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-   -   Will u remove the spare tire? (https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6131)

ichitaka05 05-12-2012 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by bestwheelbase (Post 209630)
Remove it? Not me! I love this placement! My question is -- do USDM cars come equipped as seen below??

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...1&d=1336818804

Nope, I think that's a Nur ver

bestwheelbase 05-12-2012 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ichitaka05 (Post 209645)
Nope, I think that's a Nur ver

Yes that photo shows a Nur ver (haha it rhymes). I really really like that setup. As people take delivery we need to build a post that shows these differences (and whether they are based on Geographic market or option package).

Staticfrost 05-12-2012 09:41 PM

anyone able to get a pic of this in their car?

Calum 05-12-2012 09:48 PM

I don't get why everyone wants to keep the spare (I've seen threads like this on other boards to, not just here). The rigorous testing done on tires in order to get DOT approval is ridiculous. For the amount of effort it would take to get flat, you have just as much chance of putting a hole in the rad or the oil pan. If you work at a construction site and there's nails lying around or something similar sure keep it. For the rest of us, I'm surprised the spare tire hasn't become optional like an ashtray has.

speedrye 05-12-2012 09:50 PM

I took a look at the spare at one of the First Drive events and it was a skinny spare on a steel wheel. It looked to be full diameter, but that was it. I'd guess total weight at 30-35lbs, but this is purely a guess. I know Pekingduck had some pictures of the spare in his thread.

86'd 05-12-2012 10:09 PM

I'll take it out. I'll use AAA if anything goes down.

Alias 05-13-2012 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by speedrye (Post 209663)
I took a look at the spare at one of the First Drive events and it was a skinny spare on a steel wheel. It looked to be full diameter, but that was it. I'd guess total weight at 30-35lbs, but this is purely a guess. I know Pekingduck had some pictures of the spare in his thread.


Skinny spare is exactly what I saw while scoping out one of the first 86ers car's before he got to pick it up. I definitely wouldn't consider it full size.

DeeezNuuuts83 05-13-2012 12:42 AM

Leave the spare tire in. Sure, you'll drop some weight, but you'd be taking out some weight from the REAR of the car when it's already slightly front-heavy (though not by much) and also RWD. If you want to strip the car of some weight, the last thing you want to do is to do so in a manner that makes the weight distribution more front-biased, assuming that you are doing so to make your car quicker when the steering wheel is being turned when driving. Honestly it's not as if taking out the spare tire will suddenly remove traction from the rear, but there isn't much benefit just by doing that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calum (Post 209662)
I don't get why everyone wants to keep the spare (I've seen threads like this on other boards to, not just here). The rigorous testing done on tires in order to get DOT approval is ridiculous. For the amount of effort it would take to get flat, you have just as much chance of putting a hole in the rad or the oil pan. If you work at a construction site and there's nails lying around or something similar sure keep it. For the rest of us, I'm surprised the spare tire hasn't become optional like an ashtray has.

That doesn't really matter, as regardless of whatever testing or approvals a tire manufacturer has to go through, the tire is not indestructible. You don't need to be driving through a construction site to pick up a nail.

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Originally Posted by 86'd (Post 209679)
I'll take it out. I'll use AAA if anything goes down.

Cool, but sometimes, you may be in a hurry and not necessarily have the time to wait for AAA. I've used them before (not for flat tire changes though), and sometimes they show up in 10 minutes, sometimes in more than an hour.

86'd 05-13-2012 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DeeezNuuuts83 (Post 209804)


Cool, but sometimes, you may be in a hurry and not necessarily have the time to wait for AAA. I've used them before (not for flat tire changes though), and sometimes they show up in 10 minutes, sometimes in more than an hour.


I'm never in a hurry. :bellyroll:

My wife and I have used AAA a handful of times in the past couple of years and it's always been about 30min and never for a flat tire.

Like someone else said, if I'm going on longer trips I'll take it; but to work and back I'd just leave it out.

I've driven without a spare for years, and I do carry a can of Fix-A-Flat. A blowout, and well, I'll have to get towed.

Lastly, it's about weight as much as it's about a bit more space to carry some things.

I'm planning on getting a lighter battery and removing a lot of the airbox and sound tube with a CAI, whenever they come out, to hopefully balance things out. That's if I can even tell the difference.

bestwheelbase 05-13-2012 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by 86'd (Post 209843)
I'm planning on getting a lighter battery and removing a lot of the airbox and sound tube with a CAI, whenever they come out, to hopefully balance things out. That's if I can even tell the difference.

For future reference, perhaps you could weigh the stuff you remove and start a database here on FT86Club.

Enemies 05-13-2012 01:28 AM

Yeah, I was kinda hoping people would weigh the stuff they remove just to see.

civicdrivr 05-13-2012 01:30 AM

Ill be doing my best to document the weight of the items I remove/install in my build thread.

Getagrip 05-13-2012 03:24 AM

Will only remove for autox events.

Fly Guy 05-13-2012 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 86'd (Post 209843)
I'm never in a hurry. :bellyroll:

My wife and I have used AAA a handful of times in the past couple of years and it's always been about 30min and never for a flat tire.

Like someone else said, if I'm going on longer trips I'll take it; but to work and back I'd just leave it out.

I've driven without a spare for years, and I do carry a can of Fix-A-Flat. A blowout, and well, I'll have to get towed.

Lastly, it's about weight as much as it's about a bit more space to carry some things.

I'm planning on getting a lighter battery and removing a lot of the airbox and sound tube with a CAI, whenever they come out, to hopefully balance things out. That's if I can even tell the difference.

I've read on Tire Rack that the Fix-A-Flat stuff can damage the tire pressure sensor. Has anyone heard differently?


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