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space savers are meant to be used on the front of the vehicle so if ya get a rear flat u put a wheel off front on to where the flat was and space save goes onto front it will screw ya diff up unless it is the same rolling diameter as our normal wheel that is why it is recommended for space savers to go on front

88silhouette Grand Master

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this my dear friends is why you buy a thirty-one

boot is big. can fit 1 or 2 rims easily!!

and, the boot space in the aussie sedan is the same as the hr31 japanese coupe

yet another reason why 31s are superior!!

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PHATR32 Grand Master

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i just read the ariticle, and it isnt the tyres fault. its the d!ck head driving the car. How stoopid do you have to be to drive real fast with a space saver on?

on another note, i wonder how a gtr would go with 4 space savers? itd be like driving on ice!

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If you cant understand the concept of using the space saver as a limp home only under 80km/h device then perhaps you need to hand over your keys and take the bus from now on. I dont care how many RWKW your full sic skyline has you can drive it slowly to get it home with a space saver on without problems.

The guy who killed himself and another person while using a space saver is not a reason to stop using space savers for the other 99.999999% of drivers who understand what they are for.

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im not saying that i would drive carelessly with or without the space saver. if your putting a space saver on the back with 17 - 18 - 20" rims then your driving a crash prone car. put it on the front wheel and transfer the front to the back. i said what i did because i just dont trust the space saver. i dont speed or drive recklessly even with proper, normal wheels on. its just driving on a space saver just isnt my thing. luckily my parents drive a tarago and will have a spare tyre for me in it at all times. im sure you'll agree that the space saver is designed just wat its good for. but its alot safer to get a someone to bring your tyres and be 100% sure that you are sitting on proper tyres.

PHATR32 Grand Master

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space savers are meant to be used on the front of the vehicle so if ya get a rear flat u put a wheel off front on to where the flat was and space save goes onto front it will screw ya diff up unless it is the same rolling diameter as our normal wheel that is why it is recommended for space savers to go on front

ummmmmm, nooooo

what would happen if you had to do an emergency brake at 60kph and you had a pizzacutter wheel at the front?

spacers are safer at the back. the diameter should be the saem saze as the other wheel so it wont damage your diff.

Also, you shouldnt be taking off quick anyways.

and, its easier to controll a car if one of the rear wheels blow rather than one of the fronts.

So space savers should always go at the back.

scathing Grand Master

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dont see the fuss with a space saver. if you cannot go easy with your ride for a few kays till you get home then i think you need to asses your driving attitude. (this isnt directed at any one person)

I was down at Wakefield last year, and some hero brought out his R33 GT-R on 20" rims (looked like the Tempe Tyres old promo car, actually). Long story short, he slid off the road and shredded 2 of his tyres.

Wakefield isn't "a few kays" from anywhere useful, and definitely not from where the owner was from. And good luck finding tyres for 20" rims in Goulburn.

He ended up borrowing / buying 2 space savers to limp back to Sydney.

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