Spare tire

Will a full size spare tire and wheel fit in the the 2015 Sportwagen spare tire compartment?

Does in mine

yup, even with a fender sub in the back, you just gotta modify the mounting point. i was able to get a 205-65-16 tire in there that fits the taller tire of the Alltrack.

Nice, now to find a wheel

Any cheap steel wheel from 15' to 17" should work. I was able to even source a used tire for $30 mounted/balanced (knock on wood it'll never see the light of day besides a top up of air).

740GLE said:

(knock on wood it'll never see the light of day besides a top up of air).

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Good luck with that. My wife is a nail magnet which is why I had to have a full size spare........

I was able to use an extra 18" wheel I have in there. I used the nut (that usually secures the sub and sandwich the spare down) to hold the wheel in and the sub just wedges in. It's a tight fit for the sub's electrical connection, but it works and isn't noisy/loud/no rattles.

There's an existing thread which covers this question and the solution Right Here.

a slight cut in the floor carpet will allow that connector about 18" of extra slack. It looms from the drivers side under the carpet then up, as noted in that thread sailor tossed up.

Thanks for all the replies, the sub woofer won't be an issue for my S trim model. Just keeping my eye out for a wheel, I have a good tire to mount up when I find a wheel.

I found a steel wheel at a local salvage yard for $20. With a wire brush and a can of Rustoleum black, it looks new...

bigb said:

Thanks for all the replies, the sub woofer won't be an issue for my S trim model. Just keeping my eye out for a wheel, I have a good tire to mount up when I find a wheel.

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I decided to get an OEM wheel. This way if anything happens to one of the wheels I'll already have a spare one and with these small tires and the condition of the roads across our nation the possibility of damaging a wheel is real. And what better place to store a spare wheel but with your spare tire? I found a nice one for $150 and it's on the way.

Nice. I just bought two on ebay. Now I have four. Thinking about a set of snow tires this fall. Since I retired I don't always "have" to drive in the snow but when I do it is great to have the added security.

Funguy said:

Nice. I just bought two on ebay. Now I have four. Thinking about a set of snow tires this fall. Since I retired I don't always "have" to drive in the snow but when I do it is great to have the added security.

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I've never had to deal with snow or ice or salt except very briefly in the mountains. I think if I lived in a 4 season climate I would have a summer car and a winter car. I could not stand to see my nice vehicles rust away.

It was worse when I lived in NYC and Long Island. Salted winter roads and year round salt air from the ocean and the bays. In Colorado they like to put down coarse sand that really does a number on the front end paint and the windshield. If not that gravel then they do the liquid de-icer that gets everywhere and I find it harder to remove than normal salt. Is nice though to not have black ice. Black ice = white knuckles.

I was thinking about suggesting that you get an OEM wheel but I decided to butt out. Funny you went ahead and got one.