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Old 10-02-2019, 11:05 AM   #10
flybouy
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Originally Posted by JRTJH View Post
Most manufacturers have made rotating the spare to the ground "nearly impossible".... With the advent of the "mini-spare" it's not an option on most cars or SUV's, and with the advent of aluminum or specialty chrome wheels and a "black steel wheel for the spare" it's not an option on most trucks.... My F250 Lariat has "raised white letter Michilens" on cast aluminum wheels (or did) and a blackwall spare on a black steel wheel. Then, even with "changing out the spare to a road wheel", on many trucks with 20" wheels, the spare is still an 18" wheel/tire assembly, making rotating the spare to the ground even more difficult.
Both trucks in the driveway here are that way. I remember some posts popping up a while back about trailer spares (which are typically steel wheels) that the lug nuts from the aluminum wheels would not work on. I'm ashamed to say I don't know if that's the case with my trucks.
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