No 5th Alloy/Spare wheel in boot

[Wai_Mak]

Hey Guys, Just wondering if anyone know about the laws of removing the spare wheel. I have just fitted 18s on my car and took out my 5th alloy from the back. Now it is empty and really tempted to put a 15 or 18 sub in that compartment. LOL

What are tyre sealants like? and are they bad because apparantly i have they cause imbalancing on the tyres when rolling at high speeds.

I know that the new Mini Coopers and 206CCs have no spare wheels.

I have VW breakdown cover too.....

Anyone got any suggestions on what I should do?

Sorry about the pictures... hopefully will be up soon.

[carmadaaron]

Hey Guys, Just wondering if anyone know about the laws of removing the spare wheel. I have just fitted 18s on my car and took out my 5th alloy from the back. Now it is empty and really tempted to put a 15 or 18 sub in that compartment. LOL

What are tyre sealants like? and are they bad because apparantly i have they cause imbalancing on the tyres when rolling at high speeds.

I know that the new Mini Coopers and 206CCs have no spare wheels.

I have VW breakdown cover too.....

Anyone got any suggestions on what I should do?

Sorry about the pictures... hopefully will be up soon.

tyre sealant, depends wot kinda puncture it is, blow out? no..lol
yeah, my mates mini, hes running aftermarket wheels for over a year now, no spare wheel, should be fine (fingers crossed!),

PS get sum pix up man!

[Andrew B]

Funnily enough I just removed my spare tyre, anything to save weight, as far as I know, it is not illegal in the UK to bin the spare, however it is illegal to have a spare with tread below the legal limit ???

[Si_GTi]

Funnily enough I just removed my spare tyre, anything to save weight, as far as I know, it is not illegal in the UK to bin the spare, however it is illegal to have a spare with tread below the legal limit ???

Spot on. I have a space-saver which came as standard. Can't see it saving me much weight if it comes out so it can stay where it is, just in case

[bstardchild]

Hey Guys, Just wondering if anyone know about the laws of removing the spare wheel. I have just fitted 18s on my car and took out my 5th alloy from the back. Now it is empty and really tempted to put a 15 or 18 sub in that compartment. LOL

Smarts don't have spare wheels

NOT illegal not to have one but if you have one it must be legal if you see what I mean - sub would go nicely in there and then you get to keep a usable boot

[Andrew B]

Hey Guys, Just wondering if anyone know about the laws of removing the spare wheel. I have just fitted 18s on my car and took out my 5th alloy from the back. Now it is empty and really tempted to put a 15 or 18 sub in that compartment. LOL

Smarts don't have spare wheels

NOT illegal not to have one but if you have one it must be legal if you see what I mean - sub would go nicely in there and then you get to keep a usable boot

Ha, you have sussed my cunning plan, going to make a baffle out of mdf, seal it with a rubber gasket and clamp it in place, should have quite a decent air volume in that space, and still have a boot.