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What kind of spare tire is in he trunk of a 2014 gs 350 rwd luxury?

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Old 01-16-14, 03:20 PM
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Default What kind of spare tire is in he trunk of a 2014 gs 350 rwd luxury?

Does anyone know? Is it a full size tire and wheel or is it one of those temporary donut ones? Pre inflated donut or deflated?
Old 01-16-14, 03:23 PM
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its a yellow donut
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Originally Posted by SNiiP3R
its a yellow donut
Oh man! I was hoping it was a creme filled donut with rainbow sprinkles on top.

Hahaha but on a serious note... does anybody know. I dont want to go back to my lexus dealer or call lexus just for one simple question. Considering I have visited the dealer 4 times and called them 3 times for other questions and test drives.
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do car manufacturers provide a deflated donut?? (what's the point of providing it deflated?)
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As far as I've heard,donuts and regular size spare are filled to the correct pressure with nitrogen.
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Originally Posted by AL13NV8D3R
Oh man! I was hoping it was a creme filled donut with rainbow sprinkles on top.

Hahaha but on a serious note... does anybody know.
In all serious he answered your question. Its a yellow donut spare. A donut being a temporary spare...this one happens to be yellow.
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Originally Posted by SW13GS
In all serious he answered your question. Its a yellow donut spare. A donut being a temporary spare...this one happens to be yellow.
Ohh really wow i have never seen a spare that is yellow. Ive seen many that were all black. If I got a flat on my gs I would get it fix ASAP because a yellow donut on a nice luxury car is not very attractive.
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Originally Posted by jj14
do car manufacturers provide a deflated donut?? (what's the point of providing it deflated?)
My brother owns an Acura NSX and his came with a deflated spare tire. The reason is because there is hardly any space available on that cars front trunk. Ohh it also has an electric tire pump included with the NSX.
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Originally Posted by AL13NV8D3R
Ohh really wow i have never seen a spare that is yellow. Ive seen many that were all black. If I got a flat on my gs I would get it fix ASAP because a yellow donut on a nice luxury car is not very attractive.
Its a spare tire...not gonna win any style awards...

Anyways...I don't think I've put a spare tire on a car in 15 years...so I'm not real worried about it.
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Originally Posted by SW13GS
In all serious he answered your question. Its a yellow donut spare. A donut being a temporary spare...this one happens to be yellow.
Just bought my 2014 GS350 RWD Luxury package and opened the trunk to access my spare tire and my donut spare is black? How come some of you guys have yellow ones while mine is black? Maby Fsports have yellow ones and Luxury has black?
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Mine is black also.
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I thought the spare tire was black not fuggly yellow like the 3GS.
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For everyone's viewing pleasure, the ugliest spare tire ever.... This one's on a 3GS but I think it was also used on the IS. Thankfully I never had to use it on our 3GS.


https://www.clublexus.com/forums/5530125-post3.html
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Yep, that is an ugly yellow wheel. For those who haven't seen it, the spare on a porsche is pretty slick. It's the same red as the calipers of an S.
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Originally Posted by AL13NV8D3R
Just bought my 2014 GS350 RWD Luxury package and opened the trunk to access my spare tire and my donut spare is black? How come some of you guys have yellow ones while mine is black? Maby Fsports have yellow ones and Luxury has black?
That's too bad that you 2014 guys got screwed with a donut... Here's a shot with the 2013 fsport rim in action. Got a flat 2 weeks after owning mine!
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