markmark206

so on a dark rainy night last week, my a3 had its first flat. actually, the tire was pretty much destroyed (who would have known seattle potholes could be this deadly??), so i had to get an urgent replacement.

so i am starting to think it would be great to have a spare full sized wheel and tire in my trunk, instead of that whimpy under-50-mph spare. after all, a full-sized wheel seems to fit perfectly in there.

this seems like a pretty straightforward operations, but before i go ahead with it, i am wondering if anyone here has contemplated or done this?

thanks much.

821 dtw (Greg)

You might need to modify the spare well a great deal.

crew219

not if you have a 2.0t

April

keep the mini-spare. It weighs less than the stock alloy, which means it is easier to install.

Now if you drive the open road a lot, a full sized spare makes perfect sense :-)

nanotech

Have they improved the jack for the A3? Haven't looked at my mom's yet.

The one that came with my A4 is downright dangerous and I'd be very scared to use it on a shoulder changing a flat unless there was no alternative. Lots of people have had their cars fall off the stock A4 jack.

911crash

So, a little late, but yes it will and you can use p/n 1K0803899C for the hold down. note, this is a fwd car, not sure about awd.

B5Davem

I have one for my 2008 but only because it had a 5th wheel with it from 1st owner. I run with just the space-saver. Have considered taking the fullsize on a trip.