Spare wheel options

[Snaf]

Evening all.
I've got a 2020 LWB Connect crewcab, despite ordering it with steel wheels and a spare it came with ally wheels and no spare but a pump and cartridge repair system. Today I've holed the tyre beyond repair, I can't get a new tyre fitted of the same spec locally until Thursday but have located a spare steel wheel with good tyre. The question is do I need different wheel nuts to go with it, if so which ones fit?
Alternatively has anyone in Devon got a good 2020 16" wheel and tyre for sale asap.
To add insult to injury I was using the Connect for work because the other Transit has the ESP and eng fault lights on
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[blue estate]

The alloy nuts will be ok
Just make sure the steel is on the rear so it don’t affect the steering

[Snaf]

The alloy nuts will be ok
Just make sure the steel is on the rear so it don’t affect the steering

Thanks, I'd not considered any effect of running different wheels on the drive/steering end.
Are you saying the nuts fit or are just OK, I run back and forth between Edinburgh and Devon and want more than a get you home/to a garage solution which it would appear all the diy/space saver options offer.

[Mike]

Nut fitment depends on the length of the studs. The steel wheel is thinner so the stud can knacker the aluminium cover on the nut. For that reason I had a separate set of nuts for my steel winter wheels.

[Snaf]

Thanks it's a good point, and now I need a spare wheel carrier as it didn't come with one. I guess I'll need a jack and wheel brace as well, VOR for five days because of a flat tyre

[LostinTransit]

This is something I've bene exploring. Because we have the 2020 TC SWB XL 2.0L cargo van, the studs are M14's and NOT M12's. So make sure you get the correct wheels according to the wheels studs. Knowing that we're running the M14's a whole new world of spare tire possibilities opened up to us. We'll be removing the 16'' factory spare from under the van and replacing it with a balloon spare from a 2005 Ford Thunderbird. Sounds like an odd combination, but the stud size, bolt pattern & center bore are all the same. The only issue is that the tire on the spare has bene known to explode while in or on the car at any given moment. We're going to remove the tire, have the wheel clean & powder coated then replace the tire with something more durable. I'm hoping these weekend I'll be able to actually test the balloon tire on the van just to check the offset & clearance. This could mean having to use the spare mounted on the rear of the van at any given time. Once we've ruled out any issues, we'll remove the tire and send the wheel to the powder coaters. Then have a wheelchair ramp installer, mount a bracket inside the van as to allow the thin spare inside the van instead of under the van as from the factory.

[Altransit]

Thanks it's a good point, and now I need a spare wheel carrier as it didn't come with one. I guess I'll need a jack and wheel brace as well, VOR for five days because of a flat tyre

If you do long journeys and don't fancy having to do that journey on the spare space saver tyre at 50mph, it might be worth trying to source another alloy with a correct sized tyre, and keeping it inside the van.
It's not very convenient, but it's an option worth thinking about

[Snaf]

Update
I eventually got another tyre the same and had it fitted to the alloy wheel.
I bought a complete new same size steel wheel and tyre, the alloy wheel nuts wouldn't torque up properly on the steel so I bought new steel wheel nuts which are a different chamfer angle.
In short what a pita and thankfully the puncture was within a mile of home and not Scotland.
All I need now is a spare wheel hanger etc and I'll be happy to have reinvented what every car/van/truck I've ever owned before had, a safely stowed spare wheel.

[Mike]

the alloy wheel nuts wouldn't torque up properly on the steel so I bought new steel wheel nuts which are a different chamfer angle.

Unlikely that it's the correct wheel for your van, my '16 Connect came with a steel spare which obviously had the same chafer as the alloy wheels.

The steel wheels that I bought for my winter tyres had different nuts, they weren't genuine Ford wheels.

[Snaf]

the alloy wheel nuts wouldn't torque up properly on the steel so I bought new steel wheel nuts which are a different chamfer angle.

Unlikely that it's the correct wheel for your van, my '16 Connect came with a steel spare which obviously had the same chafer as the alloy wheels.

The steel wheels that I bought for my winter tyres had different nuts, they weren't genuine Ford wheels.

Was your spare a space saver or full size? It's a good point that you make that any OEM fitted spare would require using the same nuts
I bought a genuine new full size Ford steel wheel so I'm fairly sure it's correct for the van but I'll have to carry spare nuts.

[Mike]

It was the full size one that came with the van. If (as you say) it’s genuine I’d be asking Ford why it doesn’t fit.

[metalworker0]

mine had 16 inch alloys on it ...i took the spare off the other day and it was a 15 inch steel one ..so now on the hunt for a matching alloy.

[Snaf]

It was the full size one that came with the van. If (as you say) it’s genuine I’d be asking Ford why it doesn’t fit.

It does fit but there are different wheel nuts between the alloy and steel wheel that I have. What year is yours? Mines a 2020 and at the time they came with alloy wheels as standard without a steel wheel option.

[Snaf]

mine had 16 inch alloys on it ...i took the spare off the other day and it was a 15 inch steel one ..so now on the hunt for a matching alloy.

I don't think a 15" wheel would fit over my front brakes on a 2020.