[spacedout]

If you want a spare that you can drive on like normal you need to get a full size spare with a properly sized tire as well...

My gas cruze came with a compact spare, I sold it for $100 plus traded for the ECO trunk liner and inflator kit. I then used $75 of that money to get a closeout 16in rim from tirerack.com(same size as my cruze came with). I then just paid the tireshop to install one of my old tires when I got new ones.

I feel much better knowing I have no speed or distance limitations if I ever do get a real flat. If I did it again I would have bought a matching 1LT 16in rim so I would have had a spare matching rim as well. I also like having the inflator kit, I've used it a dozen times to air up a tire(goo bypassed).

 

[Chris Tobin]

My gas cruze came with a compact spare, I sold it for $100 plus traded for the ECO trunk liner and inflator kit. I then used $75 of that money to get a closeout 16in rim from tirerack.com(same size as my cruze came with). I then just paid the tireshop to install one of my old tires when I got new ones.

I feel much better knowing I have no speed or distance limitations if I ever do get a real flat. If I did it again I would have bought a matching 1LT 16in rim so I would have had a spare matching rim as well. I also like having the inflator kit, I've used it a dozen times to air up a tire(goo bypassed).

I am not sure about the GM supplied tire "goo" but I can say with confidence that Tire Slime works well for holes in the tread area of a tire, even pretty large ones. Many desert racers run it in their tires to seal punctures as they race... One day I came out to my Duramax truck (on 37-inch Goodyear Wrangler MT/R tires and true beadlock wheels) and the passenger side rear tire was completely FLAT!!! I don't drive the truck daily so I didn;t even notice until I went to drive off and felt it... Anyhow I start to inflate the tire expecting a small pinhole leak and they is a large hole near a tread block with air flowing out almost as fast as it is going in from my ARB dual head compressor. So I filled the tire with a bottle of Tire Slime I had in the garage for years and then inflated the tire and went for a drive as directed on the instructions. The tire has not leaked again since!!!

 

[diesel]

Seems to fit...

 

[Gator]

Thanks Diesel, no caliper rub?.

 

[Gator]

Mega thanks if it has no interference, that's all I need, rather have it and not ever need it than need it and not have it. Those the cruze lug nuts or do I need different ones?

 

[diesel]

Thanks Diesel, no caliper rub?.

No, seems to clear just fine. I rotated the tire and didn't hear anything that sounded unusual. I didn't drive it though.

They are the Cruze lug nuts.

 

[Gator]

OK thanks a million, I don't run snow tires so I don't have any extra tires or rims. The doughnut spare is all I need for a piece of mind. Will go get one this weekend and a scissor jack, wrench. Thanks again

 

[spacedout]

Those of you considering a compact spare, I weighed the gas cruze compact spare at around 28lbs, my fullsize 16in spare is only 39lbs. Weight of the fullsize will depend on the rim and tire you choose.

 

[MP81]

Great to know! This should be stickied...

 

[Tomko]

Great to know! This should be stickied...

I will sticky this thread once somebody has actually driven five miles on one.

 

[Gator]

Thought same thing on a sticky. I'm picking up one Monday. Salvage yard closed on weekends. Go figure

 

[Gator]

Tomko, let me get it and I will give it a test run next weekend. I to want to make sure it will work. unless Diesel does it before I get a chance

 

[diesel]

Tomko, let me get it and I will give it a test run next weekend. I to want to make sure it will work. unless Diesel does it before I get a chance

I probably won't have a chance before you do.

 

[IndyDiesel]

Thought same thing on a sticky. I'm picking up one Monday. Salvage yard closed on weekends. Go figure

Gator, did you get the spare, did you try it out as well?

 

[Gator]

Yes got the spare, will be testing this weekend. Hopefully tomorrow. Will let you all know how it turns out.

 

[Gator]

Its on the car. Will make a test run tomorrow.

 

[Gator]

On its test run so for so good

 

[Gator]

8 miles and still going

 

[Gator]

No caliper wear or inside rim scraping , 20 mile test drive

 

[diesel]

Good to know, thanks for the test drive and updates!