Space Saver Wheel

[GPR]

Hi,

This is my first post so be gentle with me.

I have a v reg 2.3 ghia galaxy and I am going to have it converted to LPG.

This will involve losing the spare wheel well for the gas tank so I wanted to find a spacesaver wheel to replace the existing.

spare wheel. I can't find one on the internet and i was hoping someone might have had this problem before and could point me in the right direction.

Also I am a little confused as the alloys on the car are 16"and the spare is a steel 15".

Thanks.

[Saif Rehman]

Hi,

This is my first post so be gentle with me.

I have a v reg 2.3 ghia galaxy and I am going to have it converted to LPG.

This will involve losing the spare wheel well for the gas tank so I wanted to find a spacesaver wheel to replace the existing.

spare wheel. I can't find one on the internet and i was hoping someone might have had this problem before and could point me in the right direction.

Also I am a little confused as the alloys on the car are 16"and the spare is a steel 15".

Thanks.

 

Firstly, you would not be able to fit a spacesaver to your car because of the weight of the car which means that the tyres have to be reinforced to cope with the extra weight. Secondly, it looks like the wrong size spare was supplied to you - even though you have 16" alloys, it should still have 16" steel as a spare.

[GPR]

Thanks Saif,

I have seen other space savers for Jags, mercs etc that weigh arount the 2 ton mark so I was hoping that there might be something for the Galaxy.

 

Perhaps other Galaxy owners who have converted to LPG could advise me how they have dealt with the gas tank / spare wheel issue.

 

Cheers,

GPR

[chazy]

only help i can give on this is we had a lot of 7 seater taxies running on lpg at work and some had a can of tire weld others had repair kits i (see links for example)persanly i thing the tire welds better its more user frendly

 

tire weld

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tyre-Tire-Weld-Seala...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

PUNCTURE REPAIR KIT

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-MOTORCYCLE-VAN-F...ksid=p1638.m123

 

just random adds to give you an idea shop about im sure you will find one to sute

hope this helps