Snow chains Octavia VRS

3 hours ago, Carlston said:

 

16" rims won't clear the front brake caliper on 340x30mm front brake discs.

 

The Octavia MK3 2.0TDI VRS pre-facelift and Octavia MK3 2.0TSI VRS pre-facelift used 340x30mm front brake discs and 272x10mm solid rear brake discs.

 

The Octavia MK3 2.0TDI VRS facelift used 312x25mm front brake discs and 272x10mm solid rear brake discs.

 

The Octavia Mk3 2.0TSI VRS facelift used 340x30mm front brake discs and 310x22mm ventilated rear brake discs.

 

So if you had a 16" spare wheel, such as 205/55R16 fitted to a 6.5Jx16 ET46 rim, you could always fit this spare wheel to the rear wheels, as those rear brake discs are never bigger than 310x22mm.

 

Interestingly, if you had a VRS with the 272x10mm solid rear brake discs, you could even fit a 15" spare wheel such as 195/65R15 fitted to a 6Jx15 ET43 rim, to the rear of the car.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Ironically I was actually told I'd be getting the space-saver when I ordered the spare wheel kit as they thought I had 18" wheels, but mine are 17". I insisted on the full-size spare, which seemed like a good idea at the time.