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My door card says size T125/70 R19 as a space saver. Having rang a few Audi dealers and spoken to their parts departments, they all say this is not listed as a wheel/tyre combination to purchase from them! I still have my 18” space saver from my S3 (factory order 2023 model) but it won’t fit over the bigger front callipers on my RS3. So, has anyone ever used a space saver as a front wheel on 8Y model and if so please could you confirm the actual part number and where I could purchase from?
I’ve looked on eBay and I can see T125/70 R19 listed as a space saver for Audi A4 models but dont want to chance buying one without knowing it will definitely fit ok.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks
 
do yourself a favour and ditch the spacesaver idea... just get a full sized matching wheel to what you have on the car right now. It's the best solution... it'll take a bit more space but you won't be bound to the slower speed the spacesaver is limited to and you can continue your journey normally. I make a point of ditching the spacesavers for a full sized matching spare wheel with every car i own, even if it means i loose some space.
 
I've alway's just assumed you cant have one for these cars. I don't think the boot accomodates one becasue of the battery etc under the boot space? I may be wrong.
Suppose you could keep one just in the boot. Not sure on the fitment/size though.
 
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You can always raise the floor in the boot to make it fit right, I've done that before with a mk4 r32.
 
Sounds like a kludge to me. There's a lot going on underneath the boot floor of the 8Y RS3, it's not realistic to try to fit a space saver anywhere there, and unlike the base A3, you can only fit the boot floor on one position. Of course you can just buy a wheel according to the sticker to store anywhere else but in the car for the situation when you might need one, if you're not having a flat on the road.

Luckily I haven't had a flat during a trip a single time, but few times I have noticed I've had a flat when I was going to leave from home. Every time there has been a screw in the tyre which caused slow deflating during the night. When that happened I just swapped the flat one to a winter wheel and went to patch the tyre.
 
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raising the floor isn't hard work... in most cars with electronics in the boot the oem floor cover sits on a few raised parts... you just make them higher so it clears the full size spare wheel. than you put back the oem floor cover. But if you deem it to much work fine I'm just pointing out it's not that much work to be able to carry a full sparewheel in anycar that comes without one, if you want to.
 
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Take off a wheel, leave the car on a jack stand, yesterday fit the wheel flat in the boot without the cove. If it does, you'll need to use some wood to raise the floor. I usually use an old pallet to build a frame for the floor cover to sit on. Especially if the wheel just about fits with the tire fully inflated.

It'll leave you with less load space, but you'll have a full spare wheel with you at all times.
 
There is no way on earth you are going to get a front wheel under the boot floor, the wheel itself is 9 inches and with tyre closer to 11 inches, I am not sure whether you would get a front wheel to sit on top of the boot floor without putting the rear seats down (hatchback)

There are numerous ways to repair a puncture these days, The supplied Audi kit, aftermarket tyre sealants, sticky 'sticks' that you force through the puncture hole and a kit that inserts a 'mushroom' shaped plug.

The best addition would be the optional vehicle jack and wheel brace so you could repair your tyre easier off the car
 
that's why i said test fit a wheel.. I've actually fitted a full spare wheel once standing up right (securely) in the boot... but that was years ago in a VW polo 6n2 GTI. It took most of the loading area away so I could just about fit a small shopping carrier bag which was more than enough at the time. Anything else I just chucked on the rear bench inside the car. That car was to get me to and from work, since I traveled between different remote office locations on a daily basis, so for me having a full spare wheel was more important, than having a free loading space.

Granted these days tires are way better but the roads are worse.... and this is why I rather have a full spare wheel in my own car. And if there isn't space to lay it flat and hide it... I'd just adapt the space available to have it standing up right and make sure it's secured.
 
GBJBAZDO said:
My door card says size T125/70 R19 as a space saver. Having rang a few Audi dealers and spoken to their parts departments, they all say this is not listed as a wheel/tyre combination to purchase from them! I still have my 18” space saver from my S3 (factory order 2023 model) but it won’t fit over the bigger front callipers on my RS3. So, has anyone ever used a space saver as a front wheel on 8Y model and if so please could you confirm the actual part number and where I could purchase from?
I’ve looked on eBay and I can see T125/70 R19 listed as a space saver for Audi A4 models but dont want to chance buying one without knowing it will definitely fit ok.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks
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If you are intent on having a space saver in the event of a front puncture you would need to fit the space saver to the rear and fit the rear wheel/tyre to the front if in fact the narrower rear wheel will clear the front calipers, diameter wise should be ok but offset may be different
 
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If you are intent on having a space saver in the event of a front puncture you would need to fit the space saver to the rear and fit the rear wheel/tyre to the front if in fact the narrower rear wheel will clear the front calipers, diameter wise should be ok but offset may be different
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Would that also mean having to carry two jacks?
 
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Would that also mean having to carry two jacks?
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No just long winded, jack rear and fit space saver, jack front and fit rear wheel to front, or just pump the Audi sealant in.

I dont know whether it's true or not but some have said that the Audi sealant wrecks both the tyre and the wheel?

I have two puncture repair kits under the rear floor, one has 3 inch long 'rough' stick things that you can double or treble up on if the tyre is 'cut' the other injects a rubber mushroom once the nail or screw is removed, I'd still remove the wheel from the car to use either if it was a rear puncture, maybe access to a front puncture could be easier with some steering lock
 
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Mike.46 said:
No just long winded, jack rear and fit space saver, jack front and fit rear wheel to front, or just pump the Audi sealant in.

I dont know whether it's true or not but some have said that the Audi sealant wrecks both the tyre and the wheel?

I have two puncture repair kits under the rear floor, one has 3 inch long 'rough' stick things that you can double or treble up on if the tyre is 'cut' the other injects a rubber mushroom once the nail or screw is removed, I'd still remove the wheel from the car to use either if it was a rear puncture, maybe access to a front puncture could be easier with some steering lock
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That is a bit of a faff, isn't it? The age I am now, I think I'll just leave it to the breakdown van! :)
 
IIRC when I had my 22 plate 8Y the front and back wheels were not swappable because of the low offset 25ET / 9J front
The problem was getting the rear high offset 46ET 8J wheel to go over the Akebono caliper.
In the end I gave up as it meant using a small spacer to push a winter wheel I already had out enough to clear it.
I’m in the same camp as Mike, repair liquorice sticks and mushroom plugs.
Anything else and I’ll get recovery out.
Certainly no way I way to cart around 35-40kg of alloy lol.
 
yeah wider wheels maje it harder to carry as full size sparewheel... ps not just the audi tire repair gell is a problem they all are... tire fitter hate it when you've used the stuff as they can't simply plug the tire after that. So it basically ruins your expensive tires. but if tha's the only option ou are left with than that is the way it is, most cars nowadays have those silly repair kits that actually render the tire unrepairable afer you use the emergency repair kit. best to use those aftermarket plugs you can simply put into the puncture after you've removed the thing that punctured the tire.

I still prefer to just swap the wheel/tire combo for a spare one it's way faster and gives me the time to replace the tire when it suits me.
 
Also make sure the spare has same CB or you'll need adapters to fit/convert to 57.1 for the RS3. I think the A4's CB is 66.5/66.6??
 
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