PP1 Spare Tire Fitment in Trunk

[onlyturbo]

Just a thought!
Maybe we do not need to worry about clearing the front calipers. If we get a flat at the front, can just move one of the rear wheels to the front, and use a cheaper spare at the rear? Would that work?

May need a second jack though...

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[frank s]

Just a thought!
Maybe we do not need to worry about clearing the front calipers. If we get a flat at the front, can just move one of the rear wheels to the front, and use a cheaper spare at the rear? Would that work?

May need a second jack though...

My experience is that jacking behind the front wheel, both wheels will come off the ground. In which case, the limiting factor is: Will a rear wheel work on the front?

 

[drive_55_not]

My experience is that jacking behind the front wheel, both wheels will come off the ground. In which case, the limiting factor is: Will a rear wheel work on the front?

No the PP1 rear wheel won't clear the BREMBO caliper.

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[EFI]

My experience is that jacking behind the front wheel, both wheels will come off the ground. In which case, the limiting factor is: Will a rear wheel work on the front?

The stock rear PP wheel will clear the front with a 5mm spacer, which is small enough to still allow for full engagement of the lug nuts.

So you may need to carry around a spacer also along with the spare wheel.

 

[Zooks527]

$400 for a spare tire!!! That's insane! There is nothing cheaper that clears the pp brembos?

There's supposedly some workarounds using Escape spares and the like, but (from memory) the AA one is the only one that is reasonably close to original tire diameter. Now, granted, Torsen says it doesn't matter on the GT, but a lot of people like to keep the rolling diameters close even if it's just while your on the spare (a long weekend road trip comes to mind).

Just a thought!
Maybe we do not need to worry about clearing the front calipers. If we get a flat at the front, can just move one of the rear wheels to the front, and use a cheaper spare at the rear? Would that work?

There's ways to get it to work, but it means you're changing two tires instead of one (in the rain, at night, on the driver's side of the car on the freeway, etc.).

 

[CoolRod]

The stock rear PP wheel will clear the front with a 5mm spacer, which is small enough to still allow for full engagement of the lug nuts.

So you may need to carry around a spacer also along with the spare wheel.

This is what I do. I bought a spare tire from a V6 and if I get a flat on the front, I'll put a rear tire on the front with the spacer and the spare on the rear. This is a cheaper, albeit more work, alternative.

 

[canyon ed]

I just posted a new 1 for $260

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