scorps1212 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Hey guys I'm after a spare wheel for my ST205. The spare wheel I originally had for my ST202 won't fit over the calipers. Front or back. Info on that wheel is 5 x 100 and offset of 7.0J I'm looking at wheels on eBay. Will an alloy with 5 x 108 and 6.5J fit my car? If not, what is the offset I'm looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal670 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 "J" is wheel width mate, not offset. Your offset is marked by "ET". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 (edited) for starters it needs to be 5 x 100 if you take one of the wheels off your car that do fit the rest of the info is stamped on the back of the wheel so somewhere it wil say et35 or similar number the j number is the width of the wheel 5 x 100 is the number of holes and distance between to fit on the hub and the et is how far the whee sits in, so if you look at the back of the wheel its the measurement from the back of the centre part to the rim when its on the car if you get what i mean, so if it was et46 it would sit in the arches further than et35 and lower number would sit further out Edited February 19, 2016 by arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps1212 Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Cheers guys. I'll check the ET number then and then start looking again. So if my spare wheel didn't fit over the calipers, am I right in thinking the ET number on them are higher than the ones on the car now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Look for a gt4 space saver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps1212 Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Yeah I been searching on eBay but nothing on there. I'll give google a shot. Found one. On eBay as well. Lol. £50 with postage. Bit steep if you ask me buy it's something I need. I suppose the next question is.....will a normal 16" of 17" wheel fit in the spare wheel pit in the boot? Or does it have to be a space saver to fit in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 the pit in the boot as far as i know is sufficient for spacesaver, normal wheels fit in there but you'll either have to put up with a big bump in the carpet or put a false floor in there to raise it to same level i hate space savers so i use a normal one, it takes away the urgency to get the original tyre sorted and its a pain in the butt getting spacesaver tyre if it punctures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus3476 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 The gen 5 well will only take a 17" wheel with 45 max profile - I imagine gen 6 will be the same. I've got gt4 spacesavers here - less than £50, pm me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps1212 Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Cheers guys. And Paul, if I have no luck with a normal sized wheel, I'll get in touch with ya. Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digs Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 If it's just the space saver could just use a slip on spacer to let it clear it ? Only going to need it very rarely for short amount of time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps1212 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I got a spacesaver coming from Paul now. But thanks, if it doesn't fit over, I'll get some spacers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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