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Went to my local dealer for a full size alloy as a spare
Kit inc tool kit and jack £220ish
Found it here
www.caraccessoriesplus.co.uk/product/kia-rio-11-al...l
for £155 delivered next day.
Result!
service by the way was good.
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When I wanted a full sized spare for my Leon I went here.
http://www.oponeo.co.uk/?gclid=CLGOm6S2xcMCFULKtAodPGwA-A
I admit its only steel but its locked away in the boot (hopefully forever) so who cares. Cost me £37 delivered. Budget tyre from local fitter and a jack form halfords and I was sorted for about £90.
Seat themselves wanted £190 for a space saver spare kit.
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Very strange. It's only £75 for the whole kit for a Skoda, even the 18" wheel that mine has to have.
That shows it's worth checking the price. I don't object to its being an option, as long as it's available - but £190 is excessive, so it's useful for people to know alternative sources. Many thanks on their behalf.
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Very strange. It's only £75 for the whole kit for a Skoda, even the 18" wheel that mine has to have.
That shows it's worth checking the price. I don't object to its being an option, as long as it's available - but £190 is excessive, so it's useful for people to know alternative sources. Many thanks on their behalf.
Its only about £90 for the Leon if you specify it as a factory option. Mine was a dealer stock car with no spare and at the time the wheel, tyre and jack kit all had to be bought seperately and added up to just over £300. Told them to stuff it. Later they wrote to me to inform me that due to public demand Seat had made a kit available for owners who wished to add the spare to an existing car for £190.
My method of wheel, tyre and jack save a large sum and I have a propper sized wheel. I loose about 2" of height in the boot, it lifts the carpet up a bit.
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I specifically wanted an original wheel full size, same size tyre. The wheel was £119 without the jack kit and that was £30 including the tools and the big plastic nut and bits to hold in place in the wheel well. At least the Rio still has the space..
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My '14 reg Yaris was around £100 for (skinny) wheel, tyre, jack and wheelbrace.
Fits the well perfectly, I don't have to replace the gunk every few years (or buy a tyre if I use it) and the compressor fits in the wheel.
Had my last car nine years and never needed the spare!
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I admit its only steel but its locked away in the boot (hopefully forever) so who cares. Cost me £37 delivered. Budget tyre from local fitter and a jack form halfords and I was sorted for about £90.
Seat themselves wanted £190 for a space saver spare kit.
But.. for£30 more tha the £119 cost of the full size alloy, I got the correct jack, the cradle, wrench for wheel nuts and the eye bolt (for towing) all origial partstoo.
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I admit its only steel but its locked away in the boot (hopefully forever) so who cares. Cost me £37 delivered. Budget tyre from local fitter and a jack form halfords and I was sorted for about £90.
Seat themselves wanted £190 for a space saver spare kit.
But.. for£30 more tha the £119 cost of the full size alloy, I got the correct jack, the cradle, wrench for wheel nuts and the eye bolt (for towing) all origial partstoo.
The link in your original post is for a wheel only. It clearly says "Style F is supplied without a tyre" says nothing about a jack, cradle wrench and eye bolt.
My £90 bought me a wheel, tyre and jack.
So how much did you actually spend on the wheel, tyre and other parts. It was without doubt more than the £30 you state above.
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I admit its only steel but its locked away in the boot (hopefully forever) so who cares. Cost me £37 delivered. Budget tyre from local fitter and a jack form halfords and I was sorted for about £90.
Seat themselves wanted £190 for a space saver spare kit.
But.. for£30 more tha the £119 cost of the full size alloy, I got the correct jack, the cradle, wrench for wheel nuts and the eye bolt (for towing) all origial partstoo.
The link in your original post is for a wheel only. It clearly says "Style F is supplied without a tyre" says nothing about a jack, cradle wrench and eye bolt.
My £90 bought me a wheel, tyre and jack.
So how much did you actually spend on the wheel, tyre and other parts. It was without doubt more than the £30 you state above.
At the risk of being pedantic, as you say the wheel only is £119 for £30 more i got the proper kit, jack and its cradle and tools including the towing eyebolt. = £149 +£6 postage =£155. I already have a freebie tyre but again to be "fussy" lets say it is worth £40, so I have a full size original wheel and tyre and all the bits for whatever sunm you want, but PERSONALLy I wanted a full size original wheel, thats all, and that is what I got. as said before dealer £220ish site i quoted £155 plenty of saving that's all.
Happy motoring
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So you paid £155 and are happy.
I paid £90 and am happy.
Its good we are both happy.
But to be pedantic you paid £65 more than I did, not the £30 you originally quoted and that does not include tyre fitting plus you do not say if the tyre was new or used. My wheel, tyre etc were all new.
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