Spare wheel

[peterux]

That's correct. The problem is finding something that fits under the Marlin supplied GRP cover.
I think you need a 15" rim with a 190x70 tyre or less, hence the search for something a little slimmer.

Peter

[GreatOldOne]

what about a space saver? they're always narrow.

Like this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Volkswagen-VW-...2em118Q2el1247

or this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-GTI-8V...QQcmdZViewItem

Just a thought.

[Patrick]

Problem with those is that they are mostly 14" and so won't sit in the tub properly. I do wonder if the small width will still allow the cover to go over.

[peterux]

Originally Posted by peterux

Hey chaps what about these.......
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOLF-15-RA-ALL...QQcmdZViewItem

and my sister lives in Henfield so no problem picking them up!

Still watching these BBS RA's but I think the price will exceed our £40x4 target.
These are less atrractive but might 'fit the bill'.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=007

they are 6.5J so not sure if they'll fit?

Any comments?

The ebay auction finishes at 8am tommorow, so let me have your views,

thanks

Peter

[Patrick]

those would be fine by me, certainly smaller not sure if its quite enough though.

[peterux]

Originally Posted by peterux

Still watching these BBS RA's but I think the price will exceed our £40x4 target.
These are less atrractive but might 'fit the bill'.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=007

they are 6.5J so not sure if they'll fit?

Any comments?

The ebay auction finishes at 8am tommorow, so let me have your views,

thanks

Peter

I measured up yesterday and think these will fit. I got em for £142 for all 4.
I'll let you all know what the're like and if they fit in due course.

If they are no good i'll re-list them,
Peter

[Patrick]

Excellent Peter thanks for arranging this I look forward to seeing if they fit

[Simon]

For anyone wanting to fit a regular size spare wheel you may be interested to know that I've managed to get a Honda CRV wheel cover to fit the Cabrio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marlin_...io/2561132711/

I have 195/65 R15 wheels and had to trim about 1" off the depth of the cover to get it to sit close to the boot lid (so it should be deep enough for wider wheel/tyre combinations).

Simon

[MartinClan]

Originally Posted by peterux

I measured up yesterday and think these will fit. I got em for £142 for all 4.
I'll let you all know what the're like and if they fit in due course.

If they are no good i'll re-list them,
Peter

Great Peter. Please let me know when you want some money....

Robin

[peterux]

Bad news!

The VW alloys I bought yesterday don't fit !
I trial fitted one tonight and there is still about 30mm gap all round so no improvement on the 14" steel spare.

The alloys are 6.5J, so now we know they don't fit, either.

There are these around
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genuine-VW-Gol...2em118Q2el1247

and apart from being very expensive these are 6J so I'm not convinced they will fit either.

I'm running out of ideas,

Peter

[MartinClan]

Originally Posted by peterux

Bad news!

The VW alloys I bought yesterday don't fit !
I trial fitted one tonight and there is still about 30mm gap all round so no improvement on the 14" steel spare.

Peter

Hi Peter

Thanks for trying anyway. Someone must have an answer - I have seen quite a few Sportsters with the spare wheel cover fitted. Unless of course all that was underneath was a "repair in a can" aerosol....

I will post the question on the Marlin Owners Club forum to see if we can hit a different audience.

Robin

[Patrick]

Bummer that sucks Thanks for trying (BTW if you relist and don't get quite as much for these as you paid I'm happy to help make up the difference!)

[MartinClan]

Originally Posted by Patrick

BTW if you relist and don't get quite as much for these as you paid I'm happy to help make up the difference

Ditto

Robin

[peterux]

Thanks guys, that's very generous. There seems to be quite a lively market for these wheels so hopefully i'll get close to what I paid.

Peter

[GreatOldOne]

Guys - check these out:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bmw-mini-steel...2em118Q2el1247

any good? Beemer Minis have the same stud pattern and PCD IIRC - dunno about the bore though...

[Patrick]

bore is too small IIRC for BINI wheels to fit on E30s or those would be ideal.

[MartinClan]

I used a space saver 15" wheel from a ford focus which is a get you home emergency up to 50mph max job but had the 4 x 108 spacing I needed. Fits under the wheel cover really well and has the advantage of being lighter compared to a full size wheel. Bought it off flea bay, stated as used but it had never been on, came complete with michelin unused tyre, cost me £20 if I remember rightly.

Stud spacing may not do the sporster if its BMW based but there must be space saver wheels which will do the job as almost every car uses them nowadays.

From Marlin Owners club forum. Looks like a space saver might be a good option we can find one with the correct fitting...

Robin

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Patrick

Bummer that sucks Thanks for trying (BTW if you relist and don't get quite as much for these as you paid I'm happy to help make up the difference!)

I am happy to help out with any loss on these too.

I was looking around on ebay and can only find 15" 5 stud space saver wheels which should fit under the cover but obviously have 1 to many studs.
So was thinking on a 4 to 5 stud converter which we could carry in the car and fit if we needed to use the space saver.
Any of you had any dealings with stud conveters?

Stuart

[Patrick]

I've got a set of 5->4 stud adapters I got on eBay a few years back for £180. They don't quite fit past the brake pads on the front, but they are fine on the back. I could see if I can turn them down a bit on the lathe.

[Stuart]

Well it is a option that may work for us so we can use a spacesaver 15" do you want to experiment with the idea Patrick as you have the adaptors?