fmitchum Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Does anyone have a solution for a full size spare that will fit the spare tire well without loosing cargo space? I tried putting a stock wheel/tire 245x60x18 in. It fits but I loose about 2.75 inches of cargo area height. That tire is so wide the cargo floor will not go back in flat. I have the stock 18 inch rim that I would like to keep as a spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Does anyone have a solution for a full size spare that will fit the spare tire well without loosing cargo space? I tried putting a stock wheel/tire 245x60x18 in. It fits but I loose about 2.75 inches of cargo area height. That tire is so wide the cargo floor will not go back in flat. I have the stock 18 inch rim that I would like to keep as a spare. I doubt it - there just isn't enough room. What's wrong with the OEM spare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) Does anyone have a solution for a full size spare that will fit the spare tire well without loosing cargo space? I tried putting a stock wheel/tire 245x60x18 in. It fits but I loose about 2.75 inches of cargo area height. That tire is so wide the cargo floor will not go back in flat. I have the stock 18 inch rim that I would like to keep as a spare. Hi fmitchum. :D The only immediate attempt at a solution I can think of is: Have you tried it with the tire deflated? If the load floor will lay flat with the tire deflated, you can always carry a can (or two) of compressed air or a plug in air compressor to inflate the tire, if needed. However, it may still be too wide even with the tire deflated. Maybe someone else will have better idea. Let us know how you make out. Good luck. :beerchug: Edited August 24, 2009 by bbf2530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmitchum Posted August 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 I doubt it - there just isn't enough room. What's wrong with the OEM spare? I just prefer a full size spare and same as the other 4 if possible. So if a flat occurs then I just change and go and not have to hunt for a fix immedately. Especially if I'm out of town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmitchum Posted August 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Hi fmitchum. :D The only immediate attempt at a solution I can think of is: Have you tried it with the tire deflated? If the load floor will lay flat with the tire deflated, you can always carry a can (or two) of compressed air or a plug in air compressor to inflate the tire, if needed. However, it may still be too wide even with the tire deflated. Maybe someone else will have better idea. Let us know how you make out. Good luck. :beerchug: No, I have not tried it with the tire deflated but I will . I have another tire without the rim that I will try. My tire guy says the best he could suggest is a tire size of 225x65x18 to get the same tire height of the other 4. But that only gains me 20mm. Thanks for the suggestion, will let you know results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmitchum Posted August 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 No, I have not tried it with the tire deflated but I will . I have another tire without the rim that I will try. My tire guy says the best he could suggest is a tire size of 225x65x18 to get the same tire height of the other 4. But that only gains me 20mm.Thanks for the suggestion, will let you know results. Here's an update to my issue. I did not let the air out of my spare, yet. But I did put another full size tire without the rim in the well and gained about .75 inch. Also, when I put my full size spare back into the well I noticed that it was resting oddly on top of the jack assembly, so I shifted it a little and the spare sat down and little bit lower. Plus I took the round pad out from under the spare. Now I have a gap of about 2 inches instead of 2.75. So if I go with a 225 width tire and keep it deflated I should come close to having no gap. Will post when and if I do that. Or I may just deflate the current 245 spare and settle with about a 1.25 inch gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoklass Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 No, I have not tried it with the tire deflated but I will . I have another tire without the rim that I will try. My tire guy says the best he could suggest is a tire size of 225x65x18 to get the same tire height of the other 4. But that only gains me 20mm. Thanks for the suggestion, will let you know results. What possible use will you ever have for a spare tire that has no air in it? That is the silliest thing I've ever heard, might as well have NO spare at all. Get another OEM wheel with the OEM size tire mounted on it and install it in the OEM "mini spare" location. It should fit fine, other than the section width of the tire will raise up your floor panel 2 3/4" to 3". So what? Is 3" less height from the floor to the top going to impact you that much? Answer, "no". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar302 Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 What possible use will you ever have for a spare tire that has no air in it? That is the silliest thing I've ever heard, might as well have NO spare at all. Porsche actually does this, at least on the Cayenne: Inflate: Deflate: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs2015EdgeSport Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 While I would love to get rid of my crappy mini-spare, and replace it with another matching 20" full-size rim and tire, I don't believe it will even drop down into the wheel well opening, as it is far wider than the mini-spare. For sure, though, IF you could even fit the tire into the well, the full-size tire would probably stick up about 2-3 inches above the existing flat storage area in the rear. Unless you removed the rigid cover, and added "side" underneath it, to support it sitting over the thicker tire, it wouldn't be practical. This entire situation, however, reminds me of an option I had on my 1995 Ford Taurus SE... it of course originally came with a tiny mini-spare, so the cargo area cover was just a heavy flat piece that dropped into place to hide the spare... kind of like what comes on the late-model Edges. However, my wanting to convert the Taurus to a full-size spare at the time was easily do-able... because Ford also offered a replacement molded cargo area floor cover that had a matching 2"-deep convex depression MOLDED-IN to the replacement cover... which allowed you to optionally use a full-size spare, but to also have a factory-made optional cover to go over the thing, while still providing a factory-matched replacement floor. Now, when you looked at the thing, it had a raised circular area in the center of the carpeted cover, to accomodate the thicker tire sitting underneath it. But, other than that, it was still a very good idea, and solid as a rock. So, all I can say is that I wish Ford would also offer an optional raised floor cover for the 2014-2016 Edges... like they did with the earlier Tauruses... thereby allowing you to at least try to make the conversion to a full-size spare... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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