spare tire

[SilverFire]

hey guys i was just curious. sometime last month i blew out a tire. so i went to through on the spare from the back, but when i went to through it on it wouldnt fit over the brake. now i bought the car used. is there anyway that the guy changed the brakes/rotors to make them bigger? or has this happened to anyone one else with the stock brakes/rotors?

[Flying high]

I had five blown tires in the past three years lol talk about bad luck, but anyways the spare tires fits perfectly, so I think that either the guy changed the brakes or the spare, if you have the owners manual you can check what kind of spare tire the car comes with.

[SilverFire]

well i dont have the owners manual anymore. does anyone have there's from a 98 firebird. id really like to know what size of a spare i should have. id like to know if i have had a bigger rotor/brake change done. please if anyone knows what size i should have.

[nda0602v6]

Check to see if you car came factory equipped with 4-wheel disc brakes. Look for a sticker on the side of the drivers door with a bunch of 3-digit codes and look for J65 (4-wheel disc option.) or Y87, (I think that package includes 4-wheel disc.)

Maybe the previous owner of the car for some reason lost the original spare tire and just tossed in any spare they could find before they got rid of the car.

[MustangEater8251]

you have a 98?

ITs possible he did something and only put back in a pre 98 spare tire. I am 85% sure that 93-97 spares do not clear the rotors.

[Loochy88]

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[Brett Garret]

Yeah, I'm thinkin ur spare is from a 93-97. Your brakes are 98+ so its a no go. After I did my brake swap my spare doesnt fit anymore.

[hockeyman]

Are you sure it was the caliper getting in the way? I know that the 98+ have a different size hub than the 93-97's. The hub is the round center of the axle where the lug studs are mounted. I had to slightly grind the center of my 2000 WS6 rims to make them fit over the hub of my 96 Camaro.

-Marc

[SilverFire]

no it wasnt the hub it wouldnt even reach the hub. it just kept hitting the caliper. so its probably a 93-97 spare tire? hey i was just wondering if there was some way of finding out if my car wa a y87?

[nda0602v6]

Originally posted by SilverFire:
no it wasnt the hub it wouldnt even reach the hub. it just kept hitting the caliper. so its probably a 93-97 spare tire? hey i was just wondering if there was some way of finding out if my car wa a y87?

look for the 3 digit codes on the side of the driver's door and see if you see "Y87". Sticker with codes may also be in the glovebox.