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I picked up a 5th wheel to use as a full sized spare, same as I have done with every other car, but got to wondering, will the full sized spare actually fit under the car?
Has anyone tried this?
Has anyone tried this?
Its actually very easy to find a 5x114.3 in a 16" wheel. I just purchased a suzuki sx4 crossover and it comes stock with 16 5x114.3 wheels. While I was searching for wheels for it I came across hundreds of 16" wheels in 5x114.3. If I remember correctly alot of the acura vehicles, the integra the RSX and so on also come with 5x114.3. Just do a search on ebay and I bet you can find them. I know for a fact the factory 16x6 5x114.3 wheels are on there. My only question would be if they would fit over the brakes.singincanary said:It is pretty rare to find a 16" wheel in the Tribeca/'05+ STi fitiment. Our bolt pattern is 5x114.3, the older Impreza's were 5x100. I have a full sized 17x17.5 wheel with 235/65 (or maybe 60, I forget)/17 tire on it and it definately sticks down a bit, reducing clearance to about 5 inches.
I was VERY concenrned putting a full sized OEM Tribeca wheel/tire under there as the Tribeca rims are SUPER heavy and I wasn't sure of the strength of the cable. The STi 17" wheel is only about 16lbs as opposed to the Tribeca which is close to 25lbs.