My Datsun 280Z "Rustoration"

[HaZmatt]

Help me I'm missing something!

 

Does anyone have a spare wheel they need to get rid of? I'm willing to pay for your troubles...Mine never came with one and I can't seem to find any around.

[siteunseen]

I'm thinking the mid 90s Sentra has the same lug nut pattern if you can't get an OE 280 spare.

@Captain Obvious  Knows for his '77. Can't remember what year you have though. Looks like a full size after a second look. You could try googling that. I've read a lot of substitutes over the years.

[psdenno]

1 hour ago, HaZmatt said:

 

Does anyone have a spare wheel they need to get rid of? I'm willing to pay for your troubles...Mine never came with one and I can't seem to find any around.

If you end up going with a later Nissan mini-spare, please let me know year & model as I'd like to get one instead of a full sized spare.  I've read a lot of vague references, in various threads,  to what fits.

Dennis

Edited August 15, 2017 by psdenno

[HaZmatt]

1 hour ago, siteunseen said:

I'm thinking the mid 90s Sentra has the same lug nut pattern if you can't get an OE 280 spare.

@Captain Obvious  Knows for his '77. Can't remember what year you have though. Looks like a full size after a second look. You could try googling that. I've read a lot of substitutes over the years.

I'm pretty sure the 77 is different. They went with the raised hatch floor that year. I think the 240 up to 75-76 280 were the same spare. I'm googling now trying to find some options

[EuroDat]

They changed the fuel tank at the same time they introduced the space saver spare in july 1976. The raised deck was done in the 1978 model from august 77 I think.

Yours is a 75 so normal spare should fit the well. Whether a normal spare will fit and clear your brakes would be my concern.

Edited August 15, 2017 by EuroDat

[Jaymanbikes]

I'm pretty sure the 77 is different. They went with the raised hatch floor that year. I think the 240 up to 75-76 280 were the same spare. I'm googling now trying to find some options

I have a 77 and it has the raised floor and mini spare.


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[Mike W]

I have a big brake kit on my car (the Arizona Z kit) and as a result the standard 14 inch spare tire rim would not fit over them.  I carried around a portable inflator for a while but never really liked that solution.  I ended up getting a mini spare from a 2010 Nissan Sentra that worked perfectly.  It's the right bolt pattern and fits over the big brakes. It's 125-70-16 and fits perfectly in the spare tire hole.  Easy to find them on eBay.  I think I paid about $50 shipped. 

Hope that helps.

Mike.

[siteunseen]

10 hours ago, HaZmatt said:

I'm pretty sure the 77 is different. They went with the raised hatch floor that year. I think the 240 up to 75-76 280 were the same spare. I'm googling now trying to find some options

For some reason my phone doesn't show the signature lines at the bottom, you have a '75 I see now from my laptop.  I have a '77 too and that's why I remember Captain O's threads so well.

Good luck in your search.  I'm sure you'll find something, as Mike said above.  His is a 260.

[Captain Obvious]

They changed a whole bunch of sheet metal all over the car in 77, including that rear area. And because of that, the 77/78 situation is more complicated. For your 75, you've got all sorts of options.

"Help me I'm missing something!"

Rust? You're missing rust, right? 

 

[HaZmatt]

12 hours ago, Mike W said:

I have a big brake kit on my car (the Arizona Z kit) and as a result the standard 14 inch spare tire rim would not fit over them.  I carried around a portable inflator for a while but never really liked that solution.  I ended up getting a mini spare from a 2010 Nissan Sentra that worked perfectly.  It's the right bolt pattern and fits over the big brakes. It's 125-70-16 and fits perfectly in the spare tire hole.  Easy to find them on eBay.  I think I paid about $50 shipped. 

Hope that helps.

Mike.

Cool thanks! I think I will try this

 

[HaZmatt]

11 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

They changed a whole bunch of sheet metal all over the car in 77, including that rear area. And because of that, the 77/78 situation is more complicated. For your 75, you've got all sorts of options.

"Help me I'm missing something!"

Rust? You're missing rust, right? 

 

[sweatybetty]

1 hour ago, HaZmatt said:

Cool thanks! I think I will try this

 

+1! i dont care what it is off of, i just want something that will fit the car, and the storage spot