5th wheel spare question
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5th wheel spare question
When you guys get new wheels for your car in a different size from what you have, do you get a 5th wheel for the spare or just hope you don't get a flat tire?
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Even though people get larger diameter wheels, the sidewall will be thinner than the factory ones and the overall diameter of the wheels/tires should be the same or close. You could use the spare with no problem.
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The KEY thing is to have the proper lugnuts for your OEM spare when you do get a flat. I am assuming you are going with aftermarket wheels . I wouldn't worry too much if the OAD is slightly different. My OEM spare has never been used on my '03... the tire manufacture date is 2002
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The KEY thing is to have the proper lugnuts for your OEM spare when you do get a flat. I am assuming you are going with aftermarket wheels . I wouldn't worry too much if the OAD is slightly different. My OEM spare has never been used on my '03... the tire manufacture date is 2002
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Cool, thanks, didn't want to buy a 5th wheel and another tire to boot.
Hell, I guess people drive on donuts so didn't think it would have mattered much anyway.
Its my kids car, and we all have AAA.
I will make sure to keep the lugs for the spare 17" wheel but I think they are the same since its a Lexus wheel copy of the OEM 18" wheel and only a bit larger.
Hell, I guess people drive on donuts so didn't think it would have mattered much anyway.
Its my kids car, and we all have AAA.
I will make sure to keep the lugs for the spare 17" wheel but I think they are the same since its a Lexus wheel copy of the OEM 18" wheel and only a bit larger.
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also need to make sure you custom trunk sub box isn't made from the inside out and that you can't get it out if you get a flat. learned this one dark night around 2am in PA as well
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Anyway I was shocked at how much heaver a current wheel/tire is on a modern car than those 1960's era 13-14 inch wheels (I was also a little younger and stronger). The last one occurred in the heat of last summer here in DFW, thought I was gonna have a heart attack getting the spare back on the hub and bolted down in the July afternoon 99 degree heat.
If you are not in fairly decent shape and you have a flat its likely better to call a tow truck.
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The KEY thing is to have the proper lugnuts for your OEM spare when you do get a flat. I am assuming you are going with aftermarket wheels . I wouldn't worry too much if the OAD is slightly different. My OEM spare has never been used on my '03... the tire manufacture date is 2002
I have both sets at all times for this reason. Winters are OEM rims, so bigger lugs [in a box in the trunk] and summer's require thinwall 'tuner lugs' [FTL], had a blowout a couple years back running over some debris falling from a dump truck
Ran on the spare for a week or so.
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I had my front right 18" wheel busted about 4 months ago, put on a stock 17" spare that was in the trunk and drove for two weeks with no issues at all.
IMHO to have a stock spare while having different wheels on car just makes you repair a flat faster since the looks are weird.
IMHO to have a stock spare while having different wheels on car just makes you repair a flat faster since the looks are weird.
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