Full Sized Spare

[yelobird2002]

One of our Members of the Las Vegas Thunderbirds did a Mod to his car about a month ago to carry a full sized wire wheel spare wheel & tire. I've waited as I thought he would post pictures, but he hasn't, so I will. He removed the carpeted fiberboard floor and had a piece of smoked plexiglass cut to shape. Set in his spare wheel & tire and laid down the plexiglass. He put a Ford oval decal at the farthest point forwad on the plexiglass. The wheel & tire & battery are all beautifully visable. I have 3 pictures as it was impossible to get a shot without glare in the parking lot we were in.

[Borla Babe]

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Looking good!

[austx]

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Very nice looking mod - good job!

[MintTbird]

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how does that full size fit

[doubutsu]

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Lon, thanks for posting the pics, I don't know how to post pictures.

[5bird7]

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how does that full size fit

should fit fine, Drew. Might be a little high but fits in the well no problem - as long as the jack is repositioned.

[texasbird]

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That just screams cool!

Like Dot said, the opening is big enough. The problem comes with the recessed shape of the factory trunk floor that makes for a little more trunk space. There was a similar post some while back, where a cut piece of plywood covered with the original type gray material was used to allow a full size spare to be installed.

James

[doubutsu]

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James, thanks, I was going to use beaver board and cover it with carpet but then thought plexiglass would really display the whitewall and wirewheel.

[Ski]

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But don't you lose performance by removing the trunk mat?

[texasbird]

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But don't you lose performance by removing the trunk mat?

LOL!!! Here I am trying to quietly catch up on threads while the rest of the household is still asleep, and then this pops up. Linda can't sleep when I'm LMAO.

Thanks, John for your insight on this important piece of hardware.

James

[Nicky-The-Squid]

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Very nicely done and looks sharp. I'd love to catch up to you Vegas boys one day. Your cars look great.

[Ray]

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Very cool!

[sdman]

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OHHHH I do like this MOD. I hate the small spare tires. I wonder if the 2 Pc Hard tonneau would fit better also or would I loose space ?

[DKest3963]

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TO all TBN members I replaced my donut with full sized tire and matching rim. Had to reposition Jack and without changing trunk tire cover, it sticks up about 1 1/2 inches and does not make a clean flat floor. This new way to do it seems great. However I have had this spare in the trunk since 2/03 when I got the Bird and have never needed the spare and wonder if it was worth the cost. I do have the security that I do have a "regular tire" if and when I need it.

On my 2005, I just left the donut in and we use that for more space needed travel.

Thanks
Dennis

[redwog]

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yelobird2002
This is Great Could You at least offer a templet from the Plexiglass!
Thanks
TED