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[brian]

Hi all I am newbie to your club I'm living in benfleet Essex. Have purchased a 1988 MR2 MK1 without a spare wheel. Can anybody tell me if it was fitted with a space saver wheel or a normal wheel and tyre,can anybody tell me where I can acquire one or will one from another model car and make fit.
Regards
Brian

[adamstanford]

Normal wheel is fitted not a space saver. Plenty floating about on the Internet. What wheels are currently fitted to the car? Original teardrop ones?
Plenty with 4x100 fitment will fit. But an original wheel isn't expensive.

[cchrysos]

Welcome brian.
I am pretty close to you and Alex (superwhite) is not far either so we may all get to a meet in the summer.

Good luck with the new car

Chrys

[andyroo104]

Hi and welcome.

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[Deadly_smell]

Hi and welcome to the MR2 world, I'm in Hadleigh up the hill from Benfleet. If you ever need help let me know

[superwhite90]

Hi Brian,

Welcome to the club and as Chrys said I am close, in Wickford.

A full size 14" spare fits well in the front and if you get a full size wheel, turn it around so you can store things in the inner rim of the wheel.

[charged]

Hi all I am newbie to your club I'm living in benfleet Essex. Have purchased a 1988 MR2 MK1 without a spare wheel. Can anybody tell me if it was fitted with a space saver wheel or a normal wheel and tyre,can anybody tell me where I can acquire one or will one from another model car and make fit.
Regards
Brian

Hi Brian,

welcome along.

I have a spare (original) Mk1 wheel with tyre if you are looking for one.. £20 buys it. Alternatively I have a space saver wheel which will do the job which you can have for £30. I'm in St Albans, Herts if you wish to collect.

Cheers

Ollie

[brian]

Hi there,
thank you for your information,had a look at the wheels and they appear to be 5 spoke, 4 studded, with 195/50 R15 tyres fitted would you recognise these? thanks again
regards
Brian

[brian]

Hi there
thanks for the welcome,and that sounds like a good idea to me
Brian

[brian]

Thank you for the greeting Andyroo
Brian

[brian]

Hi Chris
thanks mate
Brian

[brian]

Hi Ollie
thanks for the offer mate but they appear to be 15in rims,thanks again
Brian

[superwhite90]

do they look like these Brian?

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2015/11/IMG_4930_zpsrjzdhcfk-1.jpg (http://s72.photobucket.com/user/superredmr2/media/IMG_4930_zpsrjzdhcfk.jpg.html)

[brian]

that looks like it to me Chrys
Brian

[superwhite90]

A spare one of those will still fit perfectly in your spare wheel cage no issues at all. I have a spare the same in mine.

Alex

[brian]

Hi Alex I assume your's are 15in if so any idea's where I can get one?
Brian

[superwhite90]

Hi Brian,

Yes mine are 15s - eBay is the best bet to be honest. The wheels are not worth much at all any more which is a pain as I wish to sell mine.

You can probably pick one up for about £35-40 with a tyre, but make sure they are same size as your tyres, as the standard tyre size for a MK3 is 185/55 fronts and 205/50 rears.

[brian]

Thanks Alex you've been a great help.
Brian

[charged]

Thanks Alex you've been a great help.
Brian

A wanted post here probably wouldn't hurt:

http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/