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Trying to source spare wheel kit

  • 06-11-2025 09:57AM
    #1
    GIMP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭


    New car no spare, I am looking for advice on where to source a space saver tyre, jack, etc. A couple of uk sites supply but won't ship to Ireland and a few Irish based ones are charging over 300e which is too much. I wouldn't consider a spare off a crashed car. Any advice would be welcome.



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  • #2
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,009 ✭✭✭cml387


    My first piece of advice is to give the make and model of car.



  • #3
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭User1998


    Why wouldn't you consider a spare wheel from a crashed car?



  • #4
    steinbock123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 883 ✭✭✭steinbock123


    You can get a jack and wheelbrace in any good motor factors, and as 1998 said, there’s nothing wrong with a spare wheel from a crashed car.



  • #5
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,699 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123966492#Comment_123966492

    …as long as it wasn't on it at the time of the crash! 😁

    If you're really concerned, just replace the tyre.



  • #6
    hhmmm?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭hhmmm?


    See link

    kits available for all cars



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  • #7
    GIMP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭GIMP


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123967174#Comment_123967174

    Thanks , I already checked them out but they charge 300eplus which is nuts.

    The reason I am not favouring a full sized wheel is that it won't fit in the wheel well, I have already measured the space, the smaller compact spare will fit.



  • #8
    selectamatic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,190 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    A breakers yard will gladly sell ya a perfect possibly even unused space saver, jack and brace kit. For probably a third or less the price of a new kit.

    You can easily check the condition and age of the kit too so it's a no brainer to me.



  • #9
    GIMP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭GIMP


    Worth a shot



  • #10
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,026 ✭✭✭9935452


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427953/trying-to-source-spare-wheel-kit

    For my last few cars, they had a skinny spacesaver wheel in the boot.

    I'm not a fan of them as you can do limited distance on them

    I've always sourced a matching alloy from the likes of adverts and had a new tyre on it. Would normally fit into where the spacesaver fitted but would sit a few inches higher.

    When a tyre would need replacing, put on the spare new wheel and get another new tyre put on the spare ready to go .

    Cars have had tyre pressure monitoring but not sensors in the wheels.



  • #11
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,955 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    If the car didn't come with a spacesaver/kit as standard then you are unlikely to find one in a scrapyard. Far more likely to find a proper wheel.

    if you are doing small mileage and are rarely far from home, I'd just get tyre foam/mini compressor etc..

    If you are doing high mileage and often far from home, I'd get a full size alloy from a scrapyard, leave it in the boot and suck up the fact that it is taking up space. I recently did that, got a pair of great condition genuine alloys with excellent tyres for less than what the tyres would cost if bought new.



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  • #12
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,666 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Is it feasible for you drive to the border to NI?

    There are several companies that will take delivery of UK only packages & hold for you to collect. OOHPod are good to deal with & not that far a drive from Dublin IMO.



  • #13
    GIMP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,238 ✭✭✭GIMP


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123970641#Comment_123970641

    Ya i was considering that



  • #14
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭User1998


    I use Postal Pickup NI. They forward the parcels to Ireland



  • #15
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,957 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    I got a full size steel from tyreleader (brand new, exact stud pattern). think it was 70 delivered. My tyre place put a just legal tyre on it for very little. Got a jack and brace from a local who had spare ones. Used cardboard to fill up the wheel well.



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