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Title: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Ed the Jazz on July 08, 2020, 10:14:08 PM
Mk3 1.3 S CVT came with the Foam repair kit...Aaagh! Honda spare wheel and Foam insert was huge price. Bought a new (unused) 15" Jazz space saver from Ebay. Big problem...the 'cardboard' boot floor sags with the handbook on it. Made template of boot floor cut to shape on 12mm Ply shaped sides so board would lift without catching wheel arches. Cut a strip of the same ply to fit the gap between the main sheet and the back of the seat. Covered the board (both sides in 4 way stretch van/camper conversion lining carpet (1m x 2m from The Metal House on Amazon £11.99) - used the proper high temp spray adhesive supplied. FANTASTIC! Carpet surface is better than the Honda boot carpet. As the ply is supported front, back and sides on the solid metal of the boot (over the flimsy board) it looks smart and supports a lot of weight. Win win situation - have a spare wheel, the original foam repair can, loads of storage space under boot floor and better carpet finish.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Ed the Jazz on July 08, 2020, 10:18:37 PM
have not been able to att photos as file too big
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: guest9236 on July 09, 2020, 08:15:12 AM
Mk3 1.3 S CVT came with the Foam repair kit...Aaagh! Honda spare wheel and Foam insert was huge price. Bought a new (unused) 15" Jazz space saver from Ebay. Big problem...the 'cardboard' boot floor sags with the handbook on it. Made template of boot floor cut to shape on 12mm Ply shaped sides so board would lift without catching wheel arches. Cut a strip of the same ply to fit the gap between the main sheet and the back of the seat. Covered the board (both sides in 4 way stretch van/camper conversion lining carpet (1m x 2m from The Metal House on Amazon £11.99) - used the proper high temp spray adhesive supplied. FANTASTIC! Carpet surface is better than the Honda boot carpet. As the ply is supported front, back and sides on the solid metal of the boot (over the flimsy board) it looks smart and supports a lot of weight. Win win situation - have a spare wheel, the original foam repair can, loads of storage space under boot floor and better carpet finish.

Sounds a good job well done what do you estimate total cost  without wheel.would be  I am interested.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Ed the Jazz on July 09, 2020, 10:26:12 AM
Carpet inc high temp spray adhesive was £11.99,  2 x sheets ply approx £35 from B&Q. Used 2 sheets as boards were flat an square. Rest was time, patience and measuring. Well worth the effort.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Muldoon on July 09, 2020, 10:36:44 AM
I assume this won't work with the last few Mk3 years, 2019 onwards was the underfloor space reduced by a different metal boot floor pressing so it doesn't accept even a space saver wheel? I think someone elsewhere on the forum found this out when collecting a 2019 model.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Derkie54 on July 09, 2020, 12:29:54 PM
I have an October 2019 Jazz and there is plenty of room for a space saver spare. The only issue is that it stands about 10mm proud of the floor but I can live with that.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Muldoon on July 09, 2020, 03:09:05 PM
I have an October 2019 Jazz and there is plenty of room for a space saver spare. The only issue is that it stands about 10mm proud of the floor but I can live with that.

Thanks Derkie, those space savers are usually very slim and as you say hardly creates a massive intrusion into the boot space as a price for the assurance of having a form of spare to fit and get mobile quickly in the event of a puncture. I have not suffered a puncture for ten years but you know the time you rely on a foam cannister something will happen...
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Ed the Jazz on July 09, 2020, 04:54:41 PM
My mk3 is 2016 and has deep spare wheel well and the threaded location to screw the wheel in securely.  Have been told newer models have no provision to hold a space saver.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Derkie54 on July 09, 2020, 06:02:11 PM
Although mine has plenty of room for a space saver you're right when you say it cannot be bolted down.
Honda have deleted the tapped hole.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Muldoon on July 10, 2020, 12:14:18 PM
I suppose you could create an alternative to the tapped hole and captive bolt by adding your own U shaped bracket to the boot floor, secured by araldite, then use this to loop some bungee cords or similar round the wheel to prevent it moving about.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Derkie54 on July 10, 2020, 01:29:41 PM
I suppose you could create an alternative to the tapped hole and captive bolt by adding your own U shaped bracket to the boot floor, secured by araldite, then use this to loop some bungee cords or similar round the wheel to prevent it moving about.

There are lots of solutions Muldoon

The wheel well is a lot bigger than the wheel, I store things around the wheel and it doesn't move around.
You could argue that it might come out of the well in an accident, there are tie down rings in the boot so you could strap it down or put a net over it.
In my case my wifes wheelchair holds it down and that is strapped in position.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: TnTkr on September 07, 2020, 12:21:21 PM
My mk3 is 2016 and has deep spare wheel well and the threaded location to screw the wheel in securely.  Have been told newer models have no provision to hold a space saver.
My MY2019 (built September 2018) also has a deep spare wheel well and a threaded bracket for securing the spare wheel. 

Last week I had a look on a MY2020 GK3 Jazz on dealer's showroom, and as mentioned here previously, it has much shallower shape boot floor, which would not fit for storing any spare wheel. Outside under the boot there is a bolted very sturdy tray, which purpose I don't get. Does somebody know what is it?
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Jazzmeister on September 07, 2020, 12:28:07 PM
My mk3 is 2016 and has deep spare wheel well and the threaded location to screw the wheel in securely.  Have been told newer models have no provision to hold a space saver.
My MY2019 (built September 2018) also has a deep spare wheel well and a threaded bracket for securing the spare wheel. 

Last week I had a look on a MY2020 GK3 Jazz on dealer's showroom, and as mentioned here previously, it has much shallower shape boot floor, which would not fit for storing any spare wheel. Outside under the boot there is a bolted very sturdy tray, which purpose I don't get. Does somebody know what is it?
What purpose is the external tray for?
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Jocko on September 07, 2020, 01:25:33 PM
Maybe a "Sump guard" for the traction battery.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: TnTkr on September 07, 2020, 05:10:55 PM
Maybe a "Sump guard" for the traction battery.
But there is no traction battery, the car is regular petrol GK3, no hybrid. It's hard to believe Honda would include a tray for nothing.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Muldoon on September 07, 2020, 05:59:12 PM
Could you fit a space saver wheel in the tray with the tools inside the boot? Not sure how big it is.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: TnTkr on September 07, 2020, 07:13:39 PM
Way too small for that. I'd say it's about 35 cm x 25 cm x10 cm. And really awkward place to reach when the car is on its wheels.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: monkeydave on September 07, 2020, 07:37:26 PM
Maybe a "Sump guard" for the traction battery.
But there is no traction battery, the car is regular petrol GK3, no hybrid. It's hard to believe Honda would include a tray for nothing.

i cant believe they changed the mk3 boot floor on the last year of manufacture, no point really
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: ColinB on September 07, 2020, 07:56:38 PM
Bit of a wild theory, but when the change to the spare wheel well was first spotted, someone on this forum suggested that Honda had already changed the tooling ready for the Mk4, ie the MY20 Mk3s were actually built on a Mk4 floorpan. If so, that bracket could actually be for the HV battery ... which won't actually be installed on these cars. In some circles that's called "fitted for but not with". So why fit the bracket? It looks fairly chunky, maybe it's needed to add some stiffness to that bit of structure. Maybe someone with a Mk4 could have look underneath and tell us if they have that bracket, and if it's got the battery in it?
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: John Ratsey on September 07, 2020, 08:30:50 PM
Last week I had a look on a MY2020 GK3 Jazz on dealer's showroom, and as mentioned here previously, it has much shallower shape boot floor, which would not fit for storing any spare wheel. Outside under the boot there is a bolted very sturdy tray, which purpose I don't get. Does somebody know what is it?
I recall someone saying that the reduction in space under the boot floor was to accommodate some extra equipment for emissions control.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Jeff B on September 09, 2020, 12:13:13 AM
Mk3 1.3 S CVT came with the Foam repair kit...Aaagh! Honda spare wheel and Foam insert was huge price. Bought a new (unused) 15" Jazz space saver from Ebay. Big problem...the 'cardboard' boot floor sags with the handbook on it. Made template of boot floor cut to shape on 12mm Ply shaped sides so board would lift without catching wheel arches. Cut a strip of the same ply to fit the gap between the main sheet and the back of the seat. Covered the board (both sides in 4 way stretch van/camper conversion lining carpet (1m x 2m from The Metal House on Amazon £11.99) - used the proper high temp spray adhesive supplied. FANTASTIC! Carpet surface is better than the Honda boot carpet. As the ply is supported front, back and sides on the solid metal of the boot (over the flimsy board) it looks smart and supports a lot of weight. Win win situation - have a spare wheel, the original foam repair can, loads of storage space under boot floor and better carpet finish.

I have done exactly the same with my new 2017 Mk3 CVT Jazz (a friend gave me some camper van carpet that he had left over) and it works a treat. The existing boot floor is literally like a piece of cardboard and relies on the polystyrene block for support. I don't know about yours but my Jazz doesn't even have a jack despite the fact that there is a jack-shaped moulding in the polystyrene block! Luckily I had a spare at home which I have put in the boot now. There is plenty of room for the space saver spare wheel and some tools.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: TnTkr on September 09, 2020, 06:09:49 AM
Last week I had a look on a MY2020 GK3 Jazz on dealer's showroom, and as mentioned here previously, it has much shallower shape boot floor, which would not fit for storing any spare wheel. Outside under the boot there is a bolted very sturdy tray, which purpose I don't get. Does somebody know what is it?
I recall someone saying that the reduction in space under the boot floor was to accommodate some extra equipment for emissions control.
I don't say it is not possible, but I couldn't see any pipes or cables going to the tray. It looks just like a sturdy steel tray without anything inside. The naming of the part could give some information, but I couldn't find any spare part pictures for model year 2020 from the Internet.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: TnTkr on September 09, 2020, 06:11:29 AM
double  >:(
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: charles yates on September 11, 2020, 01:46:48 PM
I have an October 2019 Jazz and there is plenty of room for a space saver spare. The only issue is that it stands about 10mm proud of the floor but I can live with that.

Thanks Derkie, those space savers are usually very slim and as you say hardly creates a massive intrusion into the boot space as a price for the assurance of having a form of spare to fit and get mobile quickly in the event of a puncture. I have not suffered a puncture for ten years but you know the time you rely on a foam cannister something will happen...
,i have just bought a 2018 jazz and just like the 2009 we already had i was lothed to run without a spare so i got a steel for the 2009m,but pushed the boat out with the 2018 se and got an alloy 2nd hand on ebay for £56 with a good michy tyre it fits in the well ok ive just placed a piece of insulation under and over and the flimsy cover is ok i just need to buy a jack now as there wasnt 1 in the new car but the 2009 had 1
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Derkie54 on September 11, 2020, 01:52:04 PM
I have an October 2019 Jazz and there is plenty of room for a space saver spare. The only issue is that it stands about 10mm proud of the floor but I can live with that.

Thanks Derkie, those space savers are usually very slim and as you say hardly creates a massive intrusion into the boot space as a price for the assurance of having a form of spare to fit and get mobile quickly in the event of a puncture. I have not suffered a puncture for ten years but you know the time you rely on a foam cannister something will happen...
,i have just bought a 2018 jazz and just like the 2009 we already had i was lothed to run without a spare so i got a steel for the 2009m,but pushed the boat out with the 2018 se and got an alloy 2nd hand on ebay for £56 with a good michy tyre it fits in the well ok ive just placed a piece of insulation under and over and the flimsy cover is ok i just need to buy a jack now as there wasnt 1 in the new car but the 2009 had 1

I bought a Jack from Halfords and it's got the slot in it to go over the jacking point tab on the car.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: charles yates on September 14, 2020, 03:00:23 PM
thanks for the info i will have a ride there
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: TnTkr on September 29, 2020, 12:36:01 PM
Last week I had a look on a MY2020 GK3 Jazz on dealer's showroom, and as mentioned here previously, it has much shallower shape boot floor, which would not fit for storing any spare wheel. Outside under the boot there is a bolted very sturdy tray, which purpose I don't get. Does somebody know what is it?
I recall someone saying that the reduction in space under the boot floor was to accommodate some extra equipment for emissions control.
I don't say it is not possible, but I couldn't see any pipes or cables going to the tray. It looks just like a sturdy steel tray without anything inside. The naming of the part could give some information, but I couldn't find any spare part pictures for model year 2020 from the Internet.
I visited the dealer today for parts for my truck and asked the staff about the mysterious thingy. They didn't know either but got the information from spare parts pictures. I was wrong, there are pipes going there and the tray is protecting fuel tank evaporation charcoal filter system. I guess our Jazzes have had that system already before 2020, so the question is why is it re-positioned for the last model year. Is there some change in regulations requiring bigger filters?
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: Muldoon on September 29, 2020, 04:58:31 PM
Last week I had a look on a MY2020 GK3 Jazz on dealer's showroom, and as mentioned here previously, it has much shallower shape boot floor, which would not fit for storing any spare wheel. Outside under the boot there is a bolted very sturdy tray, which purpose I don't get. Does somebody know what is it?
I recall someone saying that the reduction in space under the boot floor was to accommodate some extra equipment for emissions control.
I don't say it is not possible, but I couldn't see any pipes or cables going to the tray. It looks just like a sturdy steel tray without anything inside. The naming of the part could give some information, but I couldn't find any spare part pictures for model year 2020 from the Internet.
I visited the dealer today for parts for my truck and asked the staff about the mysterious thingy. They didn't know either but got the information from spare parts pictures. I was wrong, there are pipes going there and the tray is protecting fuel tank evaporation charcoal filter system. I guess our Jazzes have had that system already before 2020, so the question is why is it re-positioned for the last model year. Is there some change in regulations requiring bigger filters?

Thanks for the update, the mystery is nearly solved! I suppose it's possible that problems have happened with the charcoal filter system being vulnerable to damage / debris and Honda made a quick fix - it looks a bit DIY!
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: TnTkr on October 04, 2020, 08:30:04 AM
I doubt they would bother making any fixes after five years of production, but who knows.
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: heycorinne01 on February 08, 2021, 04:29:59 PM
Mk3 1.3 S CVT came with the Foam repair kit...Aaagh! Honda spare wheel and Foam insert was huge price. Bought a new (unused) 15" Jazz space saver from Ebay. Big problem...the 'cardboard' boot floor sags with the handbook on it. Made template of boot floor cut to shape on 12mm Ply shaped sides so board would lift without catching wheel arches. Cut a strip of the same ply to fit the gap between the main sheet and the back of the seat. Covered the board (both sides in 4 way stretch van/camper conversion lining carpet (1m x 2m from The Metal House on Amazon £11.99) - used the proper high temp spray adhesive supplied. FANTASTIC! Carpet surface is better than the Honda boot carpet. As the ply is supported front, back and sides on the solid metal of the boot (over the flimsy board) it looks smart and supports a lot of weight. Win win situation - have a spare wheel, the original foam repair can, loads of storage space under boot floor and better carpet finish.

Hi ... I took the old spacesaver from my 2008 Jazz and put it in my 2018 Jazz.  Ive done a ply board and taken the original polysterene insert out.  Ive heard people say that the old spacesaver wont fit my new car though ....... any thoughts on this ?
Title: Re: change from Foam Tyre repair to spare wheel
Post by: embee on February 08, 2021, 05:25:46 PM
They may be referring to the tyre size. I recently went through this exercise for my 2018 SE, and eventually determined that the space-saver should be T135/80-D15 for this car. Earlier Jazz s/s tyres were T115/70-D14 or T125/70-D15 (or possibly others).
I think they are all 100mm PCD so should physically fit on the hubs. Again AFAIK the Jazz spigots are all 56.1mm std, though you'd need to check for sure.
I dare say you could get away with a 125/70-15 in reality if you stick to the speed limit and make sure it's fully inflated, though of course it's up to you to determine whether it would be OK.
I've just seen a T135/80-D15 on fleabay when checking back for what I had bought, there are a couple on there but not very common, e.g. items 254849298900 and 143915214536