![]() I am surprised how many pass this option. Smart to get spare, gives you much more flexibility. Some kind person posted a pic of the ss/spare was not lined. His tip to me help b/dust flake off is to wax the wheels but not the nuts. My tire guy begins with a/gun then completes with t/wrench. I would have got the spare but n/a in Canada, maybe I go to Buffalo but the hardware also needs to be ordered. However, the pump kit will be useless if the deflated tire does not have full contact with the rim. So we are contemplating if a pump/repair kit would serve us better. For me loosing the lugs with a hand tool was a battle to itself and took some time. The wife will not be able to handle changing the spare and I have done it with our E53 and it was a full sized spare. but for a peace of mind, having a spare is the right choice. For this reason, I did not want a spare in the car so someone else could monkey with it. The deflated tire rim also have markings from the mechanic placing the rim face down on the ground. Apparently the motor club mechanic overtightened the wheel and had stripped it. Anyhow, when she drove to a tire center, the shop broke a lug. If we did not have the spare, the motor club would have to tow. In the same E53, the wife used the motor club for tire changing assistance, instead of towing. I can also attest how the tire shop and motor club assistance can cause more headaches than its worth. With the space saver spare, the interior linings for the wheel well is eliminated right? The spare is not an expensive option and it will offer a peace of mind, we will include it in our build. It's not much and you can always take it out if you want the space. I agree with the advice to just get the spare. If you end up having to put the donut on, you're limited to a pretty slow speed and total distance, regardless of whether you started out with 19" or 20". the 20" staggered setup, I don't think it makes any difference. If you're paying for it, that's what it's for. That all being said, unless my wife was more mechanically enclined than the average woman, I would just tell her to make the call to the auto club. Never-seize can also be helpful and should be used on the bolts and the backside of the wheel where it fits on the hub. If they are torqued properly, any able bodied person should be able to loosen them with a typical hand tool without any problem at all. I always check the torque after I come home from having anything done where they took the wheels off and put them back on. I'm not sure if it's the same on these SUV's, but my last couple of cars have been 88 ft/lbs. They almost always use an air gun and way overtighten. It's nearly impossible to expect any tire shop or mechanic anywhere to tighten wheel nuts to suggested torque. Does anyone have experience in this situation?įor us, our current thinking is to buy a pump/repair kit that the wife can handle and if the tire problem is bigger, than the motor club towing will be called. In this case, I am concern the donut tire being too small to be used in the back replacing the 11” wide rim for obvious safety reasons. We are also considering the 20” staggered setup. ![]() This raises another consideration in the practicality and the actual use of spare tire. Looking at pics on this forum, it appeared the space saver spare is not a full sized tire. I'm also considering the spare tire option as I may change to non RFT down the road if not immediately after the delivery.
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