Hi I have not been on for a while, but have a question which I know someone will provide the answer to. I will be collecting my new Metropolis in September, but as it's a off the shelf sale it has no spare wheel. I am having trouble sourcing a reasonably priced 19 inch spare, but can get hold of a 18inch alloy, question is will the 18inch be ok to use as a spare or will it cause damage to the transmission. I know it's probably already been asked, and is in here somewhere but after a search I cannot track it down !!  Freelander 2 GS 2011(facelift)
SD4 Auto
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17inch 5 spoke alloys
Screen and washer heaters
Front Parking sensors
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If it is an 18" Freelander Wheel and Tyre, it will be fine, all Freelander 2 Wheels and Tyres have are the same overall diameter, so you can fit 17" 18" or 19".

Sorry to high jack the thread , my 14 model had 18" wheels on (full size spare included) , come back end I will be putting on my set of 17" winter wheels .
Does the same apply , can I use the 18" as a spare or need to source a 17" ?

Thanks

Stand the 18" wheel and tyre against the 17" one. You will see that they are the same size. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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If the 16,17,18 or 19 inch wheels have 235 in the tyre size then that's fine

The tyres just have different side wall sizes Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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You can check for yourself here,
http://www.discovery2.co.uk/tyresize.html

Scaramanga wrote:

Hi I have not been on for a while, but have a question which I know someone will provide the answer to. I will be collecting my new Metropolis in September, but as it's a off the shelf sale it has no spare wheel. I am having trouble sourcing a reasonably priced 19 inch spare, but can get hold of a 18inch alloy, question is will the 18inch be ok to use as a spare or will it cause damage to the transmission. I know it's probably already been asked, and is in here somewhere but after a search I cannot track it down !!

If it's a different sized wheel you would obviously only use it for emergency while the other is repaired. In which case you might be able to source a steel wheel cheaper. I'd keep an eye on e-bay as they do come up quite regularly.
We did check this out quite thoroughly a while back and amazingly the different-sized wheel is perfectly legal, although it's also been said that it would fail the MoT if tested while fitted to the car. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
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New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
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wjohnm wrote:

Scaramanga wrote:

Hi I have not been on for a while, but have a question which I know someone will provide the answer to. I will be collecting my new Metropolis in September, but as it's a off the shelf sale it has no spare wheel. I am having trouble sourcing a reasonably priced 19 inch spare, but can get hold of a 18inch alloy, question is will the 18inch be ok to use as a spare or will it cause damage to the transmission. I know it's probably already been asked, and is in here somewhere but after a search I cannot track it down !!

While all comments OK about being same diameter I would not want to use a different size for anything other than short emergency use.
Just think about the stiffness in vertical direction, and to lesser amount radial and transverse. With less or more rubber sidewall it will mess up all the loads into drivetrain. Who knows the effect? Maybe within design tolerance but why risk for a few quid?

Not the case I think. It has all been explained on here somewhere. Can't remember the reason but examples - you can fail an MoT for having loose wiring, or for excessive emissions. These are not illegal. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Thanks for all your imput, all information taken on board including the steel wheel route, which I have searched for and been unable to source so far. I think adding all the information together I will probably be looking to get a full size alloy spare from this site or Ebay this would elieviate any of the what if's. Freelander 2 GS 2011(facelift)
SD4 Auto
Ipanema sand
17inch 5 spoke alloys
Screen and washer heaters
Front Parking sensors
Rear spoiler (Fathers day prezzie)

"I had no problem going into retirement mode, ... I do what other retired guys do. I putter around the house and travel." -

Past master wrote:

Not the case I think. It has all been explained on here somewhere. Can't remember the reason but examples - you can fail an MoT for having loose wiring, or for excessive emissions. These are not illegal.

Precisely - that's MoT regs. But it is not a legal requirement. Otherwise the majority of modern spare wheels would be illegal. And they aren't.
(There was a problem with the earliest "space-saver" spares from Germany, as the spare wheel had a crossply tyre. Using those is illegal and it led to problems selling cars in this country. From memory, they had to sell them with a recovery service which would provide a full-sized spare in the event of a flat! They also flirted with run-flat tyres.) Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Hi,
I am about to buy a new metropolis, but it doesn't have a spare wheel, and this is important to me. Can the dealer fit one if I ask them ? - is there space in the usual place in the load space ?
Thanks.