Thread 28583744

I recently bought a 1980 lincoln versailles as a daily driver and found out about the collapsable spare tire. Thing is, these things haven't been made in 50 years. The modern collapsable spares are huge and don't have the right bolt pattern either. I don't want to carry around a full size spare as it will eat ~50% of my trunk space. Yes I plan on carrying a plug kit. No a donut spare will not fit where this fits.
>With all that said, I have to stick with this thing.
So, what can I do to ensure it doesn't kaboom when I try and inflate it? The rubber is somewhat pliable and theres no visible cracking but its bent all to hell.

>I don't want to carry around a full size spare as it will eat ~50% of my trunk space
Put a 12 inch sub in the thing and use the whole trunk space

>>28583744 (OP)
>So, what can I do to ensure it doesn't kaboom when I try and inflate it
just get a beaner to do it for you

Get road hazard on your insurance for $10.

>>28583756
My michelins came with free 2 year roadside

>>28583748
Well what I meant was what substance should I soak it in
>>28583747
Nigger
>>28583756
Lady, waiting on some company to drag you to a shop is not a "solution"

you really should just carry a full-size spare

>>28583756
>just wait 3hr for roadside assistance/tow instead of using a spare
yeah nah you're a cunt

>>28583744 (OP)
>I have to stick with this thing
The fuck you do, you're just being autistic. That thing wouldn't last a mile under use at it's age. The original spare tire in my crown vic exploded after a single use, only it waited until after I removed it and placed it in the trunk. The explosion took out the back window.

>>28583877
>took out the back window
Kek'd out loud
Anyways I'm going to soak it in wintergreen oil (plasticizer) and mineral spirits
If thred bumping ceases before inflation pics are posted, just assume I died in a tire explosion

>>28583894
>wintergreen oil
You'd have better luck with heat.

You know, I’ve looked into getting one of those Weld Racing forged 4 inch wide wheels as a spare. $250+ for one but then you can mount a new tire wether normal size or spare size on it. And it’ll weigh less than the original steel spare wheel.

I’m not going to try using my 70s era car’s goofy collapsable spare wheel/tire combo cuz its 45+ years old. But, I have actual full size wheels/tires that I can throw in the trunk if I may need them.

>>28583744 (OP)
just get some western weld tyre plugs bro, top stuff, all you need to drive it back to a shop

>>28584040
Just ordered some instant vulcanization patches from the 50's, they seem to work really well.

>>28583744 (OP)
There's a reason they stopped making them.
If you REALLY want to get something to fit, find some beaner tire shop and get them to stretch a new tire on it like the chollos do.

>>28584086
>they stopped making
New german cars have them. Of course, they're nigga inches in diameter and have a different bolt pattern but they exist

if you really think about, all tires are temporary

>>28584086
Rwd vehicle. Different diameter would either fuck with the diff or fuck with the steering

>>28583744 (OP)
I've had the same question, my turd gen Camaro uses one of those too and there is absolutely not room to put a different kind of spare in its place.

>>28583744 (OP)
Bump

>>28584101
>>28584086
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9xsZowryeM
I think i agree, you could just buy a new one. Another option is to buy the same thread pattern but significantly smaller in width, and fit something else on it.

>>28584789
Bump

>>28583744 (OP)
>So, what can I do to ensure it doesn't kaboom when I try and inflate it?
Put a new inner tube in it

do people really encounter flat tires this often that you regularly need a spare?

a blowout flat would be a day ruin-er anyway, so why not just call a flat-tow and get a new tire the one time it happens?

i dunno, I guess some of you just have bad luck so I guess it's pretty important
maybe look at ez spare wheels?

>>28583744 (OP)
>huge and don't have the right bolt pattern either
Dude what?
Its a 5x4.5" bolt pattern.
Literally still an industry standard.
Even the japanese are still using it (114.3mm)

>>28583894
I didn't die after all
Inflated from a distance, cleaned it up, it's goin' back in

>>28588628
>ez spare wheels
Those are skinny tread wise, not sidewall wise
Also they're all diversity-sized
>>28588553
45 years old, no replacements
>>28588718
The new german ones are 112mm and, again, are fuckin huge (14in vs 20in+) and wouldn't fit in the picrel quarter panel that this fits into