arizona Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 its also illegal to drive on a motorway with the knowledge that you could break down, not carrying your spare when you dont have runflats etc could been seen as this and not only might the AA refuse to move you but the traffic cops might bend your ear (not trying to post like ratboy and scare people but this could happen) get some runflats and bin your spare, best way forward most runflats are now only about £15 more per tyre Arent runflats only suitable for the newer cars with a sensor? Seem to remember reading somewhere that they not suitable for ones without recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 get some runflats and bin your spare, best way forward most runflats are now only about £15 more per tyre I bet the extra weight of 4 run flats is not far off the weight of a spare wheel Not to mention the additional unsprung mass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetheforce Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 My car didn't have a spare in it when I bought it, and it didn't bother me because even if it did i can't put it on as the rolling radius/size would be different to the alloys that are on the car. But I am thinking of buying the space saver wheel the car should have with it (in case of any legal problems) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsmith79 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'd just say my cars never had one although it was a size smaller than my current wheels anyway lol. As long as the rolling radius is the same, it doesn't matter what size your spare is, my space saver is only a 14" i think, but would still work fine with 3 other 16" wheels The only issue is if you have upgrades all 4 brakes to a BBK so that the spare won't fit on the back wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonahjones26 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 alway carry a spare as if there is a nail or anything that can cause a puncture I WILL FIND IT! i my supra i had a spare 20" in the boot and space saver but that was to keep some weight over the rears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTsillycar Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I did untill i had to use it to get my breaker taken away yesterday. Please sods law, don't give me a flat now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I bet the extra weight of 4 run flats is not far off the weight of a spare wheel Not to mention the additional unsprung mass never noticed any difference with the weight + i carry a space saver too, I just like the piece of mind that im not going to get a horrible blow out and have a tyre rip of the rim as i do drive my car hard, I can get a preasure monitoring system fitted but dont see the point as i constantly check my preasures anyways, also as i said earlier one of my front runflats has a puncture but its still drivable where as if i had a normal tyre on there it would be sat on the ground and the radials would be dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgtt Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I carry the spacersaver in the boot, pretty sure it won't fit the front of the faff anyway but oh well!! Also like to point out that removing all weight from the rear completely unbalances the car. I did a trackday with the rear completely stripped and it was totally different handling to running full weight, obviously you probably wouldn't notice this as much on the road unless your driving like the stig all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briano Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I carry the spacersaver in the boot, pretty sure it won't fit the front of the faff anyway but oh well!! Also like to point out that removing all weight from the rear completely unbalances the car. I did a trackday with the rear completely stripped and it was totally different handling to running full weight, obviously you probably wouldn't notice this as much on the road unless your driving like the stig all the time when i removed everything from the rear of my gen 5 it actually helped reduce a bit of understeer so i guess taking stuff out will affect the handling of the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlasumm Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 i surprised myself i even managed to remember to keep some of the original nuts to fit the space saver wheel as they are different to the ones i have on my alloys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl4444 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I don't have a spare as it will never ever fit I've my bbk and sod having a £1200 spare works meister anyhow Can of tyre weld ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair_GT Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I have a space saver, much lighter than the full size alloy wheel spare my car came with. I did used to run tyre weld and no spare, but after hearing that tyre weld ruins your tyre completely for what could be just an easy repair I decided not to bother with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherv Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Yes tyre weld ruins the tyre so ive always been told,so you cost yourself a fortune for the sake of a possible simple repair. Also,if you rely on the AA towing you home or whatever,just say you're on your way to a big meet or something.For the sake of carrying a spare you've now got to go home or go to the nearest place to get a new tyre and all the hassle that goes with it.I'd at least carry a space saver,and to be honest all this weightsaving malarkey is well and good if you're stripping your car out,but just removing the spare to gain any handling or performance gain is a waste of time IMHO unless you go the whole nine yards. The runflat issue,if you have no sensor,is it not possible if the tyre is slowly deflating itself you may not actually be totally aware that its doing it at the time.Never had them so dont know for sure,but seems a risk there to me. Edited January 18, 2012 by thesherv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Red Celica Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 On the Corolla I've actually taken out the Space Saver and replaced it with a full size Alloy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerox Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 After hearing about John.Drums incident I think having a spare is generally the best of ideas really. If you have a blowout, does that mean while they're towing the car up onto the truck you're literally scraping metal from the alloys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaungt4 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Same as most carry a space saver it will fit as i put it on when i was refurbing my wheels a nice bright yellow spare to lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver gt Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Arent runflats only suitable for the newer cars with a sensor? Seem to remember reading somewhere that they not suitable for ones without recently Run flat tyres have been around since the 70's, suitable for any car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorjack Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I haven't carried a spare in the Celica for about 6 years now, as there's no room in the boot. Never had a problem with tyres - although I've probably just jinxed myself. My wheels are a slightly different rolling radius to OEM though so I wouldn't be keen on fitting the standard space saver, especially not on 4WD. The number of people I see driving down the M5, 70mph+ with a skinny spacer saver spare on though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shocks Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 replaced with space saver and a can of tyre weld, slight adjustment needed with how to keep space saver in place as the celica screw thing was way to long but a yaris one is much shorter and works a treat. saves on a load of weight as a full size spare was 3 times the weight. oh and a thanks yet again to AMS for supply of the space saver top work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nthnmunky Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Full size alloy, they don't weigh that much and TBH I'd rather not risk not having it for longer journeys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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