Rav4 spare wheel

[Iain437]

Hi a newbie to the forum so hi, I have a 2007 rav4 2.2D , when I bought the car around 6mths ago it didn't have a spare wheel so I bought one complete with tyre from eBay. Now apart from it taking up half the boot, where else am I meant to put it as my car has no tail gate clamps ? Cheers in advance , Iain 

[philip42h]

9 hours ago, Iain437 said:

a 2007 rav4 2.2D

You have what we know as a 4.3. At launch the 4.3 carried a full-size spare wheel on the rear door. Later in the run they switched to using run-flats (the Bridgestone Support Ring (BSR) system) and dispensed with the spare wheel altogether. I don't believe there were any other options, nor ever anywhere sensible to store a spare within the car.

I'm a little surprised that your car doesn't have the carrier on the rear door - but I can't be certain of the cut-over dates or grades. But your only real options if you want to carry a full-size spare would be to reinstate the carrier or carry it in the boot as you are ...