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Lotus Europa Forums => Classifieds Forums => FS/WTB: Europa Parts and Stuff => Topic started by: Tilux on Monday,July 18, 2016, 08:11:42 PM
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Nothing fancy. I just need it to mount a spare to fit in the trunk. I cannot get a 14" wheel to fit in there.
Shipping to Albuquerque, New Mexico 87120
Thanks!
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Keep in mind, if you use your spare, you'll have to put the 'bad' tire somewhere and if it doesn't fit where the spare goes, your only option is to put it in the passenger seat.
I set up a spare tire on an original Lotus Brand alloy wheel. Then I realized I had no place to put the bad tire. My spare is now a repair kit and a 12 volt air compressor.
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+1 on no spare. I pack a repair kit, compressor and a jack. The jack is makes repairing the tire much easier.
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Well, perhaps I should consider going sans spare, carrying a repair kit, and praying for a non-catastrophic blow out.
Thanks for the input.
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That is really funny. I wasn't following at first, then realized the problem.
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Well, perhaps I should consider going sans spare, carrying a repair kit, and praying for a non-catastrophic blow out.
Thanks for the input.
I go with both options and my preference is for plugging the tyre because of what BDA says, the original wheel will only fit on the passenger seat or by the roadside. But I've a lingering memory of a sidewall split after hitting a pothole in the wife's car which made the tyre scrap. No amount of plugging or "goo" was going to fix that, only a spare wheel, hence the last resort option of a spare wheel.
I use a 14" spacesaver wheel from an MGF (same PCD) which will just about squeeze in there. Another option would be the Triumph Spitfire steel wheels which are probably easier to get ?