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Space saver spare |
Montreal914 |
Aug 8 2020, 12:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,684 Joined: 8-August 10 From: Claremont, CA Member No.: 12,023 Region Association: Southern California |
In the quest of increasing the space in my front trunk to integrate an oil cooler, I came across this piece of information that I thought was worth sharing.
Mercedes has been using Vredestein Space Master 165-15 collapsible spares on their smaller models like the C230 and the SLK. After looking at the pictures and comparing them to my 911 space saver on steel wheel, I think they are the exact same tires. The difference is that it is mounted on a 4.5" alloy wheel, not 5.5" like the Porsche. So, one though to gain trunk space would be to mount the space saver tire on a ~$100 4.5" Fachs from cip1. Lighter and narrower wheel, win win. The goal would still to have it laying flat for impact absorption, yet probably allowing a lower trunk floor and giving room for the front mounted cooler to vent out. Now the challenge is finding a place that will want to remove the collapsible Space Master tire and mount it on the Fachs... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Below is the MBZ space saver wheel/tire. |
PanelBilly |
Aug 8 2020, 04:49 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,844 Joined: 23-July 06 From: Kent, Wa Member No.: 6,488 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
When I blew up my space saver it was all lopsided. Tried to find a replacement tire with NO LUCK. Cut the tire off and I plan to mount a traditional tire to the wheel.
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ClayPerrine |
Aug 8 2020, 04:52 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,879 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
When I blew up my space saver it was all lopsided. Tried to find a replacement tire with NO LUCK. Cut the tire off and I plan to mount a traditional tire to the wheel. Remember, those space-saver tires are over 30 years old. They won't be there when you need them, they are just too old to function. Go get a Boxster spare. If you have Boxster calipers, the 15 inch space saver spare won't fit anyway. |
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