Space saver spare Options

[Montreal914]

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.