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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 06:58 AM
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anyone try the the 17" spare off the 06 gto on there C5??????????
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 07:31 AM
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I didn't know the 2006 C6 had a spare tire, and I don't believe it does ?

I know some people talked about using the GTO spare tire.

The problem is, if it doesn't match up in height (diameter) to your other rear tire, you could burn out your positraction differential.
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Old Jun 28, 2007 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Oldvetter
I didn't know the 2006 C6 had a spare tire, and I don't believe it does ?

The OP said "06 GTO".
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