spare wheel taxes

So, if a spare wheel from US costs £374 (including shipping), how would one calculate the import taxes/duty to UK on that?

Thanks

20%on top right?

It will be the thick end of £500 all-in. Then you have the issues of using a non-approved spare on the GT.

You can get a new alloy and tyre for that

GR11M said:

You can get a new alloy and tyre for that

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Infact I just sold 4 for less than that!!!!

GR11M said:

You can get a new alloy and tyre for that

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This is the new space-saver model

24%, 20% VAT, 4% Duty, its calculated on the whole order, including shipping.

As others have said before get the ecoboost spare as it fits the back

http://www.fordpartsuk.com/shop/c/steel_and_alloy_wheels_and_trims_1628/

If your flat is on the front then temporarily but a back wheel on the front and the spare on the back and limp home

Spider said:

As others have said before get the ecoboost spare as it fits the back

http://www.fordpartsuk.com/shop/c/steel_and_alloy_wheels_and_trims_1628/

If your flat is on the front then temporarily but a back wheel on the front and the spare on the back and limp home

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Clever. So the back wheel fits on the front with no issues? Would you need two jacks?

Maoilearca said:

Clever. So the back wheel fits on the front with no issues? Would you need two jacks?

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Nah just one, just longer.

1) Jack up back
2) remove rear wheel
3) fit space saver wheel
4) move jack to front
5) Remove busted front wheel
6) Fit rear wheel
7) Get to a tyre place asap as running 275 and 255 split fronts with different alloy widths (9 and 9.5)



(You have ford premium protect which is about £220 for a call out replacement FRONT tyre, and you get this for the first year +1 year each time you get a service from ford).

With a slightly larger tyre, 155/80/18 although I had to let a bit of air out to squeeze it in; almost exactly the same rolling radius as the standard wheel and tyre.

PeterE said:

With a slightly larger tyre, 155/80/18 although I had to let a bit of air out to squeeze it in; almost exactly the same rolling radius as the standard wheel and tyre.

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So that's the ecoboost spare?

Maoilearca said:

So that's the ecoboost spare?

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Yes, EB rim but with an 80% profile tyre instead of the standard EB 60% profile tyre.

I bought the rim and jack kit from Ford Parts UK and sourced the tyre locally, 80% profile tyre is much closer to the standard tyre size than the smaller 60% profile one - much less stress on the limited slip diff... but as has been stated previously here it will not fit the front of an S550 GT, only the rear so a front tyre failure will require some front and rear rim swapping.

It works on standard GT's too. Just not performance pack front brakes like ours.
Mine is purely for very short rescue trips or to get it on a trailer.