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TnTkr

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2020, 09:05:29 AM »
It is indeed designed to carry maximum five adults, but with htat maximum load it is far away from the nominal height. Even two kids (total about 50 kg) in the rear seat makes the rear of the car visibly lower. Spare wheel weights less, but is much more rear.

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2020, 09:42:31 AM »
Full size spare is adding weight and even adding it to very rear of the car, therefore I have doubts that it can lower the rear suspension visibly. Has anybody tried and measured it? The effect to the performance is easily calculated.

I often drive with a rear passenger and the trunk full. The car lowers, but there are no consequences for the handling. Performances are reduced, but the handling remains very very good even with full load at high speed, and I like it very much.
If you want to worsen the handling, put a set od Ecocontact6 or other soft tires; this car want tires with hard shoulders, I made a mistake replacing the OEM Dunlops with the Continental. Next time, Dunlop or Yokohama...

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2020, 09:44:47 AM »
On the other hand, a light alloy wheel could reduce the effect. What could be the lightest 15x6 or 16x6 alloy wheel for spare?

I have both steel wheels with winter tyres ( Nokian, great in snow ) and alloys with summer tyres and the steel wheels are lighter than the alloys - with alloys it is all about style - the cross section of the alloy has to be more than steel so no weight saving,  and I have never seen a steel rim crack or corrode under the tyre bead ( causing a slow leak ), which has happened on alloys. Alloys are a PITA for maintenance and having to get them refurbished every so often at no small cost ( diamond cut are the worst ),  with steel it is basically fit and forget ( with maybe a coat of Hammerite paint after many years ).
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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2020, 09:53:12 AM »
I have both steel wheels with winter tyres ( Nokian, great in snow ) and alloys with summer tyres and the steel wheels are lighter than the alloys - with alloys it is all about style - the cross section of the alloy has to be more than steel so no weight saving,

This is interesting, thank you for this information. I have to dig this deeper.

In theory you should be able reduce weight with alloy but maybe the design is optimized for looks not for the strength. I wish there were pressed aluminium wheels (i.e. same construction as steel wheels) for Jazz. BMW had those in 90's and they were really light.

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2020, 11:11:07 AM »
I would think that the suspension deflection from an additional 10-15Kg of a spare wheel would be barely measurable, let alone visible.

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2020, 09:05:29 AM »
I have both steel wheels with winter tyres ( Nokian, great in snow ) and alloys with summer tyres and the steel wheels are lighter than the alloys - with alloys it is all about style - the cross section of the alloy has to be more than steel so no weight saving,

This is interesting, thank you for this information. I have to dig this deeper.

In theory you should be able reduce weight with alloy but maybe the design is optimized for looks not for the strength. I wish there were pressed aluminium wheels (i.e. same construction as steel wheels) for Jazz. BMW had those in 90's and they were really light.

According to various sources from the internet Honda's 15x6 steel wheel weighs about 8,2 kg. Lightest same size (or 6,5) alloy wheels weighs less than 4 kg. Of course this is extreme and expensive, most alloys are around 7 kg.  The tyre itself weighs 7-8 kg. So there is possibility to save maximum 4 kg per wheel. Maybe not worthwhile regarding spare, but certainly interesting, although expensive.


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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2020, 09:31:37 AM »
Since I am carrying an extra 34 Kg round my waist I think my spare tyre will make a greater difference to my car's performance than the car's spare tyre!

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2020, 10:25:50 AM »
According to various sources from the internet Honda's 15x6 steel wheel weighs about 8,2 kg. Lightest same size (or 6,5) alloy wheels weighs less than 4 kg. Of course this is extreme and expensive, most alloys are around 7 kg.  The tyre itself weighs 7-8 kg. So there is possibility to save maximum 4 kg per wheel. Maybe not worthwhile regarding spare, but certainly interesting, although expensive.
Over 50 years ago I worked in a magnesium foundry, and among other things we cast magnesium wheels for racing cars.  I expect we charged a lot for them - they were more or less hand made.  We also made battery plates for torpedoes, magnesium-thorium alloy for helicopter gearboxes, powder for explosives, and containers for uranium rods for the Magnox power stations.  It's a versatile metal, and inflammable in some conditions.

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2020, 10:28:13 AM »
For anyone who might be interested, I went and weighted the Honda accessory alloy wheel JA1503 (made in Italy) https://clubjazz.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12042.0;attach=5911;image , and it had exactly the same 8,2 kg weight than the steel rim.
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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2020, 10:30:36 AM »
Magnesium powder was used for early photographic flashes and I remember our chemistry teacher burning a strip in class. We saw a green spot for rest of day. Elf and safety wouldn't allow that these days.

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #25 on: June 10, 2020, 10:32:45 AM »
Magnesium powder was used for early photographic flashes and I remember our chemistry teacher burning a strip in class. We saw a green spot for rest of day. Elf and safety wouldn't allow that these days.

As far as I know they still demonstrate burning magnesium strip in high school chemistry classes in Finland.

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #26 on: February 09, 2021, 09:11:18 AM »
My full size spare tyre project is proceeding. I purchased new foam part 84550-T5S-T30 to fit
the tools inside the full size spare tyre, and also the anchor bolt and washer to mount the spare tyre. For some reason the upper surface of the foam is about one centimetre higher than the original foam, which means the the floor does not fit as it should. I didn't have time to investigate it more thoroughly yet. I couldn't get 15" Jazz/Civic steel rim from breaker's yard so I bought a new aftermarket one. For the tyre itself I got a non-directional winter tyre. Now I just need to find a jack to be fully equipped.

At the dealer they asked why I wanted to have a spare tyre. I told them that every time I have needed a spare tyre a repair foam and compressor would not have got me back to road because either the hole was too big or it was on sidewall.
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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #27 on: February 09, 2021, 09:23:50 AM »
Perhaps your new foam insert is designed for a spacesaver, not for a full size wheel and tyre.  I bought the full spacesaver kit, which included a replacement foam insert to support the boot floor at the correct level.

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2021, 09:25:45 AM »
According to this https://clubjazz.org/forum/index.php?topic=8429.msg44560#msg44560 my foam insert was supposed to be used with a full size tyre. I think space saver is so much smaller that this filler would be too low with it.
« Last Edit: February 09, 2021, 09:29:14 AM by TnTkr »

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Re: Spare tyre
« Reply #29 on: February 10, 2021, 02:22:59 PM »
Just to go back to the original question which was about fitting a Corsa wheel on a Fit. Someone at Honda, who I trust, told me that Honda nuts and way they mate with the wheels are unique to Honda. From memory, I think he said they have a curve rather than a straight taper shape. Anyway, even if the Corsa wheel fits you may well need a set of standard nuts to fit it.

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