Spare Wheel

Ardennes1944

Now that ive upgraded my alloys from 17 to 18" whats the smallest spare wheel size i could have?

colm_mcm

Depends on the outside radius on the tyres and on the type of diff your car has

Ardennes1944

how do i possibly find that out colm? the latter

colm_mcm

What car is it?

Ardennes1944

astra h sri

L-M

OT, but I was laughing the other day, the mother cracked one of her alloys and she sent it in to be repaired. To my amazement, she had an 18inch space saver :O Looked well, to be fair.

On topic, I have 18's and I drove around for two months with a 15 inch on the front and I never once had any single bit of bother. The only thing I noticed was the smaller wheel would spin alot easier, hence why the tyre was bald when I took it off

Ardennes1944

Limerick man wrote: »

OT, but I was laughing the other day, the mother cracked one of her alloys and she sent it in to be repaired. To my amazement, she had an 18inch space saver :O Looked well, to be fair.

On topic, I have 18's and I drove around for two months with a 15 inch on the front and I never once had any single bit of bother. The only thing I noticed was the smaller wheel would spin alot easier, hence why the tyre was bald when I took it off

is it not very dangerous and bad for the car?

i mean i know youve a semi lowered car atm and all so maybe your the wrong person to be asking :pac:

L-M

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

is it not very dangerous and bad for the car?

i mean i know youve a semi lowered car atm and all so maybe your the wrong person to be asking :pac:

I can't see the problem. It's not like you have a limited slip diff/ 4 wheel drive system to worry about. Every wheel is independent to itself. You're standard spare with it's high profile tyre is fine.

Ardennes1944

thats what i wanted to hear thanks LM!

bazz26

Space savers are way smaller than normal wheels and they are standard kit in most cars these days. Your existing spare should work fine going from 17" to 18".

colm_mcm

What's an sri these days? 1.9 diesel?

Ardennes1944

mines the 1.8 petrol

McP2011

Doesn't really matter so 15,16" will do..if you have one small wheel on the front + a bigger one on the opposite side the car will pull a bit to one side aswell.