No - not too heavy for this 82 year old. The tire is average compact weight but the wheel is alum alloy, so lighter than a steel one.

 

Yes (as recommended by the Club team here)

 

Which ones did you buy?

 

My wife ordered from Amazon for me, here's a copy of the page. I bought two, really only need one though.

 

Thanks much.

 

I ordered the trim pieces last week and just received email that they shipped them today.
I ordered from Lexus Parts Outlet, they had the best price I could find at the time. Over & Out

 

With the new Trim Pieces installed I made a support shelf of 1/2" plywood and attached it to the trunk floor.
See photos, it leaves plenty of room for a Jack, breaker bar, air pump & repair kit.
Now I just have to paint it -

 

This is by far is the Best I have seen for DIY under the deck Spare Carrier. I had hoped to do something like this but wasn't sure if the Spare would fit under a flat platform and still allow for the floor to cover flat and level. I was afraid the spare would be too wide/thick for the decklid to lay flat.

 

"Sky King" to Penny

 

The Lexus deck cover fits in perfectly with the ModernSpare installed

 

Sorry , I quoted bolt. I did not get or need the alignment tool; I was just trying to be helpful.

YMMV,
MidCow3

 

FYI, two are really useful for anyone doing tire rotations (where you might have 2 wheels off the vehicle at one time) vs just being prepped for spare tire usage. I rotated my NX tires myself for the first time last week (dealer did it the first couple times) and it was the first time for me on a car with lug bolts using alignment pins. I was really happy with how easy the pins make it, much easier than the older lug nut style. On my old RX the wheels were so heavy and trying to get them to line up with all 5 studs was such an effort. Now on the NX its a lot easier just to lift the tire onto the one alignment pin and then much easier just line it up and shove it all the way up to the rotor.

I've changed my mind about lug bolts.


Now if only generative AI could spell "they're" correctly.

 

Here are my finished photos - Shelf painted, Spare socked down, deck cover on.

 

Pins are extra (mine were). I bought a good quality breaker and sockets. Do not depend on the one that comes with the Kit. Buy 2 pins...it eases the process when mounting/

 

Did you have a 12 volt batter in the back trunk under the cargo cover? Where is your 12 volt battery ?

YMMV,
MidCow3