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Originally Posted by IGOTTASRT8
My tire went flat in my driveway but I didnt realise it until I got on the street. The tire lost it's "seal" or "bead" or whatever it's called and seperated from the rim, causing me to turn the car around and drive up my driveway on the rim.
I'm looking at the wheel thinking it's toast, but it turns out to be allright (just not very pretty).
The pain in the a$$ was not having a spare. I had to have the car towed back to my dealership to have a new tire put on.
Is there a 20 inch donut available that will clear our brakes?
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Bummer Man. I bought a full set of extra wheels for winter driving and can use one as a spare - but put it where? The area where the spare should go could be modified by moving the battery to give enough width to take the 29" F1s, but the depth is way to short. the trunk bottom would have to be modified to allow the top of the tire to wedge upwards reducing the useable space considerably. One might as well lay the wheel in flat. At least lay it upside down to gain some grocery space - but it won't look pretty. Perhaps we need a - hmmmm continental kit for our rides. How 60ish. Or perhaps we could bolt it right on the trunk lid - Oops - Note!! Can no longer open trunk.
It appears that the SRT team forgot about the spare entirely as it looks like it could hold only an 18" wheel. Some re-engineering has to be done by the team. In the interim I guess we have to fill the trunk up with a spare tire, beer, air pump, more beer, jack, empties, detailing paraphenalia and oh yeah - BEER!!! (Not for drinking and driving, but for driving to your drinking! Stay overnight, and drive sober. Afterall, no one wants to hurt those lovely SRT-8's.)
Dante!