Do you keep a spare tire in your car?

Mustang5L5 · Jun 19, 2019

Less for the race guys and more for that street cruisers.

My cobra 17" spare doesn't clear the front corvette PBRs, and I have towing through Haggerty. Any reason to keep it?

If I go to a show far away, I would take a full size 17" wheel with me anyway.

How many of you guys keep a spare tire in the car?

RangerJoe · Jun 19, 2019

Don't carry one at all anymore, but a plug kit and a portable 12v air compressor can get you by in most cases.

Joe

Mustang5L5 · Jun 19, 2019

Would agree, but I no longer have a 12v power port due to the cupholder console.

I also usually don't venture too far from home. Quick phone call can get a jack and wheel brought out to me

RaggedGT · Jun 19, 2019

I do, Crown Vic mini spare, HF breaker bar and thin wall socket- but I don’t have PBR calipers-or a Fox for that matter lol

2000xp8 · Jun 19, 2019

I do, I can't remember what car it is off of. For a short trip, I'd have to guess that you could keep a bolt in spacer in the hatch too.

Wayne Waldrep · Jun 19, 2019

I've been wondering about this myself. I haven't had one since I converted to 5 lug in the 90's. Now I'm more concerned with walking in the heat...lol. I have '04 Cobra front brakes and am wondering what spare I could use.

FastDriver · Jun 19, 2019

Mustang5L5 said:
Would agree, but I no longer have a 12v power port due to the cupholder console.

I also usually don't venture too far from home. Quick phone call can get a jack and wheel brought out to me

Could get one of the pumps that goes straight to battery. I could recommend the SuperFlow MV50, but looks like it's out of production. This is one I remember reading positive reviews of, too:
Amazon product ASIN B005ASY23IView: https://www.amazon.com/Viair-00088-88P-Portable-Compressor/dp/B005ASY23I/ref=pd_day0_hl_263_1/146-6758349-7093816?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B005ASY23I&pd_rd_r=956ddb3b-92f8-11e9-bf53-a11033396b02&pd_rd_w=FuUyZ&pd_rd_wg=CX01y&pf_rd_p=ad07871c-e646-4161-82c7-5ed0d4c85b07&pf_rd_r=QADCAK4VD9W90R7DPJFK&psc=1&refRID=QADCAK4VD9W90R7DPJFK

Mustang5L5 · Jun 19, 2019

Wayne Waldrep said:
I have '04 Cobra front brakes and am wondering what spare I could use.

94-04 17" Cobra spare. Clears the brakes and fits fine in the spare tire well.

It just doesn't clear the larger GM calipers I have, although trying it with a spacer is a good idea. Off to eBay to try and find a single 1" spacer

Another option is the 15+ 18" spare, but if have to buy one just to test fit it and see if it fits the spare tire well

RangerJoe · Jun 19, 2019

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Dual purpose.

General karthief · Jun 19, 2019

I have a spare in the exxon valdez, haven't looked at it in years, jack and a tire iron. I think. May be a good idea to look at it.

Shakerhood · Jun 19, 2019

Mustang5L5 said:
94-04 17" Cobra spare. Clears the brakes and fits fine in the spare tire well.

It just doesn't clear the larger GM calipers I have, although trying it with a spacer is a good idea. Off to eBay to try and find a single 1" spacer

Another option is the 15+ 18" spare, but if have to buy one just to test fit it and see if it fits the spare tire well

I definitely keep the 17" Cobra spare in my car as it clears the brakes. It should still work on your car too as if you have a flat in the rear it will bolt right up, and if you get a flat in the front you could just swap a rear tire to the front and then use the spare out back.

General karthief · Jun 20, 2019

Or just call a dump truck like mine, or a flat bed and get some guy with a beer belly wear'n a wife beater that will use a j hook on those new tubular control arms and then tears up your front bumper pulling it up on the deck.
Damn, I need to check my spare and jack!

Real time recon · Jun 20, 2019

Can of tire inflate/sealer.If that dont work I'm screwed

General karthief · Jun 20, 2019

Some manufacturers were not putting spare tires in there cars when new, thats what you got was a can of fix a flat!

a91what · Jun 20, 2019

no spare tire in my car.. AAA or phone a friend I guess. needed more room for the batteries.

Blandnuts · Jun 20, 2019

I'm 5-lug, but I still have that 4-lug spare in the car....

Gear grabber · Jun 20, 2019

I carry a spare. With 5/8'' studs in the back and stock studs up front,it took some head scratching to get
1 spare to fit on all 4 corners.

79 Fox · Jun 20, 2019

Nah. Dead weight. Sure, I'll get stranded on the side of the road, but, hey! 25 (ish) pounds gone!

General karthief · Jun 20, 2019

You would be better off losing the 25lbs up front and keeping the spare for ballast in back. JMO

79 Fox · Jun 20, 2019

But wouldn't it better to lose 25 pounds out back then none at all?

Do you keep a spare tire in your car?

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

RangerJoe

I leave the horn on while driving

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

RaggedGT

Been here over a DECADE and still no CT

2000xp8

Wayne Waldrep

Before I post a pic, do you have one of yours?

FastDriver

I was uncomfortably high & wearing a helmet

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

RangerJoe

I leave the horn on while driving

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Shakerhood

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