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Vredstein 185X70 Spare Tire Fitment
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Don't know how much different BN4/7s are, but to fit a 185/70 Vred in my BJ8 I took the wood block off the rear bulkhead and the holddown strap out. It just fits, and the boot lid holds it down.
Edit: BTW, the tire is mounted on a 6" rim; a smaller rim should be a less snug fit.
Edit: BTW, the tire is mounted on a 6" rim; a smaller rim should be a less snug fit.
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You all can feel free to chuckle but I used to slightly deflate my spare to make it fit. Sure changing a flat took an extra step of putting some air into it before use but it isn't a huge deal to carry either a hand pump (they really do work if you have a good one although in 45 years of driving in the States I've never seen anyone using one excep on a bicycle and they are not the pumps of the sort I carried) or a can of "fix- a -flat". They make some real small 12V compressors these days too..... With my luck the chances are good my spare will need air regardless. Yeah, but that never happens.
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Using tires with a larger diameter and/or section than the originals is particularly vexing on two-seaters. When I traded up to 175 XzX's I found the spare would no longer fit, and after due consideration I got brave and "expanded" the height of the aperture a bit with the judicious use of a scissor jack. My present 180 XAS's are a bit tighter still, but a plastic dry cleaner bag allows me to wiggle a fully inflated spare in and out.
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I made a modified spare retaining rod (#130 on Moss drawing https://mossmotors.com/austin-heale...s/body-fittings/rear-body-fittings-100-6-3000) so that the strap (#137) would still work. Instead of a straight rod, the end is bent down to account for the extra tire width.
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