Q on spare with a lifted vx

[MZ-N10]

right now i need tires, so im planning on doing a lift. my question is what happens when i do a blow out? is it still safe to drive with the donut that came with the vx when i put in 32" tires(i mean a few miles at freeway speed)?

[Ldub]

NO...don't doo eet man...
The best solution is a full size spare in a roof basket or behind the back seat.
I don't think you were even supposed to drive "freeway speed" with the stock doughnut, but you can with a full size spare.
Also, the TOD would freak.

[tomdietrying]

No, it will affect your TOD. I'm not sure sure how bad, but it will kick off and on. If all you have is a donut and the flat is on the back, take the front tire off and put it on the back and the donut on the front. This will minamize the on/off of the TOD a little bit.

I carry a spare when I'm traveling out of town, but other than that I don't carry a spare. I've been lucky to have one flat in the 25+ years I've been driving. For a little piece of mind, carry a can of Fix-A-Flat and tire plugs.
Last year in Moab, Tone got a flat on his side wall out on the trail. He didn't have a spare, but someone (I think it was Todd Addams) lined up 4-5 plugs and Tony was able to drive out of the trail.

Peace.
Tom

[kelvin]

i second the motion to carry fix-a-flat. insanely usefull stuff. i keep 1 can in the car at all times and a second in my off-road camping kit. this should be in everyones car. i keep it bungee'd to my spare tire with 2 qts of spare oil behind the spare tire cover. a great out of the way place for it.

(still doesn't help on a tire blow out though....)

[Kenny]

i second the motion to carry fix-a-flat. insanely usefull stuff. i keep 1 can in the car at all times and a second in my off-road camping kit. this should be in everyones car. i keep it bungee'd to my spare tire with 2 qts of spare oil behind the spare tire cover. a great out of the way place for it.

(still doesn't help on a tire blow out though....)

Carefull with fix-a-flat in cans - most do not like to be stored in heat. (i.e. sitting in a car in the summer... ) I think the Green stuff at Walmart is ok in the heat tho'...

The donut should work on lifted VX if you are on stock tires or a bit bigger - since you are not changing the distance from centre of hub to pavement in a lift. I think the donut is 27" in height and the stock is ~31". So even with 33's thats's only a 1.5" difference in uneveness, I don't don't think the opposite rear tire will be off the ground with a donut on the front . Just drive accordingly.

When highway driving, I'd at least carry a patch kit (those meltable strips) since you're more likely to get a leak in the treads. Myself, I made a separate box to hold a full size spare in the rear area (back seats out!) for long travels.

As for trail riding, I wouldn't do it with out a full sized spare since you would be more prone to side wall damage or loss of bead. And a donut would not be helpfull over that next rock

[rowhard]

The dia of the stock tire (245/60/18) is 29.56inches. I had to do the math for speedo correction when I went to the 285/60/18's

[MZ-N10]

thanks all, i think ill just normally drive wiht just the greenstuff on hand and if im goin out of town i could bring a fullsize spare(remove rearseats) or soemthing.