View Full Version : Spare tyre kit... Pics please?


BlueAdept
09-12-2003, 06:46 AM
Hey, if anyone has the space tyre kit and a digital camera... I'd love to see what it looks like because the picture on the brochure scanns is really poor...

Bridged13B
09-12-2003, 11:08 PM
Theres not much too see. It mounts to a cross member between the rear strut towers. I can take pictures of it tomorrow for you.

Bridged13B
09-13-2003, 04:42 PM
Heres the pics

Bridged13B
09-13-2003, 04:43 PM
another

Bridged13B
09-13-2003, 04:48 PM
another.

Bridged13B
09-13-2003, 04:49 PM
last one.

BlueAdept
09-13-2003, 05:32 PM
Great, thanks... I wasn't sure how much of the space it takes up... doesn't look too bad.

syntrix
09-14-2003, 12:36 AM
Woah!

The Tire kit has a free rear stress bar ;) ;)

mikeb
09-14-2003, 03:58 AM
thats way different then what I expected

RX8FanMan
09-14-2003, 10:27 AM
the rim is yellow! whoa man, why can't that come as an option with all the 4 wheels?

mmjames
09-14-2003, 12:47 PM
With the tire kit install, you can put one full shopping cart worth of items in the trunk.

I would not have believed it unless I did it, but the trunk is very deep, a lot deeper then you think. And also there is a little space below the tire on the sides that you can put stuff too. ;)

Dugless
09-28-2003, 06:41 PM
Plenty of room with the spare.

Haris
09-28-2003, 08:38 PM
I thought they put spare tire in that deep whole in the truck where it seems like it's actually missing one... I guess I was wrong...

Tamas
09-30-2003, 04:38 PM
Originally posted by syntrix
Woah!

The Tire kit has a free rear stress bar ;) ;)
Yep... looks like a bonus strut tower brace :D
Not bad... I'm wondering how stiff the whole assembly is.

ProtoConVert
09-30-2003, 07:40 PM
Does the spare tire kit = spare tire mounting kit?

basically... does the 'kit' you order with your car come with a spare tire, or is it jus tthe mounting kit and spare tire sold separately?

If the latter, how much would the spare tire/wheel cost?

Dugless
09-30-2003, 09:32 PM
They are separate. The spare tire mounting kit comes with some foam inflation device thing ??

The kit and the spare tire cost an extra $450 or so.

ProtoConVert
09-30-2003, 11:16 PM
how about the price for just for the wheel/tire?

Wankeler
09-30-2003, 11:51 PM
I'm an avid fisherman and thought I'd have to keep taking the beater (Lincoln Towncar) to go fishing since all I have are 1pc rods. Even with the spare tire kit, I was able to fit 3x 6'6" 1pc rods in my rx-8 with the spare tire kit in place. I unzip the cover, feed my rods through the spokes of the spare, and into the cabin. If there's a pasenger... too bad... I'm GOING FISHIN!!!!

Love driving the 8 to the lakes... lots of twisty roads. hmmmmmm

Dugless
09-30-2003, 11:56 PM
ProtoCon, where do you live? I am actually taking mine out to make room for a sub.

ProtoConVert
10-01-2003, 07:37 AM
East Coast... dont you need the spare tire?

Superfan
11-06-2003, 05:02 PM
Has anyone compared the size of the RX-8 spare to an FD RX-7's spare? it looks like they used the same Enkei rim.

Bridged13B
11-07-2003, 03:06 PM
Its a 17" rim. I dont think they are the same size.