My newly purchased 2016 VRS (diesel) comes with the useless gunk rather than a spare. 
 

I'm trying to understand which size spare it should have come with? And do I just remove all the foam and replace it with the spare?

 

Cheers

the 18 inch space saver is the one for the VRS's. Have a scout on ebay, you can normally find what you need on there along with the factory insert with the tooling.

 

Think the only thing you may need to source would be locking in screw for the wheel in the boot

Thanks @tunedudei wasn’t sure if mine should of had a 16” spare, I read something about the 16 plate diesels having smaller brake discs?

yeah MY16 have 312mm front discs and the ones before did come with the 340mm.

 

the standard cars have 272mm fronts, and that's what the 16 inch spare is for

You can order the foam kit for the Octavia MK3 VRS from Skoda dealers using OEM part number 5E0093860C

 

However, the dealer should be able to find this OEM part number independently.

 

Price is about £40 so they are relatively cheap and include everything including the foam and jack and the only thing that you need to purchase separately is the spare wheel itself.

 

If you are lucky, your diesel VRS will have the smaller 312mm diameter front brake discs, but it's been previously mentioned that these smaller 312mm discs were only fitted to the facelift diesel VRS models and not the pre-facelift diesel VRS models which used the bigger 340mm front brake discs.

 

312mm front brake discs need 16" rims to clear the front brake calipers and 340mm front brake discs need 17" rims to clear the front brake calipers.

https://eshop.skoda-auto.cz/en_CZ/set-for-spare-wheel/p/5E0093860C

 

Edited 8 December, 20223 yr by Carlston

my VRS has the 312mm brakes and an 18" spare.

 

Must just be the default spare choice for any of the VRS models

Thanks both, I’ve seen a cheap VW spare nearby, I take it this would be the same? I just need the foam insert linked above then 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175517651221?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=HSJ8XcQhScy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=ruUWb-7aSVq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

yeah, that's the one

15 hours ago, craig24 said:

Thanks both, I’ve seen a cheap VW spare nearby, I take it this would be the same? I just need the foam insert linked above then 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175517651221?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=HSJ8XcQhScy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=ruUWb-7aSVq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

That ebay seller says that it's been taken from a Golf MK7 so will fit the Octavia MK3.

 

The outside diameter of a 125/70R18 tyre is about the same as the standard Octavia MK3 tyre sizes, including 195/65R15, 205/55R16, 225/45R17, 225/40R18, 225/35R19.

 

My preference would be for a wider spare tyre than 125/70R18, such as 205/55R16 if it fits in the spare wheel well with the carpet flush. Probably far less deterioration in performance. The fact is you would need somewhere to store a 225 tyre if you're using that width and if it gets punctured. If a 225 gets punchured, ie. deflated, it probably becomes about the same width of an inflated 205 tyre. This is because when a tyre has no air in it, the width of the wheel becomes the same width as the rim because the sidewalls become all floppy and flop in.

 

Edited 9 December, 20223 yr by Carlston

Don't know whether a full size one would fit under the boot floor.

 

It may do if you have a variable floor.

 

I've used my space saver twice and for less than 10 miles each time. Only ever been used to limp to the garage to get a puncture repaired.

23 minutes ago, tunedude said:

Don't know whether a full size one would fit under the boot floor.

 

It may do if you have a variable floor.

 

I've used my space saver twice and for less than 10 miles each time. Only ever been used to limp to the garage to get a puncture repaired.

 

If you've got one of the 225 variants on the car, ie. 225/45R17, 225/40R18, 225/35R19, then by letting the air out of one so that the tyre goes completely flat and test fitting it into the spare wheel well, you can estimate whether an inflated 205/55R16 tyre would fit in the spare wheel well with the carpet flush.

 

This is because an inflated 205/55R16 is about the same width as a deflated (so that the tyre's sidewalls are all floppy) 225 tyre.

 

Edited 9 December, 20223 yr by Carlston