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Help with spare tire fitment ( 5 Bolt) |
sixaddict |
Mar 18 2017, 04:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 792 Joined: 22-January 09 From: Panama City Beach, FL Member No.: 9,961 Region Association: South East States |
I have a conversion (74) that is ready to go to new home. Trying to install the spare but have issue with fit.
Car has 16 X 6 Fuchs but tire is too large to lie correctly in the stock location in the front trunk. Has anyone had specific experience and if so what size tire will allow it to fit with board on top as it is suppose to be. ...or will 16 just not fit? Thanks |
Dave_Darling |
Mar 18 2017, 11:12 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,980 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
If all else fails, try a 165-width tire. Might be hard to find a 25" diameter for such a skinny tire on a 16, though. Tire Rack doesn't carry any of those. They do seem to list something in 185/60-16, which is close to a 25" overall diameter and is at least narrower than most tires you can find on 16s.
Have you tried measuring the space available in the spare tire well? That would at least give you an idea of what kind of size you need to look for. --DD |
Mark Henry |
Mar 18 2017, 12:33 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
If all else fails, try a 165-width tire. Might be hard to find a 25" diameter for such a skinny tire on a 16, though. Tire Rack doesn't carry any of those. They do seem to list something in 185/60-16, which is close to a 25" overall diameter and is at least narrower than most tires you can find on 16s. Have you tried measuring the space available in the spare tire well? That would at least give you an idea of what kind of size you need to look for. --DD You could go to a scrapyard and see if they have a 16" temporary spare. PITA to get on a 6" rim but do-able Tirerack sells a T125/80D16 for $68. that would be just under 24" https://tires.tirerack.com/tires/Temporary%20Spare |
burton73 |
Mar 18 2017, 10:51 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,484 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California |
You could go to a scrapyard and see if they have a 16" temporary spare.
PITA to get on a 6" rim but do-able Tirerack sells a T125/80D16 for $68. that would be just under 24" The thing is a Steel wheel on a inflate a spare weighs a shit load I went with a 6 inch 15 Inch Fuchs wheel and inflate spare that I got from Bruce Stone. Inflate a tire pump from Porsche. Same set up I saw on Blue/Cork 916 that was in San Francisco before it went to Germany. Bob |
burton73 |
Mar 19 2017, 10:01 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,484 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California |
You could go to a scrapyard and see if they have a 16" temporary spare. PITA to get on a 6" rim but do-able Tirerack sells a T125/80D16 for $68. that would be just under 24" The thing is a Steel wheel on a inflate a spare weighs a shit load I went with a 6 inch 15 Inch Fuchs wheel and inflate spare that I got from Bruce Stone. Inflate a tire pump from Porsche. Same set up I saw on Blue/Cork 916 that was in San Francisco before it went to Germany. Bob I was at my shop today and took a picture of my spare to go in my 914-V8 car, I have the same set up for my 914-6 because I have an oil cooler in the front like a 916, Not clean but I thought I would show you for an option on this thought. This is around 20 inches tall. Bob |
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