Had seen a few spares & jack kits on e-bay BEFORE my car arrived in mid May but had been checking it off & on ever since and there has been nothing. Had my dealer check what he could do and all the items are purchased separately (including tire & rim) and it was going to cost over $350.
I then decided to check a few local salvage yards and came up with NOTHING, so I started searching online for other salvage yards in N-E Wisconsin. At one point a link to e-bay popped up, and even though I just checked the day before I clicked the link and a Mustang GT 17" 05-09 mini spare was included in the list !! Never mounted or on the ground ... $75 BIN + $30 shipping; bought it then started searching for a jack kit. Within minutes I found a complete jack kit too ... $50 BIN + $11 shipping. As said, I'd been checking e-bay for 2.5 months with no luck then wham my search was over !!
Listing said the wheel was aluminum, but it sure looked/looks like stamped steel. Well, it really IS ALUMINUM and it is pretty light ... about 8 lbs. lighter than the T145/90D-16" Temp Spare I've got from my '03 Dodge Grand Caravan (now has a full size) that I'd "hoped" would fit over the front brakes ... no such luck. Tire is date coded "5007" (50th week of 2007), so it must be from 2007 GT.
E-bay listing for the Jack Kit did not show the instruction sheet, but I got a surprise as it came with it. Only two items that were not included were the wing nut and the floor support cap, but these are part of the inflator kit hardware. The spare hold down bolt & plate are the same too, so technically you don't need these either.
Weight comparison ...
5.46 lbs. for Air Pump, Styrofoam block, and Mtg. hardware.
vs.
5.30 lbs. for Jack, Wrench, and all mtg. hardware
plus
28.66 lbs. for '07 GT 17" Temp Spare w/ 60 PSI air
= 28.5 lb. is all the weight Ford is saving by forcing us to have this silly "Inflator Kit" instead of a spare !!
Going to take one hell of an MPG hit with that weight addition ... NOT ... definitely thought it was going to be more !!
Sounds lame, but I'd say this is my most functional mod I've done to date.
Doug
I then decided to check a few local salvage yards and came up with NOTHING, so I started searching online for other salvage yards in N-E Wisconsin. At one point a link to e-bay popped up, and even though I just checked the day before I clicked the link and a Mustang GT 17" 05-09 mini spare was included in the list !! Never mounted or on the ground ... $75 BIN + $30 shipping; bought it then started searching for a jack kit. Within minutes I found a complete jack kit too ... $50 BIN + $11 shipping. As said, I'd been checking e-bay for 2.5 months with no luck then wham my search was over !!
Listing said the wheel was aluminum, but it sure looked/looks like stamped steel. Well, it really IS ALUMINUM and it is pretty light ... about 8 lbs. lighter than the T145/90D-16" Temp Spare I've got from my '03 Dodge Grand Caravan (now has a full size) that I'd "hoped" would fit over the front brakes ... no such luck. Tire is date coded "5007" (50th week of 2007), so it must be from 2007 GT.
E-bay listing for the Jack Kit did not show the instruction sheet, but I got a surprise as it came with it. Only two items that were not included were the wing nut and the floor support cap, but these are part of the inflator kit hardware. The spare hold down bolt & plate are the same too, so technically you don't need these either.
Weight comparison ...
5.46 lbs. for Air Pump, Styrofoam block, and Mtg. hardware.
vs.
5.30 lbs. for Jack, Wrench, and all mtg. hardware
plus
28.66 lbs. for '07 GT 17" Temp Spare w/ 60 PSI air
= 28.5 lb. is all the weight Ford is saving by forcing us to have this silly "Inflator Kit" instead of a spare !!
Going to take one hell of an MPG hit with that weight addition ... NOT ... definitely thought it was going to be more !!
Sounds lame, but I'd say this is my most functional mod I've done to date.
Doug