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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 06:03 PM
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Question Question about driving on a spare tire

So my tires side wall failed and blew out so i popped the spare on and ordered 4 kumho esctas.
my concern is will driving on the spare in the front hurt any of the major components of the car since my tires are 215/35/18 and the spare is the a doughnut?
I should have asked this sooner considering i have driven 100+ miles on it already.
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 06:07 PM
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I believe the spare is intended for a limited amount of miles, under 50MPH. Might wanna check the manual out.
Old Mar 2, 2012 | 01:04 AM
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the spare is most definitely only intended for a limited amount of miles and under 50 mph. yes you are gonna get people telling you that oh theirs was fine for awhile and over 50, but then you will get those that will tell you not to use it as intended. up to you if you want to follow the recommendations or try and be another lucky one that drives on that tire more then you should!
Old Mar 2, 2012 | 02:35 AM
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spares are mainly supposed to just get you to a location to get your tire fixed. and most should be used on the non drive tires only. i suggest getting one of those cheap used tires until your new tires come in
Old Mar 2, 2012 | 05:19 PM
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Make sure it has enough air as well. 60 PSI!
Old Mar 3, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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thanks guys well I put 120 miles on them total my tires came in thursday they look good to. bad news though i have 3 bent wheels wtf. the only one i was sure I bent was one I hit a pot hole in and that was the only one not bent. Do you think they were bent when i bought my car? thats what im leaning towards because they were really curbed to hell. anyway im looking at buying 5 new wheels and i found XXR 525 which i think woukd look good but im not really wanting to buy a rip-off but i cant find where the legit ones are at.
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