Wrong Spare Tyre

I had always marvalled at the unused spare in my boot, Pirelli P600 on a BBS alloy that even has the original price sticker.

Decided to changed my front passenger (almost gone) and had a look at what was on the car, 2 Nankangs ( driver front and pass rear), Firehawk (driver rear) and a Uniroyal on pass front. I was going to remove the Nankang from the pass rear and fit the Pirelli, then put the Nankang on the pass front and have a spare for emergencies.

Fitted the Pirelli without hassle but could not fit the center cap onto the alloy. I then noticed that the style of the wheels are different, the wheel that came off the car has 17 fingers  from the center while the spare has only 10. And also the passenger rear is sitting a mile high even thought the same tyre is on both wheels and the alloys seem the same size.

So I have restored the original wheel back onto the car. What can I do with the spare. Don't understand the wheel spec's (7Jx15H2) yet but the tyre is the same as what is on the car. Anyone got a spare spare so that I can have or want to swap?


Edited by Nigel

Jeesh, I'd dunk all four tyres and reshoe with the same rubber on the four orginal rims. Leave the spare as a spare. Nankang should never be put on sale, let alone on a BMW.

Update, my spare does fit the car. I goes a speed wobble thinking something was wrong, only the suspension was a little high and needed to hit a bump or two.

I have style 5 wheels on the car while my spare is style 29 (see here). The center cap of the style 5 will not fit the style 29. Ben, if you have a decent style 5 spare then I'll take or swap for the style 29. Fermoy tomorrow (Sat 15th I presume) will suit me so P.M me with a time.

I will be changing the rubber in the new year so goodbye to the Nankangs.

And Nigel, thanks for the spell check.

stephen520i wrote: And Nigel, thanks for the spell check.

Sorry mate, I could have been a little more descrete, I'm the last one to be pulling anyone up for spelling.