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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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Default spare tire size?

What size tire and rim goes in the spare compartment for a 1980?
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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All 78 -82s had the famous "space saver tire" what We always called
a throwaway spare. Size was P195/80D15. The wheel was painted
black and was 15x5.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 11:08 PM
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my spare consists of a charged cell phone and my AAA card.
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Old Mar 22, 2006 | 11:23 PM
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The really stupid part is if you get a flat & have to change it, the regular tire won't fit in the *#^! carrier. What a brilliant idea. At least the carrier on my 85 drops down so you can stow the flat away instead of putting it inside.
Make sure you have a decent tire plug repair kit & a small compressor or at least a can of that fix-a-flat crap.

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