Idk if it's just me but I can not get the spare tire to fit over the brembos Has anyone else had this problem? and do the spare tires even fit?

 

You have to swap a back wheel up to the front and put the spare on the back.

 

You should never put a donut on the front even if it does fit..

 

thats also what i heard

 

Thank you guys for your help

 

get full size spair thats what i did

 

that sucks if that is true

 

you dont have brembos do you?

 

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I would inquire about it at the dealer.
Might of been a oversite in the car design and should be corrected.I would make them aware off the issue.
Theres noway that if I got a flat on the highway that I would want to take one tire off and move it to the front and put the spare on the back.

 

its not a oversight, its how they designed it

 

you can never put a smaller tire in the front of a fwd car same thing gos for a rwd you cant put a smaller tire in the back

 

thats like putting 2 big tires on the front of a 4wd and small ones on the back and useing 4wd throws the gearing way off and binds shizzit

 

just jumping in here real quick.... a spare tire is meant for basically temporary emergency use. Why would the dealership only allow the spare to fit on the rear? Thats complete bs. Do they expect you to change two tires in freezing temperature emergencies? i would contact the dealer immediately and complain. its a design flaw imo... it shouldnt matter fwd or rwd or awd... a spare is temp emergency and should be made for any axel

 

Yeah. This was discussed a while back.

 

its designed like that for a reason. first off, go out to your car, let 10psi out of the left side tire and go for a drive, the car is gonna pull hard. your tire likley went down about 1/2", now try throwing a tire on thats 2 or more inches shorter in height, the car is going to be dangerous to drive because it will pull so hard. also running one small tire puts extra strain on the side gears in the differential, or in the case of a limited slip, puts extreme stress on the diff as its trying to give 50/50 torque split but cant.

just dont do it, always put a space saver on that back of a fwd. it will even tell you to do this in your owners manual.

 

... yes but most of the time its not a life or death emergency to hurry up and change a tire, it only takes a couple extra seconds to take off a tire, roll it up and put it up front.

if you are in freezing temperatures and you are rolling with a spare up front I think you might be in a more dangerous situation than before if it is snowing or ice on the road or what not.

 

QFT.

They purposely designed the spare so that it will not fit the front. This prevents people who do not read the manual or care to follow the directions from putting the spare on the front. They make it impossible so that people do not fry their limited slip differential.

 

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funny story about that but ill save it for another time..just say after so long tires are no good and when it rains your car gets to meet a guard rail (never let my brother live it down)

ive also seen semi trucks go through tires in a matter of weeks because some idiot put 2 5/32nds tires on the left side of a rear axle and the right sides were at 19/32nds....idiot... the driver was pretty poed

all in all its not good for your tires and wallet!