Bottlecap in Spare Wheel Area?

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Post Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:01 pm

More or less what the title says... I've bought 5 new winter tires with the thinking being I can put one (185/65/14) on the spare in the rear storage area. I just had the thought though - has anyone put a full standard bottlecap wheel, with tire in there, and did it fit? That would be awesome because I could pick one up for nothing, and then it would be a super easy swap if I ever needed to do it on the road...

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Post Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:36 pm

It will fit.
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Post Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:03 pm

Cloggy Saint wrote:It will fit.
Got one in mine winkeye

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Post Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:03 pm

The wheel well is big enough for a full size wheel, no space savers on our cars!
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Post Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:25 pm

M3KUK wrote:The wheel well is big enough for a full size wheel,
It's also big enough for a 50 litre LPG tank.
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Post Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:20 pm

Thanks all for the replies!

I'm gonna do this as soon as I get my replacement tires...
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Post Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:37 pm

if you got a bootle top rattling around in there be very annoying. lol

yes defo fit , just put one in mine 14" bottle top with 185/65. its a pretty big hole.
can,t stand those space savers .
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Post Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:42 pm

arrisbmw wrote: just put one in mine 14" bottle top with 185/65. its a pretty big hole.
It'll take a 15" BBS and 205 equally well