OK all you Countryman ALL4 with conventional tires and 18" wheels, what do you do for a spare? Is there one that is compatible with 18" wheels? Sources?
The search I did only uncovered a supplier that only goes up to 17"

 

The spare doesnt have to be the same rim size so long as the outer diameter is similar.

It wouldnt be the wheels dictating that a spare wont fit...it would be brakes....the 17" spare doesnt typically fit the JCW brakes. Is that what you have?

 

I ended up buying one of those compact spares from MiniMania. I don't have JCW brakes but they reassured me that the wheel would fit although I heard somewhere else that if a front tire goes flat that i would have to take a back wheel and put it on the front and then the new spare on the back.

 

You should never put the spare on the front anyway, so that's not really a limitation.

 

I woudl always follow that advice on a front wheel drive car and probably on my ALL4 too.

 

I think the "not fitting on the front" one was that inflatable Mercedes spare a lot of guys carry as an option since it fits in the cargo floor recess.

 

I guess that I will just have to do a trial install, if the darn weather would just improve a little, just to make sure.