Changing wheels, tires and spare?

[JoelH]

I'm curious what people have done when changing their wheels? What did you do when going from 14" stock wheels to 15" wheels? I'd like to save a buck or two if I can so I'm looking at options.

Right now I see my only option is getting five 15" tires and wheels and storing the 14" wheels including spare and replacing the spare with a 15" also. Can you easily get a 15" "generic" as in "cheap" wheel for the new 15" spare so you don't have to sink lots of money into a nice looking wheel that you don't see?

What did you do?

[sblake01]

Why would you need to change the spare?

[JoelH]

Why would you need to change the spare?

If you put the spare on would it cause a problem as a mismatch? I've driven on the doughnut spares but I always assumed they were the same diameter.

If I can use the 14" then I'll be glad to hear that!

[sblake01]

I have 2256014s on my car. My spare, which is the original, collapsable temporary that comes with the later S30s. Sure it's a mismatch. But I would only use it long enough the get the flat fixed. (If I ever have one....knock on wood!)

[Arne]

As long as the overall diameter of the new tires is similar to the stockers, your stock spare will work fine, regardless of the wheel size. It will probably be a lot closer than the doughnuts that modern cars come with these days.

[JoelH]

Thanks guys!