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dxmedia:

--- Quote from: topless matt on December 07, 2009, 13:06:43 ---
--- Quote ---For the cost of less than a tank of fuel is it worth messing around?
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Dont know what tyres you are using but if mine cost less than4 tanks of fuel each id be happy  :lol:

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??? What

It looks from you pic that your running 29 or 30 in tyres. You can get a new tyre of that size for about £50. That's less then a tank of fuel.  You can get 33's for under a ton - brand new not remould.

For the price of a tank of fuel (which is what £80?)  you can sort yourself out with a spare of the correct size.

I'm not saying get a brand new ££££ money tyre, but get a spare which is the same size, remould or what ever.

topless matt:
Its an old pic, i run maxxis creepy crawlers in 35/12.5/15 which including a new rim which i would need comes in at just under 200 notes!
Plus my fuel tank only costs 50 to fill up.

Very true about the colour steve but i have never had an issue, even when stopped with a smaller spare on and asked why it was smaller, he just wondered why it was  abit smaller than the other 3

V8MoneyPit:
Yes, it is highly unlikely to be a problem as long as you are being sensible in your driving.

The other thing to remember if you carry a different size spare is to remove it before your MOT. The same rules apply for the test. So if there is a spare, it should be of the same type/size as the rest.

Suvvey:
I also have a slightly smaller spare and was worried about it for the MOT but was told that the spare doesn't come into it as you don't legally need one. Thought it would be one of those 'if it's there they'll test it' things so decided that I would remove it for the test. But after a weeks worth of late nights doing all the welding and other little jobs I completely forgot about it untill half way through the test :doh: But when it came back out I could tell that the wheel cover had never even been removed :-k It did actually fail the first test but this was on a small hole in the chassis, nothinf to do with spare, it didn't even get an advisory.

I do keep meaning to replace it with the correct size tyre but I think the rim wheel need replacing too as it is a standard LR solid rim and I'm running on 235/85 BFG AT's

So if anyone localy has an old 235/85 on a rim that is good enough for a spare................ ;)

BigA:
I run 265/75/16s on my disco and the spare is still the standard disco wheel from when i purchased it. It has been through 4 MOT's like this and never mentioned, i will add though that the cover has never been touched on the spare during the MOT's as far as i can see.

It was interesting to see this thread, as i just have never got round to getting a spare the same size, and always thought that a spare of the wrong size would be better than none if ever i got a flat  [-o<

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