What did you do with your spare tire?

[JerseyGlock]

Don't Raptors come with 35" or 37" tires? What do they do for spares?

Same size spare too.

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[780]

Same size spare too.

So then a 35" at minimum should fit in the stock location.

 

[JerseyGlock]

So then a 35" at minimum should fit in the stock location.

Yes but I think Raptors' inner bumper was modified to fit bigger spare.

 

[Mtnman1]

Answering the original question, I removed mine to improve payload for towing purposes. There's a thing called AAA. The OEM tire is 37 pounds on most F-150's, add another 30 for the wheel, you gain almost 70 pounds of payload. Honestly, mine goes to the back of the boat trailer, mounted there to lighten tongue weight and deal with the truck's towing limits. As noted, Ford does not provide a matching spare tire or wheel. Mine was a cheaper tire and steep wheel, although the same size, on a 20" chrome King Ranch set-up. Lighter than the other four.

You are wrong on one point. Ford will provide the same exact spare tire (and wheel)-- if you check the correct boxes.

I received 5 General Grabbers with my 2022 RCBS 4x4 from Ford. Same wheel for spare as well.

All I had to do was select the LT/AT tire option.

As a side note, the snow plow prep included removal of the auto air damn.

$500 for LT tires (5) and snow plow is well worth it. 2 big PITA items taken care of.

Well $450 since ford gave me $50 to remove auto s/s.

 

[780]

Yes but I think Raptors' inner bumper was modified to fit bigger spare.

Is anyone been able to confirm this?
It would be nice to be able to carry a spare 35" tire in the factory location.

 

[mb1983]

I was parked next to a Raptor 37 the other day in the cellphone lot at the airport. I did not crawl under his truck while he was sitting there, but it sure looked like a full-size spare under the truck. I would imagine that there must be some changes to fit a 37" tire under there, but it is probably doable with the right motivation.

 

[Calson]

The smaller diameter spare tire will not cause problems unless operating in 4WD. No reason to replace the spare tire and it simplifies tire rotation when it can be ignored.

 

[sheesh]

Interesting. Since my RCSB doesn’t haul much I wonder if you could put a weight in its place to balance that wheel hop…

thoughts?

 

[Ricksc]

Interesting. Since my RCSB doesn’t haul much I wonder if you could put a weight in its place to balance that wheel hop…

thoughts?

A good pair of shocks and a sway bar will fix that.

 

[staying_tuned]

These 275/60r20s fit no problem and measure out to just under 34" just hanging. I'd be shocked if a 35" wouldn't fit and man it's so nice to have a full matching set. On our Jeep when I'd run into an issue I'd swap the tire with the full spare and carry on. If you're short on time and need a patch, reseat, stem replaced or whatever you just drop the bad one off and be on your way, no stress from running on an actual spare. This doesn't sound all that great but when it's an available option and it happens, you get warm fuzzies. That plus if you rotate all 5 you'll get an extra 25% or better out of them. I say better because you can be more selective as needed to relieve any cupping in cases where your alignment got knocked out or maybe you want to retire a plugged tire as the permanent spare until the next set or if you bash a wheel beyond repair who cares, swap with full spare over and order another one and move on.

We had a scenario where I knocked it out up front on the gladiator we had at the time and by the time we got back to PA the tire started to cup. I got the alignment back in spec then retired that full-size as a permanent spare so that the cupped tire wouldn't slowly negate the correction. EOD I didn't have to buy a new tire, jeopardize the alignment and still netted out running a full proper set.

Here are a few shots, plenty of room for an increase to 35". If you offer the OEM spare along with the stock tires in good shape you'd be surprised what you can get for them. Our TPMS sensors are cheap and easy to bind. I sold my stockers and spare for enough to cover the entire cost of the new wheels and dig heavily into tires. Work with vendors that will give you a deal on all 5 wheels & tires, you'll almost always get a steal on the additional 5th. I caught my brink wheels on sale and ended up getting all 5 for less than 4 at regular price by calling them directly.

 

[Suns_PSD]

Better get a taller jack as well...

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