Removing spare tyre well

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Removing spare tyre well

Postby cat007 » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:54 pm

Hey all

If I wanted to remove my spare tyre well, could I just weld in some semi rigid flat floor? Or does the shape of the wheel well add to the structural integrity of the car?
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Postby tex » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:41 am

Talk to a cert guy. Wheel wells are designed to hold a spare wheel for when in an accident the rear wheel (in the well) acts an absorber. Hence why they check if you have one and it is bolted in when you go for a WOF.
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Postby durty starlet » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:35 am

tex wrote:Talk to a cert guy. Wheel wells are designed to hold a spare wheel for when in an accident the rear wheel (in the well) acts an absorber. Hence why they check if you have one and it is bolted in when you go for a WOF.


you dont have to have one for a wof

but if you do have one it has to be bolted down
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Postby Leon » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:48 am

Will require lvv cert. Crush zone at rear of car will have changed structurally.
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Postby CelicaGT8 » Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:34 pm

So thats what that ticket was for....
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