Buying a spare tyre

konark

marlot wrote: »

A good way of doing this is to jack up the car and try one of the existing road wheels.

He don't have a jack!:)

FreddieFrugal

konark wrote: »

He don't have a jack!:)

I do actually as we have two cars.

I've contacted the nearest Skoda dealership to find out how much a spare wheel + gubbins would cost.


eBay was first port of call but I haven't as yet found any good deals. They're all priced relatively highly. Not much choice.

I know previously I have also bought full size alloys from eBay very cheaply.

vikingaero

You can buy a steel spare from https://www.oponeo.co.uk. Click the Steel Wheels tab and enter your car details. I chose a spare for a 1.2 Fabia that ranged from £29-£50ish. Most of those brands Alczar etc are companies that produced OEM steel wheel for car manufacturers.

Richard53

facade wrote: »

I sort of assumed that the OP would get a Skoda spacesaver rather than one that wouldn't fit, but I guess you can't assume anything

I was thinking more of the advice I read (not on this thread) where someone said to get any suitable wheel off eBay and just store it in the boot. OK until you have a major bump, then that wheel could be bouncing around the cabin.


Also, I mentioned that Skoda charged us £100 for the wheel + kit. That was on a new car, so they were keeping the compressor and gloop tin that were already supplied. I imagine that the price of a wheel without that exchange would be higher.

JP1978

On some Skoda cars, the boot floor is lower if the car hasnt got a spare (normal or space saver). You may find that a 'kit' is required to lift the boot floor up to accommodate.

In my skoda, that comprised of various foam 'boxes' that clipped to the steel boot floor and a new carpet that became the boot floor.

You maybe as well looking at the for sale sections of the skoda forums - Briskoda been the main one - people whom buy the cars and then add the spare wheel later will get more of that money back selling it on separately rather than with the car as a trade in.