swogee said:
I still need to obtain a spare tire. I have heard the Toyota Camry compact spare will work as it is a 17" wheel, but I am hoping to get a 2013/2014 Toyota RAV4 compact spare as it is closer in size to the regular tire/wheel combo.
Just for shiggles, I just mounted the camry spare on my rav:
It drives like it looks ;-)
A lot more noise, just drove it round the block. didn't want to test the cornering capabilities ;-)
The center hub space is perfect btw:
The 2013/2014 ICE RAV4 uses the same base tire and wheel as our RAV4 EV's. The compact spare on it is 165/80R17 which has a 27.4" diameter. The stock tire size is 225/65R17 which has a 28.5" diameter so there is roughly a 1" difference. The bolt pattern on the regular ICE RAV4 and the RAV4 EV are the same. The bolt pattern is a 5x4.5".
With the spare on, I marked the center of the spare:
(sorry for the lousy photo)
And this is with the original tire back on:
So the center of the camry spare is more towards the middle of the car, about 1/2"
Since you aren't supposed to go faster than 50 miles/h, probably never will be a problem from the handling of the car.
The biggest question is where to stow the spare?
Yeah, basically: there is no space under the car.
I am going to try and make a mount that I fasten with existing bolts on drivers side in the back that holds the rear wall in place.
I will lift it just enough from the floor that you can still take out the covers in case I need something from there (like my J1772 extension cord ;-) )