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Spare wheel now fitted and screwed down 19" Vega wheel c/w 235x40 tyre Plastic inside boot lip trimmed with angle grinder to get wheel in A scrap bit of ply placed over the wheel hollow to support the boot liner. Hole cut out of ply to keep things flat where liner hook is. 12mm ply used with edge reduced to 7mm to sit flush in wheel. 25mm polystyrene on boot floor to level with tyre height. Intention was to use doubled up 12mm birch ply (lighter than normal ply) but the war in Ukraine has stopped supply from Russia. May do this later? Boot liner replaced flat and supported with boot floor now raised 25mm

That’s my plan. What thickness did you use? does it rattle?

I agree with your comments. I am new here and will obviously need to find out how to search lol. Will look for the thread. Thanks Did you need to raise the boot liner around 25mm to get level with the tyre (235x40)? If so what did you use?

Thank you

You are correct having the wheel the other way up is easier to get it in and out, however - and I am happy to be corrected on this - I understand that a spare wheel needs to be secured as otherwise it could come flying forward in a crash. Securing it will also stop it bouncing over potholes. I was looking at possible alternatives to the Skoda dealer to compare

Lol. If you're happy with your toy spare wheel I am delighted for you. The whole reason there is a distance and speed restriction on it is for safety as it doesn't perform as well as a full size wheel. I just hope you are not fully loaded when you come to use it as you will have nowhere to put the wheel you have taken off and will need to choose between leaving either the punctured wheel or your child on the verge lol. Rightly or wrongly I have chosen to go for a full size wheel. That is my choice and I was merely seeking recommendation on where to get the screw, jack and wrench and which ones.

You're probably right - but I want a full size spare as that's what I've always had and to me there's a safety / performance issue with using a wheel half the size of what the car has been designed for

My 2020 Superb Sportline Estate is the first car I've owned without a full size spare. Instead it came with a foam spray can thingy. Time to put that right... Vega 19" wheel purchased and 235x40 tyre fitted... Only it doesn't fit in the spare tyre recess under the boot! Out comes the angle grinder to cut the plastic on the inside of the boot lid and in it pops. Only the recess isn't deep enough and the wheel sticks out around 25mm. Next job is to put a double layer of 12mm ply with some damping under the boot liner. No probs to do that. Can anyone please advise the correct spare wheel holder screw and where to get it. Also looking for recommendations for a suitable jack and wrench. Cheers

Interesting, certainly similar. Thank's

That also occurred to me as a possibility. Yes full factory standard Sportline spec. Inside shoulder wear.

Both the first Skoda dealer to examine the car (not the supplying dealer) and the Halfords manager when fitting the tyres unequivocally blamed the suspension issue for the tyre wear, only the Skoda dealer wasn't either prepared to tell me or genuinely hadn't spotted the blocks, claiming not to know what the problem was. I can only go to the supplying dealer with advice I have been given. I further add that when the Halfords manager inspected the car, he did so with a Skoda Master Technician from this 1st dealer on live video and that was their joint conclusion, having found the blocks. If the argument, as the supplying dealer is now arguing, is that it may be pothole damage then surely it is logical that limited suspension travel would be a major contributing factor. I have not driven the car for 16,000 miles without realising. The car had 3,500 miles when I bought it last year and I reported the issue to the dealer as it became obvious last year. It has taken until now, after the car has been independently inspected, for the supplying dealer to be prepared to inspect the car themselves without charging me £120 to discover their own incompetence. They sold me the car, not letting me even sit in it let alone test drive it before purchase due to Covid with the promise that if there were any problems they would sort them without quibble and that the car still had 2 1/2 years warranty. When I advised them of the problem they first palmed me off onto roadside assistance and then wanted to charge me to inspect as they said Skoda wouldn't cover such under warranty, all in direct contradiction to their promise at point of sale. The bearings are not in good serviceable condition. I have them here in my hand right now and it does not rotate smoothly. If you look at the photo you can clearly see both a bend damage and also that one side has been compressed, in reality crushed, whilst the other, dirty, side wasn't in contact. It's knackered.

The two tyres pictured are the original tyres as supplied with the car. They both measure 4mm tread depth across the tread

Not sure you are asking me or OccySport. If me then no.

When you get your alignment checked where are you going? Local garage or specifically a VW approved 4 wheel fancy alignment check?

Indeed as I have found out the hard way. The two I have personal experience of I conclude are only skilled at denying the undeniable. Imo they have such a lack of integrity that if they swallowed a nail they would excrete a corkscrew. Both swung between claiming they were and they weren't qualified as suited. At the 1st dealer I suspect it was only the After Sales Manager who inspected the car and couldn't find the blocks(?) and not a technician as I had previously been led to believe it would be