hello i am a newbie to this site and to skoda cars so could anyone tell me if the spare wheel in an octavia on a 57 plate laurin klement spec is alloy or steel. thanks jonnyreb.

If the wheel is a 16" Vega it will be an alloy spare, if it's a 17" Sputnik it will be a 16" (205/55/R17) steel spare as the 17" (225/45/R17) is too deep for the spare wheel well.

Welcome to the forum by the way and just so you know, anything Octavia mk2 related should be posted in here Octavia II Skoda Model Discussion Area - Octavia II at BRISKODA.net - BRISKODA - The Skoda Forums You will usually get a quicker response.

There is also the search function available to all users (top right of page), this is usually the quickest way to unearth any common info on any Skoda model