I read from miata.net that you can move the spare tire on a Miata from
within the trunk to under the trunk, and save some space, has anyone in
local Austin area done this? I’d like to know your experience, which
garage did you work with and the cost, etc.
Thanks.
–Andy
reu…@REMOVETHIStexas.net (Azzy) wrote:
>Xingang Guo wrote:
>> I read from miata.net that you can move the spare tire on a Miata from
>> within the trunk to under the trunk, and save some space, has anyone in
>> local Austin area done this? I’d like to know your experience, which
>> garage did you work with and the cost, etc.
>Ask this to the TejasMiata mailing list, our own local–
>TejasMiata Mailing List <TejasMi…@jedi.net>
…and when you find the answer, post it here! A little more spare
room is always welcome!
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nolamersvdra…@mindspring.com (Rexven) writes:
>>Xingang Guo wrote:
>>> I read from miata.net that you can move the spare tire on a Miata
>>> from within the trunk to under the trunk, and save some space, has
>>> anyone in local Austin area done this? I’d like to know your
>>> experience, which garage did you work with and the cost, etc.
>…and when you find the answer, post it here! A little more spare
>room is always welcome!
It’s called a CanDoo exhaust and there’s a tire bracket from Moss.
I’m not doing it because the CanDoo runs a fake pipe to the stock
exhaust exit location, while the real exhaust cowers under the rear
bumper molding (on the opposite side of the car, I believe).
A while back someone reported simply using some well-placed bolts
to hold the tire on (the Moss bracket is $50, naturally, for
little more than a few bolts perhaps welded to a plate), and
using one of what is usually a pair of Camaro mufflers creatively
arranged such that none of it is visible below the bumper line,
providing a nice view of the rear suspension AND increasing
trunk space (AND maintaining the stock exaust tip location).
So there’s kits or make your own. Any local muffler shop should
be able to work it out with you. Rather than stock every tailpipe
under the sun, they’re quite handy at fabricating tube segments
to fit under any car.
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gt98…@ix.netcom.com(Eric Witherspoon) wrote:
>nolamersvdra…@mindspring.com (Rexven) writes:
>>>Xingang Guo wrote:
>>>> I read from miata.net that you can move the spare tire on a Miata
>>>> from within the trunk to under the trunk, and save some space, has
>>>> anyone in local Austin area done this? I’d like to know your
>>>> experience, which garage did you work with and the cost, etc.
>>…and when you find the answer, post it here! A little more spare
>>room is always welcome!
>It’s called a CanDoo exhaust and there’s a tire bracket from Moss.
>I’m not doing it because the CanDoo runs a fake pipe to the stock
>exhaust exit location, while the real exhaust cowers under the rear
>bumper molding (on the opposite side of the car, I believe).
>A while back someone reported simply using some well-placed bolts
>to hold the tire on (the Moss bracket is $50, naturally, for
>little more than a few bolts perhaps welded to a plate), and
>using one of what is usually a pair of Camaro mufflers creatively
>arranged such that none of it is visible below the bumper line,
>providing a nice view of the rear suspension AND increasing
>trunk space (AND maintaining the stock exaust tip location).
>So there’s kits or make your own. Any local muffler shop should
>be able to work it out with you. Rather than stock every tailpipe
>under the sun, they’re quite handy at fabricating tube segments
>to fit under any car.
Don’t forget to look at the garage section of miata.net:
http://www.miata.net/garage/spare_reloc.html
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Azzy wrote:
> Leon van Dommelen wrote:
> > >It’s called a CanDoo exhaust and there’s a tire bracket from Moss.
> > >I’m not doing it because the CanDoo runs a fake pipe to the stock
> > >exhaust exit location, while the real exhaust cowers under the rear
> > >bumper molding (on the opposite side of the car, I believe).
> > >A while back someone reported simply using some well-placed bolts
> > >to hold the tire on (the Moss bracket is $50, naturally, for
> > >little more than a few bolts perhaps welded to a plate), and
> > >using one of what is usually a pair of Camaro mufflers creatively
> > >arranged such that none of it is visible below the bumper line,
> > >providing a nice view of the rear suspension AND increasing
> > >trunk space (AND maintaining the stock exaust tip location).
> > >So there’s kits or make your own. Any local muffler shop should
> > >be able to work it out with you. Rather than stock every tailpipe
> > >under the sun, they’re quite handy at fabricating tube segments
> > >to fit under any car.
> > Don’t forget to look at the garage section of miata.net:
> > http://www.miata.net/garage/spare_reloc.html
> But no-one’s ever heard of a kit which’ll mount it to the rear of the
> trunk (like a bike rack does) similar in style to the old roadsters? I
> can’t believe one doesn’t exist!
> —
> Azzy
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Sorry, but I gotta respond to this: If he wanted a Lincoln Continental,
why didn’t he just buy one?
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Nick Horianopoulos <gr…@concentric.net> wrote:
>> But no-one’s ever heard of a kit which’ll mount it to the rear of the
>> trunk (like a bike rack does) similar in style to the old roadsters? I
>> can’t believe one doesn’t exist!
>> —
>> Azzy
>> ’97 STO Twilight Blue "Maggie" (SW Austin, TX)
>Sorry, but I gotta respond to this: If he wanted a Lincoln Continental,
>why didn’t he just buy one?
Took the words right out of my mouth…
Besides I think it would stick up a lot further than on a Caddy
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reu…@REMOVETHIStexas.net (Azzy) wrote:
>> Don’t forget to look at the garage section of miata.net:
>> http://www.miata.net/garage/spare_reloc.html
>But no-one’s ever heard of a kit which’ll mount it to the rear of the
>trunk (like a bike rack does) similar in style to the old roadsters? I
>can’t believe one doesn’t exist!
Such a device was once pondered.. they started to draft designs.. but
at some odd hour of the morning an assault team sponsored by the Taste
Police raided the architects office, burned the design and used one of
the MIB’s memory flash devices to wipe out any related thoughts from
his memory..
Hope that helps.
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