Spare wheel 15"
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Topic: Spare wheel 15"
Posted By: akw
Subject: Spare wheel 15"
Date Posted: 28 Feb 18 at 01:31
Hi,
I'm planning to upgrade my wheels to 15". Mainly to have a wider choice of good tyres so will keep the size close to stock at 205/65/R15. I'm currently on 205/70/R14 which are a pain to get good ones.
My spare wheel is stock 185/80/R14. Will this be good enough with 15" rims or do I need to shop for a 15" spare wheel too? The overall diameter is pretty similar, 5mm difference.
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'90 T3 Bluestar
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Posted By: chris7ian
Date Posted: 28 Feb 18 at 10:57
Perfectly OK. You'd even be better than most new cars that run a spacesaver as your rolling diameter is near enough identical.
The difference is 5 revolutions per mile:
https://tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator/" rel="nofollow - https://tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator/
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Posted By: Buss Marius
Date Posted: 28 Feb 18 at 15:19
As long as you don't have a Syncro, it doesn't matter. Hovever, if i had a big difference betveen the spare and the other wheels, and had to drive for a long distance,(1000km+) i think i would have put the spare on the front.
On my Syncro i have 195/70-15, but the spare is 185/80-14, so almost identical. On a Syncro the tyres have to be exactly the same Dimension, even equally woren. I am planing to put som offroad-look tyres on the 15" Wheels, but keep the same spare, so i am about to instaal a decoupler
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87 Karmann LT L 2,4D. 89 T3 Syncro Reimo 1,9TD. 2000 T4 Caravelle TDI
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