Upgrade from 15" to 17".. Spare tyre how?

[Chucky2007]

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Throw away your spare tyre and get the tyre repair kit lah.

 

http://www.activeproduct.biz/airman.htm

 

hi can advise where to buy this from and roughly how much?

[Green_carnation]

i think short distance will be ok.. but hv to get it changed or ment soon..

[Spikedoll]

anyone remove their spare tyre? am on 15" and my spare is 14" or smaller it's useless.Thought of removing it to lessen load.

[Try_conti]

no such thing as useless.

 

you may have upgraded your rims and change your tires but the overall diameter and rolling circumference is supposed to be the same. your spare should have the same pcd as your current wheels.

 

so if you encounter puncture, still can use.

[Hiphiphoray]

I say dump the spare tyre. Im on 17" with the spare 15" sitting nicely at my house.

 

And i go in/out of Jbee like 10 times a month.

 

One of the tyre is mended with the worm after a puntured too.

[Jl1500k]

Actually Stock one (15") give you the best FC. If change to 17" FC is somemore now petrol is keep going up. Maybe 16" still not that bad.

[Ikeehc]

i removed mine when i changed my rims from 16" to 18". The new diameter of my wheels are way off the original so no point keeping the spare tyre

 

Signed up a package with the AD which has free towing service though

[Spikedoll]

one of my tyre punctured b4..tried to use the spare tyre but cannot leh.End up hv to use others' spare tyre to "tong" till tyre shop.

[Spikedoll]

My stock spare tyre looks like scooter size tyre

your FC must be dropping alot on 18"

[Friendstar]

2litre n below car on 18 inch sure jialat

[Friendstar]

i cannot imagine 18 inch glossy black rims

[Friendstar]

use the 15inch spare for your kids to play rolling lah

 

see who fastest

[Friendstar]

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anyone remove their spare tyre? am on 15" and my spare is 14" or smaller it's useless.Thought of removing it to lessen load.

 

don't remove

 

for safety... rear collision, really helps

 

14 vs 15 not much difference... unless u upgraded from 14 to 18... then i suggest throw the 14 away. I've seen honda jazz on 18 before.

 

and lastly, who knows ur spare tyre might prove useful to help ur relatives/passer bys/colleagues etc.

[Try_conti]

if it comes with the car, it should be able to fit. Some spare tires are limited use spare tires. They are temporary tires that should not be driven over 80km/h. They are normally thinner than your normal tires, which makes it look like motorcycle tires but good enough for you to crawl your way to a repair shop.

 

your spare tire should have the same PCD as your current tires although you may have changed to a larger sized wheel.

[Try_conti]

if the overall diameter and rolling circumference is way off, you've got the wrong sized tire to fit the rims.

 

Else you'll need to recalibrate your speedometer to obtain the correct speed readings ....

[Seetoh]

Hi.. Any bros know what the price like from 15" to 17"?

 

Thanks... thinking to change to 17".. but still considering cos FC poor due to large rims.

[Spikedoll]

thanks friendstar & try_conti for the info.Guess keeping it is better than removing it.

[Ikeehc]

who cares about oversized tyres when you are driving a truck

 

well, with regards to the speedometer, i took note of the increase % in diameter and how that affects my speedometer reading. Always go 10% slower when approaching a speed camera.