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Spare wheel question
I need to replace my spare wheel (got stolen).
I've just had two new front tyres put on my 1997 MK4 Fiesta which are 185/55 on 14". I'm assuming that I should look for the same in a spare? or could I get away with a 185/60 which seems to be a lot more readily available?
If I were to buy a spare from a different make of car, provided it was 14" with the right size tyre should I expect any issues?
I've just had two new front tyres put on my 1997 MK4 Fiesta which are 185/55 on 14". I'm assuming that I should look for the same in a spare? or could I get away with a 185/60 which seems to be a lot more readily available?
If I were to buy a spare from a different make of car, provided it was 14" with the right size tyre should I expect any issues?
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For a standard spare wheel you need the same size tyre and it needs to be on a Ford specification wheel. Wheels from different makes will not fit as they will likely have a different PCD, offset and bore. A local scrappy should be able to supply a Fiesta wheel.0
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185/55R14 and 185/60R14 tyres are different diameters - one is taller than the other. So as soon as you tried to fit the spare, your car would be lopsided. This wouldn't do the handling any good at all.If it sticks, force it.
If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.0 -
Go to a Ford breakers and get a spare from the same model vehicle.
The size you need should be easy enough to figure out if it is different to the rest of the wheels.
Or even just get an exact same wheel.0 -
If you going to change the size of the tyre then you should do so for both wheels on that axle - not just the one0
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An indirect answer to your question - you don't have to carry a spare wheel. Buy an air compressor and a can of tyre gunk which will help you out of lots of situations...0
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Tyre Weld doesn't always work, but it definitely makes repairing the puncture afterwards difficult and time consuming.Buy an air compressor and a can of tyre gunk which will help you out of lots of situations...Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
Oversteer is when you hit a wall with the back of your car
Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it0 -
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davetrousers wrote: »..............
Thanks for that.
http://www.tirerepairkit.com/ is what I carry. And I have used it too - my current car got a puncture 2 weeks after I got it (from new). The repaired tyre is still on the car 2 years later.0 -
Whilst tyre repair kits are light, quick, easy, seem to last etc. I doubt they would help where my tyre was knocked off the rim, and they have a max sized hole they can fix, above that it just leaks out - found this out the hard way, at 2am, in the rain.
I will keep my space saver, and then change that "axle" to winter (or summer) tyres when I get home.0
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