Advice needed buying a spare /spacesaver wheel please

ferry
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Hi all.
Can anyone please confirm before I commit to buying this space saver wheel.
My current wheels are 215/50/R17
Im looking at buying wheel thats 125/70/R17. Both 5 stud .
Will this fit as a measure to just get me out of trouble in the event of a puncture?
Thanks
:j

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  • Ayr_Rage
    Ayr_Rage Posts: 2,329 Forumite
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    edited 24 July 2023 at 5:55PM
    You cannot buy any random wheel, you need the correct offset and stud pattern so that it does not foul the brakes and wheel arches.
  • Bigwheels1111
    Bigwheels1111 Posts: 2,961 Forumite
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    ferry said:
    Hi all.
    Can anyone please confirm before I commit to buying this space saver wheel.
    My current wheels are 215/50/R17
    Im looking at buying wheel thats 125/70/R17. Both 5 stud .
    Will this fit as a measure to just get me out of trouble in the event of a puncture?
    Thanks
    Make and model would help.
    Ebay or breakers yard.
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 18,503 Forumite
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    Also worth bearing in mind that the spacesaver may be a different size to the original wheel. On my Audi I really struggled to find a 17" space saver wheel that would fit but it turned out the space saver one for that car was actually 18"
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • ferry
    ferry Posts: 2,012 Forumite
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    ferry said:
    Hi all.
    Can anyone please confirm before I commit to buying this space saver wheel.
    My current wheels are 215/50/R17
    Im looking at buying wheel thats 125/70/R17. Both 5 stud .
    Will this fit as a measure to just get me out of trouble in the event of a puncture?
    Thanks
    Make and model would help.
    Ebay or breakers yard.
    Apologies. Its a 63 plate Vauxhall Astra
    :j
  • Bigwheels1111
    Bigwheels1111 Posts: 2,961 Forumite
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    ferry said:
    ferry said:
    Hi all.
    Can anyone please confirm before I commit to buying this space saver wheel.
    My current wheels are 215/50/R17
    Im looking at buying wheel thats 125/70/R17. Both 5 stud .
    Will this fit as a measure to just get me out of trouble in the event of a puncture?
    Thanks
    Make and model would help.
    Ebay or breakers yard.
    Apologies. Its a 63 plate Vauxhall Astra

    Go to Ebay and enter Vauxhall Astra spare wheel or space saver.
    It will ask you year, engine etc.
    Might narrow it down a bit.
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