Spare Tyre Stories

[John Ratsey]

The only trouble with buying a wheel/jack etc is that you can only fix the wheel into the well, everything else is loose, and then there is the problem of supporting the boot liner.
A wheel kit solves all these problems.

Not true: There is space on the left side of a full-sized spare wheel sufficient for jack, spanner, pump and the other tools supplied with the car. I've got a cloth and a yellow waterproof jacket for packing to stop things rattling. My photo further up this thread shows the wheel in the well with the yellow jacket (the other tools hadn't been put in when I took the photo).

[guest1372]

Moulding with urethane foam is fairly straightforward so long as you don't let it stick to anything you don't want. You could line the well with plastic and wrap up & fit the items you wanted with formers or spacers then pour your moulding foam in around them. A lid with a hole in will allow the excess to escape. It's easy to carve when set but can expand 20x or so don't use too much.

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[John Ratsey]

Moulding with urethane foam is fairly straightforward so long as you don't let it stick to anything you don't want. You could line the well with plastic and wrap up & fit the items you wanted with formers or spacers then pour your moulding foam in around them. A lid with a hole in will allow the excess to escape. It's easy to carve when set but can expand 20x or so don't use too much.

That's a good idea worth trying out: Make some form of mould over the spare wheel and line with cling film then fill with expanding foam filler from the local hardware store. Finally trim to be flush with the boot floor.

[trebor1652]

Just spoke to my Honda dealer and they are saying that they think some spare wheel kits may be in early April!
What is happening to Honda lately?

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[DWF]

Just spoke to my Honda dealer and they are saying that they think some spare wheel kits may be in early April!
What is happening to Honda lately?

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There are a couple of 'Official Honda Dealers' on Ebay selling quite a few of the kits right now, I'm not sure how the prices stack up against your dealer. It might be worth a look even if it is for getting a deal/bargain

[trebor1652]

Thanks DWF I have seen those sites and they work out a little cheaper than the Honda 'kit' but I like the Honda kit neat and tidy, and I am not worried about the speed restrictions of the space saver wheel.

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[trebor1652]

I still do not understand why Honda do not have these 'kits' in stock, after all it is not a new car, it has been around a couple of years, they have mudflaps, carpets, door garnishes in stock so why not the spare wheel?

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[culzean]

I still do not understand why Honda do not have these 'kits' in stock, after all it is not a new car, it has been around a couple of years, they have mudflaps, carpets, door garnishes in stock so why not the spare wheel?

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nobody keeps stock any more - stock is right at the top of words accountants hate - stock is waste, it is  'money sitting idle' - everything these days is 'just in time' or 'overnight delivery' from a central warehouse. I work for first tier car component manufacturer,  car makers don't mind us keeping stock but insist we only deliver enough per day / per model  for that days requirements - stock takes up room on their site and floor space costs money.

[trebor1652]

Agreed about the dealers but Honda central should have them.

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[trebor1652]

Hooray, collected my 'spare wheel kit' today only took them two months.

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[guest5924]

Hi All
            Just to let you all know Honda space saver for the mark 3 are now in stock I had mine today . K L J

[chrisv]

Hi,
My 2011 jazz has no spare wheel and the space is carpeted and used for extra storage, why do you need to support rhe floor if you bung a spare wheel in? There is no extra support in there and no storage  box,
Chris

[Downsizer]

why do you need to support rhe floor if you bung a spare wheel in?

The Mk III is different, with a weaker boot floor.  Annoying!

[John Ratsey]

My 2011 jazz has no spare wheel and the space is carpeted and used for extra storage, why do you need to support rhe floor if you bung a spare wheel in? There is no extra support in there and no storage  box,

The Mk 3 does have  weak boot floor - it's some thin board which folds at the middle and at the back edge. It's fine if supported by the lump of foam which holds the took kit or covers the spare wheel (the well is deeper than a full-sized wheel, never mind the space saver). Either of these are effectively a waste of some potentially useful underfloor storage.

[robark]

My 2011 jazz has no spare wheel and the space is carpeted and used for extra storage, why do you need to support rhe floor if you bung a spare wheel in? There is no extra support in there and no storage  box,

The Mk 3 does have  weak boot floor - it's some thin board which folds at the middle and at the back edge. It's fine if supported by the lump of foam which holds the took kit or covers the spare wheel (the well is deeper than a full-sized wheel, never mind the space saver). Either of these are effectively a waste of some potentially useful underfloor storage.

Perhaps the extra space - over and above that needed for a standard full sized spare wheel - is to allow for variants with lower profile and hence wider wheels.