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Is it safe to drive with spare wheel but with proper tire?

Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair Asked on May 31, 2021

I recently got a puncture and had to swap out the entire wheel. Luckily, the spare I had was a full size tyre, i.e.: not a skinny tyre like you sometimes see.

It looks roughly like this:

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So, the wheel looks roughly like the one in the image but the rubber tyre itself is a full-size one that matches the rest of my tyres.

I used the same lug-nuts as before to attach the wheel. I do not know whether they are officially supported, however I didn’t have any issues during the installation.

Someone warned my that this wheel is not as thick as standard alloyed wheels and there is a risk of it wearing out near the lug-nuts.

Is it a problem to drive like this, especially at long distances and high speeds?

One Answer

I have a set of alloys and a set of steel wheels looking very similar to that shown.

They do require their own nuts ie the alloys have one type of nut and the steels another.

The steels are perfectly fine especially as they are used in winter (well, were as I have now got a second set of alloys..) so you should be good to go.

Answered by Solar Mike on May 31, 2021

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