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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

My pleasure Sir. These are the bolts I was given to play with

I wasn't shown the other side and it would be very difficult for me to see with the wheel in place. I sincerely hope it is as you suggest and not a bodge repair. They did and made great ceremony of handing me the old ones in a plastic bag, explaining the threads may have stretched or something.

The garage has done the work - or at least what they deemed was required. There appears to be much what to me looks like epoxy glue (grey colour) at the top of the wheel arch where the strut is attached. Is this normal or is it a repair? Thank you for your help 07165C2D-C1BD-495F-B533-874F314814C4_1_201_a.heic

Re the other Skoda dealer I think the technical term is I was getting my appendage pulled. This is an excerpt from an earlier email demanding the supplying dealer examine the car without charge(!). I have subsequently learned that the two aftersales managers of both dealers are the very best of friends lol " So I contacted (another) Skoda dealer who, after argument, agreed to inspect the car for free, an offer I accepted. After inspection, person Y accepted a test drive revealed there was an issue. He told me that, as Aftersales Manager of a Skoda dealership, he did not know what the issue with my Skoda was. He even mentioned that he had looked for transport blocks but that they had been removed. Yes, that’s right - the Aftersales Manager of a Skoda Dealership was unable to diagnose an issue with a Skoda car and, upon inspection, could not see bright blue transport blocks staring him in the face. Despite not knowing what the issue was, he went on to tell me that it definitely was not a warranty claim and would cost me over £1,000 to fix. So he didn’t know what the problem was, but he knew it wasn’t a warranty claim and what the rough cost of repair would be. Either he is utterly incompetent or a total liar. Whichever, he is clearly unfit to be doing his job. He drew my attention to the fact this issue was causing excessive wear on the inside shoulder of the front tyres, that wear being at roughly a 45* angle (see photo attached)."

Thank you all for the inputs so far. Very much appreciated. I have spent the last two days at the supplying dealer, which unfortunately involved much unpleasantness and their blaming anyone and everyone apart from themselves when it is black and white their responsibility having supplied a car with the transport blocks still in and the damage clearly as a result. I will post muchness more later but my brain is currently frazzled with the stress of it all, so meantime here are some pretty pictures 😉 They have only replaced a few of the items I was advised needed replaced and only on one side. They were even going to refit the top bearing which they accepted is knackered, despite a 10 minute argument, until I told the dealer owner I was very unhappy with that and she came back claiming they were always going to replace it, which they now have. If anyone can advise if this is likely to cause negative camber and that that's what the tread wear definitely shows then I would be very much appreciative. Also if anyone can advise re alignment checking is the local Halfords up to the job or does it have to be a fancy VW approved 4 wheel check as the dealer is specifying?

I don't pretend to be an expert and am happy to be advised by someone who actually knows, hence why I am asking. I am advised that negative camber will produce wear unevenly across the tyre and not even wear across the tyre with just the inner edge worn at 45*. If as you say it is negative camber what would cause that? Was the car supplied to me with negative camber or is it as a result of damage potentially caused by the blocks being left in. Those who changed the tyre advised the struts knackered, dust covers burst, bump stop chewed and jammed inside. They advise both struts and strut mounts need changed. The supplying dealer will not as they claim they are fine. How can I tell who is right? What needs to be done to stop both the tyres wearing on the inner shoulder?

Tyres are already changed at cost to me. I was advised by those who changed the tyre I should expect to be recompensed by the supplying dealer

I am concerned that what the dealer is currently doing (not much more than removing the blocks) may not address the tyre wear issue, possibly linked to damage caused by leaving the blocks in

Oh - and I did get a free inspection previously by a different Skoda dealer who were unable to find the transport blocks were still in. They could tell me there was a problem, but not what it was, but could tell me it would be over £1,000 to sort...