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Spare wheel - S3 / R32 front brakes
« on: June 08, 2013, 07:29:58 pm »
Does anyone know if the standard spare wheel will fit over R32 front brakes? I presume it's a no but wasn't sure if anyone had tried.

Also does anyone know if a 17 inch Monza alloy would fit in the space under the boot that the standard spare normally sits??

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Re: Spare wheel - S3 / R32 front brakes
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2013, 08:22:59 pm »
No the spare wheel is too small. You have to move a rear wheelto the front and then fit the spacesaver over where you took the rear wheel from.

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Re: Spare wheel - S3 / R32 front brakes
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2013, 08:27:37 pm »
Brilliant  :happy2:. Why didn't I think of that?? A simple bit of logic, just a shame I didn't think of it!! :notworthy:

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Re: Spare wheel - S3 / R32 front brakes
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2013, 08:30:54 pm »
you can get a 18" space saver from a r32  :happy2:
« Last Edit: June 08, 2013, 08:33:11 pm by b9rgo1234 »

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Re: Spare wheel - S3 / R32 front brakes
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2013, 09:12:11 pm »

It's safer to put the rear to the front if your spare is a space saver  :happy2:

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Re: Spare wheel - S3 / R32 front brakes
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2013, 09:23:02 pm »
I had a puncture recently. Fitted over my S3 Calipers.  :confused:

« Last Edit: June 08, 2013, 09:27:08 pm by monte »

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Re: Spare wheel - S3 / R32 front brakes
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2013, 09:55:03 pm »
What size is your spare monte??

My GTI originally had 17 inch monzas so don't know if i'll have a smaller spare than a gti/ed30 that came with 18's??

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Re: Spare wheel - S3 / R32 front brakes
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2013, 10:32:16 pm »
I've had the oem space saver spare over my R32 calipers plenty of times with no issues  :happy2:


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Re: Spare wheel - S3 / R32 front brakes
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2013, 11:02:45 pm »
What size is your spare monte??

My GTI originally had 17 inch monzas so don't know if i'll have a smaller spare than a gti/ed30 that came with 18's??

Yeah it's an 18" space saver wheel.