i realized that there might be no point in carrying my spare around with me, since im no longer on stock wheels/tires. i have a pretty similar set up(exterior diameter wise) of 17x9 with 255/40/17 which should be nearly identical to the sti, and close to the wrx, is there a bigger sti spare i can get somewhere, or is the wrx spare fine, or is no spare going to work and ill need to leave the car on the side of the road and hustle over to the tire place with the wheel?

most of the people on here are running aftermarket wheels, what do you guys do?

 

I'm interested in this too. I guess it also depends on your tire side wall height. The overall diameter of the tire might be relatively close if you have a larger rim with a smaller tire wall height.

 

It depends on your tire hight. If its smaller or biger than your 3 good tires it can mess up your 4wd

 

It depends on your tire hight. If its smaller or biger than your 3 good tires it can mess up your 4wd. What you can do is. Get a spare the same sice as your tires

 

now who knows something useful like the exterior diameter of the spare, or what kind of tolerance there is for a size difference

for anyone that hasn't checked this out....
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

 

i just ran without a spare and just towed if needed, luckily i never needed a tow

 

i took my spare out the first day. hopefully my 2 year old fix a flat is still good...

anyone ever use fix a flat?

 

i am stock tires and wheels and my spare is original and my spare diameter is smaller than my stock wheels. wtf is up with that?

my suggestion would be just carry around a full size spare if you can.

 

Same here, looks like the donut wont reach the ground, and transfer everything to the other side. Owner's manual says to use that though (assuming stock wheels) as a temporary fix until you can get yourself another tire/fix.

 

im thinking about just ditching it,
im on geico and it has roadside assistance
but i gotta do the whole flat bed thing, so thats just gonna make things harder
anyone else on geico with roadside assistance?

 

never tow a 4X4 car~~~~~~~

 

yeah, don't use that stuff. it dries up inside of your tire and throws off the balance.

it's good for emergency if you really need it.

i've always just used a tire repair kit, and my small portable air compressor
http://www.dadysavings.com/TireRepairKit.html

 

except on a flat bed

 

do you mean while 2 wheels are in the air and the other 2 on the ground?

 

come on guys