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- Snapper1
- Member Since: 27 Apr 2026
- Location: Ormskirk
- Posts: 10
Spare wheel fitted
So 3 weeks into ownership and i have fitted a spare wheel, seemed quite easy although i thought i had the wrong heat shields, offering them up and i thought way to big will never get them in, tried always around and then 1 just fell in the second was a doddle from there, it is worth getting the 4 nuts that hold the heat shield to the body as they seem to be a strange thread, all the others are standard 6mm, i used 4 bolts on the heat shields and 4 nuts and 2 bolts on the winch, i also used 2 x 8mm nuts and bolts on the guide by the rear wheels.
Big thanks to Will at Duckworth Parts for helping me out and getting the bits sent over exceptionally quickly.
Just need to tell the Disco now so the TPMS can work.
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 19 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
- Posts: 827
The D5 doesn't show the spare tyre pressure on the centre dash TPMS display, at least not on my ancient Bling Barge... it only shows the 4 tyres fitted on the road wheels unlike the D4 which showed all 5 tyres...
I think it'll warn you if the spare tyre pressure is low...but no idea why it doesn't show up on the centre dash along with the other 4. Might be different on a D350, but the full size spare wheel was a standard fitting on the early D5 models and not an optional extra as far as I know.
I think there was an option on the facelift models for either a full size matching wheel or a space saver on new cars...before Land Rover decided to offer a spare wheel of any sort as an optional extra rather than being a standard fitting.
Took me years to get used to not having one stuck on the back door...I missed it so much, I fitted a rear swivel mount on the D4.
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- Darras
- Member Since: 16 May 2020
- Location: Inverness
- Posts: 858
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 19 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
- Posts: 827
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Aye, I keep an old self inflating camping mat in the boot just in case I have to crawl around in the muck at the side of the road getting the spare off the D5.
One of these wheel stud extenders certainly helps when sticking the wheel on the car though...
I had a 4' hi-lift jack attached to the side of the roof rack on the D4...but not having a rack on the D5, it's now hung on the wall in the garage.
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