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I definately wouldn't take it out for a road trip or long trip. Unless one rolls with AAA. I wasn't aware it was / is part of the crash safety of our Z's.... Interesting. I could see how it would of been designed to be useful in a rear end crash. Not much back there anyways.... |
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This is not the spare tire delete piece, but rather something I had made to make it look better. (Look at the bottom of this photo)
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08-22-2016 | #14 |
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Re: Spare or no spare.....
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I have used my spare to get back to the house after a flat tire on the interstate near home. The alternative would have been calling AAA to get a rollback to take the car back to the house. With the reduced ground clearance of a ZR-1 on a flat, loading the rollback could be a problem. When we had the tire problem in Newfoundland, the spare made no difference because both rear tires had been compromised. I could have put the spare on the side that was worse, but I decided that I would drive conservatively on the bad tires. In preparation for our Alaska trip, I decided that the spare was important. I carried a 12vdc inflator in case a slow leak gave me a flat in the morning at a hotel. I could pump it up and get to a service center without too much drama. If I had a blowout, I was going to put on the spare and drive to a tire store. Based on what I know now, I would not have found a replacement tire in Alaska without a 5-day wait for shipping from the lower 48 states. The spare would have been critical to getting to a place that could solve the problem. As we had to do in Newfoundland, it took two tire store visits to solve my problem in a timely manner. I recommend putting the spare on your car and drive a few miles to restore your confidence in it. Then keep it on board the car. Jim
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08-22-2016 | #15 |
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No spare here. I just carry a tire repair kit and a 12v compressor in lieu of the spare. Cleans up the back end in my opinion.
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A sealant and a compressor. If I go to Europe next year, I may rely on my friend who works for Michelin or ship a couple of tires maybe to Sam. I could get a C6 wheel and throw a tire on it just to drive on to get to a repair place, Not an easy decision. BTW, I still have spare tire carrier on there but now I have stuffed some fiberglass insulation in it to dampen exhaust rumble coming up from underneath the hatch floor.
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Thanks, but it's not all that clean. It's a 65K car & I'm not a waxer, so it must be the photo
Yes, it's a center exit exhaust & yes, it's all custom that has been modified over the years since it was done originally. Used to have a custom made center resonator/muffler that sounded good but was too restrictive for the 415. In its place now, are 2 custom made "Cherry Bomb" style glass pack mufflers. Really a straight through perforated 3" pipe inside of a 4" outer shell. I blew all the glass pack out in pretty short order. It didn't really do anything that I could tell. Pretty loud!
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