narrow tires

[Fred Munro]

Hi Kneale;

The flat masonite cover in my '91 200q sat on the back of the tire when I
used a full sized spare. This held the cover about 1" above the trunk floor
at the back. My '86 5ktq came with the OEM full sized spare and the plastic
cover had a little hump at the back to clear the tire. My OEM spare is a
205/60-15 mounted on the 5ktq Ronal rim - and I'm still using it in the S4
(in which it fits with the stock cover).

Fred Munro
'94 S4  122k km

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>; "Lawrence C Leung"
<l.leung at juno.com>; <andycq at capslock.net>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: narrow tires


> I just went outside and checked:  '91 200q20v has a flat piece of
> masonite-like stuff that lies flat in the top of the spare wheel well with
> a full-size spare in place.  No sticking up anywhere.  The two 5K cars
have
> the plastic or fiberglass cover for the spare that has a ridge molded into
> the lip all the way around with additional changes in the plane of the
> cover.  I figured they were just strength ridges.  The bottoms of each
> ridge are level with the bottom of the lip, so I don't see how, overall,
it
> constitutes a rise to accommodate a full-size spare.  The V8 is out of the
> yard at the moment.
>
>
>
> At 07:59 AM 01/21/2001 -0500, Fred Munro wrote:
>
> >Hi Kneale;
> >
> >The spare cover that comes with the space saver on the Type 44 is a flat
> >piece of Masonite board. If you use this with a full size spare, it
contacts
> >the tire at the back of the trunk and sits 1 inch above the trunk floor.
The
> >cover for the full size spare is moulded plastic and has a little hump at
> >the back to clear the tire so the cover sits flat on the trunk floor all
> >around. It's kind of an aesthetics thing - I used the regular cover over
my
> >full sized spare and eventually the Masonite developed a hump in the
> >appropriate spot.
> >
> >Fred Munro
> >'94 S4  122k km
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
> >
> >
> > > I don't get this.  I've got four Type 44 quattros (2 5K, a 2C20v and a
> >V8),
> > > all with full-sized spares and flat trunk floors.  So I've got the
full
> > > range of Tors*n applications.  All them have room for a useable
full-sized
> > > wheel under the standard flat trunk floor.  Maybe "sporting" oversized
> > > wheel and tire combinations result in the need to have a hump in the
trunk
> > > floor?
> > >
> > >
>