Oh yeah, that could work. I was thinking of those skinny jobs, like the one
I saw on a Porsche Boxster -- it looked like an 18x3 wheel. But I also don't
know what you were supposed to do with those things later -- let the air out
the valve stem and buy a new inflator?
on 6/6/02 12:23 PM, Paul Root at proot@iaces.com wrote:
> GM has or had, space savers that were full sized wheels with collapsed
> down tire that had an inflator. I changed one for a girl in college
> once, being the gearhead of the house, I'd get those calls.
>
> I don't know what you did after you didn't need it any more.
>
> Paul.
>
> Max Heim wrote:
>
>> Huh, I've always thought of the spacesaver tires as fitting on their own
>> special rims (which are invariably narrow -- that's why they are
>> spacesavers). Never occurred to me to try putting one on a stock rim. I
>> wonder if that is practical. I think you're going to have to inquire with
>> the manufacturers.
>>
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