Big Brake kit Owners - If you get a flat tire...
#4
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Originally posted by spelk3
Assuming you have stock rear brakes, and the flat is on the front. Put the spare on the rear and the rear wheel on the front.
Assuming you have stock rear brakes, and the flat is on the front. Put the spare on the rear and the rear wheel on the front.
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Originally posted by soundwave
LOL, true... so what do BBK owners do?
LOL, true... so what do BBK owners do?
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Or you could just look around for a take-off steelie from a Spec C.
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Or...............
You could go to your local Subaru Dealership and order/purchase a spare for a STI. They are designed to fit over the massive front Brembos.
They will also not take up any more room in the trunk than the stock WRX spare does.
Hope they don't cost too much.
They will also not take up any more room in the trunk than the stock WRX spare does.
Hope they don't cost too much.
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Re: Or...............
Originally posted by wrexr
You could go to your local Subaru Dealership and order/purchase a spare for a STI. They are designed to fit over the massive front Brembos.
They will also not take up any more room in the trunk than the stock WRX spare does.
Hope they don't cost too much.
You could go to your local Subaru Dealership and order/purchase a spare for a STI. They are designed to fit over the massive front Brembos.
They will also not take up any more room in the trunk than the stock WRX spare does.
Hope they don't cost too much.
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4-pots on the front....
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Originally posted by VRWRX
But you only have one jack in your trunk.
But you only have one jack in your trunk.
as far as i know, none of the rear big brake kits pose a wheel clearance issue. does anyone here know of such a thing?
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i bought a used sti spare. i used to rely on the belief that a can of fix-a-flat would save me but it was useless when i tore out the sidewall in a pothole.... nothing more enjoyable than taking almost 2 hours trying to swap the rear wheel to the front in the rain on the left side by the side of the highway with others rushing by u at 100km/h+
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#15
Not much fun in the middle of nowhere either...just save yourself the grief and buy a full sized spare.
After picking up a horseshoe nail around Grand Canyon West airport in AZ, using a can of fix-a-flat that did nothing helpful, driving 20-miles offroad at ~5MPH on the donut to get to cell-phone coverage, having Subaru roadside want to trailer me to Henderson NV (several hundred miles in the wrong direction from my hotel), then driving 70 or so miles to Kingman AZ, finding a Walmart open around midnight to buy a tire plug kit and 12V compressor, fixing the tire myself out in the parking lot...well, you probably get the idea about now.
Needless to say, I bought a full sized spare when I got home...
Brent
After picking up a horseshoe nail around Grand Canyon West airport in AZ, using a can of fix-a-flat that did nothing helpful, driving 20-miles offroad at ~5MPH on the donut to get to cell-phone coverage, having Subaru roadside want to trailer me to Henderson NV (several hundred miles in the wrong direction from my hotel), then driving 70 or so miles to Kingman AZ, finding a Walmart open around midnight to buy a tire plug kit and 12V compressor, fixing the tire myself out in the parking lot...well, you probably get the idea about now.
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Needless to say, I bought a full sized spare when I got home...
Brent