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thanks both!

Recently bought a diesel VRS, can't seem to find out what brakes it's fitted with...the calipers are red - but I'm inclined to think they won't be brembos (even though they are actually pretty good so far.) Any info would be great. Cheers

Thanks guys, so it sounds like to change a wheel I would need: Jack - (Was planning to buy a new one) Wrench / wheel brace - (I have these) Locking nut - (I have this) Cap removal tool Is that right? If so, is there an alternative to a cap removal tool or is it one of those annoying things where you need the actual tool otherwise you end up scratching / breaking the cap?

As per question, just wondering what tools are included in the wheel insert. My car didn't come with a wheel or an insert, so just want to get all of the tools to change a spare. Is it worth getting the foam insert? I posted recently after my boot liner collapsed in on the wheel well, and have a temporary solution using plywood (as suggested by someone on here.) I've picked up a spare alloy but I guess I still need some kind of insert otherwise the ply will potentially just bow into the alloy instead of the wheel well?

Thanks for the tip - got myself a 2.4m 5 ply sheet from B&Q and got them to cut it into 2 x 1m x 1m sheets, then cut the excess using my jigsaw against a tracing of the boot liner. Works a treat - went to the tip with 20 buckets of hardcore and the boot held up!

Ok so that's what I was thinking of making - I checked my boot today and it looks like it's just a very thin piece of folding hardboard with carpet on it. I can totally see why it couldn't take the racket. What thickness of ply is that?

Ok cool, thanks - will let you know how I get on!

Ah that's really kind mate, I'm in Bristol and it looks like you are in Cams - might be a bit too far away unfortunately.

Yes, have the estate, will check on the boot floor. Whatever type of boot floor it is it has a rubber / thick plastic boot liner on it (to be honest i've only opened the boot about 3 times since I bought it - have been more focused on driving!)

Plz see the end of my sentence 'mate', for estimated weight size - they are called 'large gravel sacks' so you can blame B&Q for that: 10 'large' sacks from B&Q - so pretty heavy. Can only really move one bag at a time so probs 15-20kg each. So a not insignificant total weight of 150-200kg I don't know the actual weight of them and there is no weight on the B&Q site which is why I didn't give an exact weight, the bags are long gone and i'm not fishing them out of the bin. This question is more about the boot shelf, options for making it stronger - because it's obviously not very strong under load. If these boot shelves can only handle 10kg unsupported then that's useful to know - being a brand new owner and not having had a car without a wheel before I'm just not sure on what the expectation is and whether I need to strengthen / build a new boot shelf for my needs.

10 'large' sacks from B&Q - so pretty heavy. Can only really move one bag at a time so probs 15-20kg each. So a not insignificant total weight of 150-200kg Right, that makes sense - I don't have a wheel or the foam insert for the wheel so there is nothing supporting it in the well. Thanks for the tip re: 207 foam, I guess any hard polystyrene would work as long as it fits in height and width wise. I don't know if I have a variable load floor or not - is there anything obvious that I can look out for to work that out? Good to know re: reinforcement, I've never had a car that doesn't have a spare in the boot so didn't think of this as an issue.

Hi, Just bought a VRS estate, which I am loving! One of the reasons for getting it was the space to transport building materials from B&Q amongst other things. Anyway, I just completed trip #1 from B&Q with about 10 bags of gravel in the boot. Just as I was going over the final (huge) speed bump as you exit the car park, I heard a loud noise and the distinctive toppling of bags in the boot. I had a feeling that this wasn't a 'normal' noise, and when I got home I realised that the boot liner / boot shelf had collapsed into the wheel well (no spare wheel yet!) Is this normal? Or is this just because I don't have a spare tyre? Is there an option for a solid boot liner that could cope with sandbags / gravel bags etc. or do I just need to make one myself? I'm happy to lose a bit of boot space for something that can take the racket, but I will be getting a wheel soon so if that is enough then that'd be great. Thanks in advance