1. You can always use the OEM Donut, if you have OEM lug nuts.
1a. To keep track of the 5 OEM lug nuts, (if you're using after market rims which require aftermarket lug nuts), you should put them in a lunch baggie next to the Donut spare.
1b. If the aftermarket lug nuts need a special lug wrench, you should not remove the OEM tire iron/wrench. The OEM lug nuts need the OEM wrench.
2. You must make an effort to reduce the weight that you place on the Donut, by mounting it on the rear only. This means...If your front tires goes flat, you take a good rear tire off and put the Donut on the rear. Then you take that know good full sized tire (which just came off the rear), on the front (where the actual flat is). The weight of the engine, transmission, and driver is now over a full sized tire.
3. The Donut spare is designed to get you to the nearest tire center, not for cross country trips.
1a. To keep track of the 5 OEM lug nuts, (if you're using after market rims which require aftermarket lug nuts), you should put them in a lunch baggie next to the Donut spare.
1b. If the aftermarket lug nuts need a special lug wrench, you should not remove the OEM tire iron/wrench. The OEM lug nuts need the OEM wrench.
2. You must make an effort to reduce the weight that you place on the Donut, by mounting it on the rear only. This means...If your front tires goes flat, you take a good rear tire off and put the Donut on the rear. Then you take that know good full sized tire (which just came off the rear), on the front (where the actual flat is). The weight of the engine, transmission, and driver is now over a full sized tire.
3. The Donut spare is designed to get you to the nearest tire center, not for cross country trips.
