Swift Sport Lack of Spare Tyre

whizpig · Postby **whizpig** » February 11th, 2010, 8:48 pm

Hello all, i have recently purchased an SSS and was wondering what you more experienced SSS owners recommend about the lack of spare tyre, get a donut that would fit in the cubby hole, get run flat tyres, tyre pressure monitor, rely on the tyre repair kit?
Any and all advice appreciated

BLUE_CP9A · Postby **BLUE_CP9A** » February 11th, 2010, 9:04 pm

no donut or and "spare" us such would fit.

TPMS is an excellent idea.

For now we rely on the repair kit.

MaelstroM · Postby **MaelstroM** » February 11th, 2010, 9:18 pm

I got runflats. They worl very well. Saved me a couple times already.

Alpha_2nr · Postby **Alpha_2nr** » February 12th, 2010, 6:37 am

Having no spare tyre is part of Suzuki's intention to keep the car as light as possible.....which help keeps it as quick as possible.

Putting one back in (even if you could fit one) is just going to add extra weight....and being concerned about having a spare probably means a 1.5 Swift might have been better for you.

As a point of interest though, lots of other cars (some Benz's, some RX8 Type S's, a few others) don't come with spare tyres either, and rely on a fix-a-flat kit or runflats.....so it isn't exactly an uncommon procedure.

NLVA200 · Postby **NLVA200** » February 12th, 2010, 8:13 am

I installed a TPMS to alert me of a possible flat before it's too late

chris1388 · Postby **chris1388** » February 12th, 2010, 3:17 pm

shoulda buy a ignis sport boy :mrgreen:

Alpha_2nr · Postby **Alpha_2nr** » February 12th, 2010, 6:51 pm

chris1388 wrote:I shoulda buy a swift sport boy

Edited for accuracy.

chris1388 · Postby **chris1388** » February 12th, 2010, 6:55 pm

Knight1 wrote:
chris1388 wrote:I shoulda buy a swift sport boy

Edited for accuracy.

LOL

Alpha_2nr · Postby **Alpha_2nr** » February 12th, 2010, 6:56 pm

^^

NLVA200 · Postby **NLVA200** » February 12th, 2010, 6:57 pm

Knight1 wrote:
chris1388 wrote:I shoulda buy a swift sport boy

Edited for accuracy.

chris1388 · Postby **chris1388** » February 12th, 2010, 7:18 pm

ahh yess i out numbered here....it have so much of dem damn swift sport and very few iggy's

gt4tified · Postby **gt4tified** » February 12th, 2010, 10:28 pm

From my experience with my cousin's (before it was totaled) we hit a bad hole once in Chin Chin and dented a rim and pulled a slow leak....we had to stop no less than 3 times between there and Chase Village to keep pumping air into the tire....the repair kit did not hold out then as the leak was between the tire and rim and the caulking solution was just oozing out..its made to bond rubber to rubber, not rubber to steel.

Another time my cousin blew out a tyre entirely and had to call me to come pick him up from where he was and take the tire to fix.

So given this, I would say run flats would be my solution.

3stagevtec · Postby **3stagevtec** » February 13th, 2010, 3:07 am

what about a portable air compressor? i have one on my GV and have never touched the spare in years! anytime i got a puncture, i would just pump it up until i could reach a repair shop.. saves me the trouble of having to change a tyre..

but of course, i'm running 70 series tyres..

jm3 · Postby **jm3** » February 13th, 2010, 12:01 pm

i have a set of sss rims for sale 3 of them are in good condition these rims are rediculously expensive from LM $5720 per rim
grand vitara rims are same fitment and are cheap second hand got mine for $2200 for the set

gt4tified · Postby **gt4tified** » February 13th, 2010, 12:33 pm

jm3 wrote:i have a set of sss rims for sale 3 of them are in good condition these rims are rediculously expensive from LM $5720 per rim
grand vitara rims are same fitment and are cheap second hand got mine for $2200 for the set

Well I guess they have to justify the overall price tag of that ridiculously expensive car, not so?

jm3 · Postby **jm3** » February 13th, 2010, 12:35 pm

true lol

MaelstroM · Postby **MaelstroM** » February 13th, 2010, 7:11 pm

what is the bolt pattern of the SSS?

Alpha_2nr · Postby **Alpha_2nr** » February 13th, 2010, 7:23 pm

3stagevtec wrote:what about a portable air compressor? i have one on my GV and have never touched the spare in years! anytime i got a puncture, i would just pump it up until i could reach a repair shop.. saves me the trouble of having to change a tyre..

but of course, i'm running 70 series tyres..

The swift sport comes with a portable air compressor, to complement the tyre "fix a flat" kit.

what is the bolt pattern of the SSS?

5x114.3

whizpig · Postby **whizpig** » March 6th, 2010, 8:25 pm

i was told that the donut for a subaru would fit on an SSS, and anyone confirm or deny this? and if it can fit, anyone has one to sell?

Alpha_2nr · Postby **Alpha_2nr** » March 7th, 2010, 12:15 pm

^^So, is something wrong with the fix-a-flat kit that the car comes with? Or is it that you want the extra weight and want to slow the car down? As I said earlier....you probably should have been a 1.5 swift owner. :lol:

Oh and no....most subaru donuts will NOT fit the SSS, as most subarus are 5x100 PCD, the SSS is 5x114.3. The only Subaru donut that might fit would be from a 2007+ STi. The Evo donut wheel should fit also (also 5x114.3).

Good luck finding one though :lol:

chris1388 · Postby **chris1388** » March 7th, 2010, 1:06 pm

Knight1 wrote:^^So, is something wrong with the fix-a-flat kit that the car comes with? Or is it that you want the extra weight and want to slow the car down? As I said earlier....you probably should have been a 1.5 swift owner.

Oh and no....most subaru donuts will NOT fit the SSS, as most subarus are 5x100 PCD, the SSS is 5x114.3. The only Subaru donut that might fit would be from a 2007+ STi. The Evo donut wheel should fit also (also 5x114.3).

Good luck finding one though

and when allur say fit......what allur mean lining up and taking spot of a normal wheel in the event of a flat or physically fit in the car? I've seen the trunk in those cars, it basically non existant...

Alpha_2nr · Postby **Alpha_2nr** » March 7th, 2010, 2:31 pm

^^Well the 1.5 swift does indeed have a "well" to store the spare wheel. The Sport doesn't have that "well".....which is one of the reasons why they were able to fit that gargantuan rear muffler setup, which takes most of the space underneath there anyway (Ignorant Ignis can confirm this one!). So there isn't really a space in the Sport to keep a spare tyre.....where does the OP plan to put it?

gt4tified · Postby **gt4tified** » March 7th, 2010, 9:40 pm

Aren't evos 5 x 112mm ?

NLVA200 · Postby **NLVA200** » March 8th, 2010, 12:31 am

Knight1 wrote:^^Well the 1.5 swift does indeed have a "well" to store the spare wheel. The Sport doesn't have that "well".....which is one of the reasons why they were able to fit that gargantuan rear muffler setup, which takes most of the space underneath there anyway (Ignorant Ignis can confirm this one!). So there isn't really a space in the Sport to keep a spare tyre.....where does the OP plan to put it?

which is why i made use of a hiding a subwoofer right there. compliments SR.