" with them as long as you observe the limitations of them.

Problem is (as you said) if it's a front type, then you really need to do a 2 wheel swap to get the space saver on the back. Plus if your hundreds of miles from home (like I was in Scotland once, on a Sunday afternoon), the prospect of driving 300 miles at 50mph, didn't look too appealing. Whilst I still wouldn't go mad on the 16" full size, it's certainly good enough for 70mph on the motorway.

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......fair point like you say if it's a long journey & no chance of getting a replacment. :smiley:.......& thats a nice little mod. :happy2:

wayneitb:
Just ordered this for my car, only £45 form VW for both parts.

andybon:
Would it not be worth looking for a fifth alloy?

Good idea though, might look into this, I have crap rolling about in my boot, this would solve a lot of problems!

dennis10:
I know this is dragging up an old thread - but does anyone know if a full size alloy would fit once installing these larger bits of foam?  Eg I have an Edition30, if I bought a 5th BBS Pescara, would it fit?

Gull:
Absolutely!  I had a fifth 18" Monza nicely tucked in the back with these inserts and it really keeps the boot clear of all the usual cruft you might want to keep in there.

Three things I found when doing this though:

1) The inserts I sourced needed a slight trim in the connecting 'jigsaw' tab as they just were that bit too big to easily fit (simple to do with a stanley knife)

2) In case it wasn't obvious the inserts will raise the height of the boot floor by not an insignificant amount and as such reduce boot capacity. Be warned if you do an ikea run or go on your family hols and your luggage only just fits.

3) The stock Mk5 GTI carpet doesn't have any support beyond the centre where the space saver wheel is. This means that if you put anything even slightly heavy in the boot  to the left or right of the wheel (shopping, small animals etc) then it will just push the carpet into the insert cavity. 

As a temporary measure I used some corrugated surface protection sheeting to reinforce the carpet - it can be easily cut to size, nicely rolls up in one direction when you need to lift the carpet and keeps things mostly out of the inserts. The "right" solution is to source the carpet from an R32 which had a full sized spare as this comes with the fully reinforced backing to the carpet. You can also identify the carpet for a full size spare by it having a 'fold' near the handle (in case you're looking a t a load of ebay pics and they don't show the underside). Part number I believe is 5K6863463A1BS

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