fmitchum

I just put Michelin Latitute Tours on mine, driven about 200 miles so far and love them. I'm a LTX fan but my tire guy could not find them and recommended the Latitude which saved me $$$. My set mounted, balanced and installed $640.

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.

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.

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.

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.

My 2007 SEL awd does the same thing. Seems to be in the door latch area. Do you think they are covered if I'm above the 36K mileage?