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...

 

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.

 

Heres the pics

 

another

 

another.

 

last one.

 

Great, thanks... I wasn't sure how much of the space it takes up... doesn't look too bad.

 

Woah!

The Tire kit has a free rear stress bar

 

thats way different then what I expected

 

the rim is yellow! whoa man, why can't that come as an option with all the 4 wheels?

 

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.

 

Plenty of room with the spare.

 

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...

 

Yep... looks like a bonus strut tower brace :D
Not bad... I'm wondering how stiff the whole assembly is.

 

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?

 

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.

 

how about the price for just for the wheel/tire?

 

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

 

ProtoCon, where do you live? I am actually taking mine out to make room for a sub.

 

East Coast... dont you need the spare tire?

 

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.

 

Its a 17" rim. I dont think they are the same size.