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Date: 6-7-05 07:19
From: John Weese
Subject: tii spare wheel & tire (tire well fitment)

Well, after much adoo, I tried to fit my 5J13 tii steelie with 185/70/13 Yoko T4 into Hugo's tire well as the spare, and it will not fit. The trunk board sits too high. The 4-1/2J13 non-tii steel wheel with 165SR13 Aurora tire fits fine (that is what Hugo had in the trunk when I found him)....could that be an original tire?...never used...has nubs and all! :-)

Makes me wonder if Hugo has one of those "too shallow" tire wells that were rumored to be accidentally installed on the very early tii's!

I also wonder if the 5" wheel/tire combo would fit if I mounted the 165SR13 tire on the 5" steelie...maybe not as "fat"!

Anyone else have this problem?

John
'72tii "Hugo"

Date: 6-7-05 07:23 From: Blunt Subject: my car came with a save a spare
freaky looking little thing but its thin and will fit nicely. ill beadblast it and redo it

Date: 6-7-05 07:26 From: Robert in NJ Subject: Is that the code inspector checking your concrete slab?(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 07:54
From: mike
Subject: That's odd...I have 5" tii wheels for spares on both my '69 and

my '73, and they fit fine with 165x13 tires. It's a tight squeeze, but the trunk boards will clip in place.

The "aurora" tire is definitely not the OEM spare--and a tii wouldn't have (or shouldn't have) come with a 4 1/2" spare. Tii's almost all came with Michelin XAS (165x13)H rated tires from the factory. You might try taking the 165 spare and put it on the 5j wheel. You'll only use the spare as a spare to get you home if you have a flat, so that should work.

BTW, your dog appears to be looking for a wheel to take a whiz on...

Cheers
Mike

Date: 6-7-05 08:02 From: John Weese Subject: That's my "little" girl Bailey (all 70 lbs of her) :-)(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 08:06 From: John Weese Subject: I am thinking the 185/70/13 tire is too fat..but it'll be tight anyway
The "Aurora" tire is definitely a very very old tire, although not "original" no doubt...it's sure "vintage" looking though...pretty cool! You can't even get anything designated "SR" anymore.

Date: 6-7-05 08:07 From: mike Subject: A saspce saver spare from a (gasp!) Chevette should work....(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 08:16
From: Delia
Subject: 185/70-13 is too big. Take the two different spares...

...set them on a flat surface and measure the difference in height by taking a straightedge and laying it across the sidewall of the fatter tire and comparing.

Hopefully, the difference is no more than 1/4".

Use strips of wood lath glued to the bottom of both trunkboards to shim the edges and the clips. On the gas tank side, be certain to run strips between the tank and the trunkboard to prevent crushing the connector to the fuel gauge sender.

If I ever have Ol' Julius redone, I'm going for a new tire well that's about 3/8" deeper.

Cheers!

D

Date: 6-7-05 08:24 From: swisscanuck Subject: All low dogs bassets along with Dachshounds rock!(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 08:42 From: MartyR Subject: deflate it a few PSI(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 09:21 From: Garage Envy Subject: Spare tire? ..we don't need no stinkin' spare tire...(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 09:22 From: larry Subject: Really, same bolt pattern?(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 09:31 From: mike Subject: Yep--same offset too! In fact, some of the early Chevette wheels
were made by Lemmez, the German company that made BMW and Opel (among others) steel wheels! Chevette wheels are 5jx13 with slots. Mike

Date: 6-7-05 10:08 From: BigDog Subject: Don't Do It!!! It was only 1 little spot on the carpet!!!
Ha ha ha. I see you've got the 12v out there for testing the fuel pump, did you get that resolved?? ------------- BigDog '76 2002

Date: 6-7-05 10:10 From: BigDog Subject: At least keep it German...
A space saver from a Jetta will work as well. Jetta body style II I beleive has the correct bolt pattern. I have one from a '91 Jetta, needed to have one that would clear the big brakes, which my 13" spare would not have! --------------- BigDog '76 2002

Date: 6-7-05 10:14 From: The Neighbors Subject: That garage is an abomination! ;-)(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 10:31 From: tkent02 Subject: Dump the roundie and get a squaretail, they have big enough sparewells(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 10:38 From: Karl Subject: That's good, no that's GREAT! :)(nt)
URL: http://www.geocities.com/karlkarlb/my_2002_page.html (nt)

Date: 6-7-05 10:38 From: John Weese Subject: Ha Ha! :-)(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 11:04 From: Paul 70 02 Subject: FWIW, 165/70 Dunlop on an e30 14" steelie fits my '70 trunk(nt)
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Date: 6-7-05 02:01 From: Bob Denyer Subject: Re: tii spare wheel & tire (tire well fitment)
John: I can't decide which I'm more envious of, the beautiful cars or the spectacular garage/workshop. Regards, Bob Denyer Howell, Michigan 1974 Tii 1992 E30

Date: 6-7-05 03:42 From: pkbinplano Subject: Same problem with my bottlecap spare.
When I made new trunk boards I shimmed them up with 2 x 2's. So the clear the spare. Can't really tell.

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