Opened the stainless steel cover for the spare tire to find a 15 years old, brand new, never used original 235/80r16 tire. I am still divided about the SS tire cover, but true be told, it kept the tire "fresh". Its rubber is soft and grippy just like a new one.
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I don´t know about you, but this definitely reminds me of cotton candy
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This is the part number
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The tires that came on the car were 235/70r16 and were considerably smaller then the original sized spare.
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Front tires were also damaged, so I opted to buy new OEM sized tires. I ended up finding 235/85r16 tires for reasonable price so that was what I picked.
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All the wheels had some surface rust with this one being the worse
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Powder coated them all and then painted the inside with gloss black (paint I had left from the GQ axles/chassis coating) and the outside dark gray (paint I had left over from the GQ bumper coating)
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And off to the tire-shop we go!
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It is not a big tire at all, but the diameter kind of fits well in the wheel well.
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And even the mudflaps seem to have been made to cover only the bike tires.
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Full car picture will come once I have the time to take it out in the sun. I could not take a full car picture that I liked inside the garage.
Originally Posted by BrazilianY60
Opened the stainless steel cover for the spare tire to find a 15 years old, brand new, never used original 235/80r16 tire. I am still divided about the SS tire cover, but true be told, it kept the tire "fresh". Its rubber is soft and grippy just like a new one.
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