[Binlid]

First off apologies for no photos, I'll try to sort that tomorrow.

Today I bought a spare wheel kit for my V40 with the "shallow" boot wheel impression. I had priced the various pieces online and to get them all posted to me was costing over £300. I ordered the "kit" from my local dealer and asked if this definitely included the folding, raised floor. He assured me it did but I was a bit worried that this would turn out to be an "extra". Anyway, ended up I got everything for just over £260. That included wheel, jack, brace, foam tool insert, moulded "carpet" wheel cover, new flat floor and folding floor (with supports).

I was well impressed with the price and the boot looks very tidy now, albeit a bit smaller. Now I feel happier taking the car on longer journeys, as I wasn't particularly comfortable about using the glooby stuff. I believe some tyre companies don't like (refuse) repairing punctures when the stuff is used. I suspect they prefer to sell a new tyre instead. I think this has already happened on my car as one front tyres is a totally different tread pattern to the others.

 

[VeeForty Deetoo]

A most valuable accessory, the compressor and gloop wont fix a torn sidewall...
While in the boot, check the wheel nut key is there and correct, no point finding out at the side of a dark wet motorway

 

[Binlid]

By the wheel nut key do you mean the locking nut socket or the tweezer tool for removing the nut covers? Or something else?

 

[VeeForty Deetoo]

By the wheel nut key do you mean the locking nut socket or the tweezer tool for removing the nut covers? Or something else?

Both those things! and check all the nuts are the same size... my Wife had a C30 with a mix of 17 and 19mm, and only one wrench

 

[MichaelA]

First off apologies for no photos, I'll try to sort that tomorrow.

Today I bought a spare wheel kit for my V40 with the "shallow" boot wheel impression. I had priced the various pieces online and to get them all posted to me was costing over £300. I ordered the "kit" from my local dealer and asked if this definitely included the folding, raised floor. He assured me it did but I was a bit worried that this would turn out to be an "extra". Anyway, ended up I got everything for just over £260. That included wheel, jack, brace, foam tool insert, moulded "carpet" wheel cover, new flat floor and folding floor (with supports).

I was well impressed with the price and the boot looks very tidy now, albeit a bit smaller. Now I feel happier taking the car on longer journeys, as I wasn't particularly comfortable about using the glooby stuff. I believe some tyre companies don't like (refuse) repairing punctures when the stuff is used. I suspect they prefer to sell a new tyre instead. I think this has already happened on my car as one front tyres is a totally different tread pattern to the others.

Yeah, you know I am exactly the same way. When we were buying an Ioniq 5 that was the first thing I bought (and that former fell through and had to sell the spare on...). I was looking for a Volvo and went looking for a spare at the same time! The only thing I could find was in England, so got that 115/90/R16 spare kit. I think mine cost about 145£ + 45 euro Irish customs + 7 euro An Post (as they didn't ship to Ireland, so I had to ship to an An Post UK address Address Pal). I'm really looking forward to seeing how it fits in the tire well of the V40. I have more hope reading your post! I have the tire well and the double floor. I replaced 3 tires and fixed punctures on 2 more across two cars in 1 year because of the roads we live on, so living with a spare is just too nerve wracking.