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 DylanTheDubber
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| posted on September 5th, 2010 at 10:12 AM |
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posted by waveman1500
I wouldn't think of going without a spare, mostly because bugs handle much better with some weight in the front! I wouldn't really want to have to
use my spare, since the tyre on it is at least 25 years old, but it holds air fine and has tread on it so presumably it could do the job.
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I have heard of people replacing the spare wheel with a bag of cement... years ago..lol
be very careful of old tyres...
someone gave Me a wheel with a michelin tyre with great tread
I put on the front... going down the highway at 100KMH
it blew out in a big way... and threw the car off the highway..
the wheel with tyre wouldn't fit into the spare wheel well as there was steel sticking out everywhere...
I threw it away...
I was surprised that there are many cars that don't come with a spare at all these days.. most are expensive..
no room to put a spare.. and a space saver would be just dangerous... many have run flat tyres..
Yes!! when we bourght our 1972 super lady bug painted bug there was 3 sand bags in the front along with the spare. we drove 10km south and
thorght what are these people on about lets dump these sand bags os we took em out and left em on the side of the road and imediatly a very
signifigent change and was alot less arero dynamic. i said DAD!! lets go back and get em haha.
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waveman1500
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| posted on September 5th, 2010 at 02:06 PM |
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I have always been told a fully pumped spare is part of the crash impact protection
Having had a small(ish) one in a Super I can believe it
The tyre took a fair amount of the impact
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Yeah, I had a pretty big crash in my 1500 and the spare tyre is definitely a structural/impact-absorbing part of the car. In my case the spare tyre
transferred the load from one side of the car to the other and pushed the whole spare tyre well area out of shape, I had to use a crowbar to lever the
spare out of there.
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| posted on September 5th, 2010 at 08:21 PM |
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What stud pattern is that space saver Joel??
4 x 130 ??
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Nope its a 4x100 pizza cutter from a new Suzuki swift
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| posted on September 6th, 2010 at 01:44 PM |
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I carry a spare, but it's useless.
The spare is 5x105.
The wheels on the ground are 5x130.
Have been carrying a can of goop for 14 years, luckily I have never had to try it out!
Like everyone, I carry the spare tyre to absorb some of the impact in frontal collision, and to provide some weight in the front end.
However, I have decided, it's time to get a useful spare - 5x130.
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