jamess115 Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) Hi Everyone, I have recently purchased some Maxmat to further help with sound deadening in the boot area - but this is heavy stuff so I have been toying with the idea of removing the Zed's Space-saver which weighs approx. 15 kilos to save weight. Has anyone done this ? Besides the obvious factor of having no spare wheel, any input as to the pro's & con's of doing this ? Thank-you Edited August 30, 2014 by jamess115 Quote
WhackyWill Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 If your going to remove your spare, I would put some pre-puncture sealant in the tyres and carry a few cans of Tyre Sealant as well. Quote
Paddy78 Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 Can't hurt, but removing weight from over the driven wheels may mean you lose a bit of traction? You might notice in the wet when turning sharp corners, but sounds like you are putting weight back in to replace it. I'm sure there are people who have removed it and haven't instantly come off the road! Just get some spray repair if you get a puncture. Quote
WhackyWill Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 You can always sell it here.. http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/89865-space-saver-wheels-wanted-x3/ Quote
Wasso Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 I run a carbon boot, no space saver and have shed 30+kg from the rear. I'm still on the road and its 4.5 years without a spare. 2 Quote
JetSet Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 No, I've not removed mine. This happened to me in The States in a hire car, luckily on the last day I was there. Pete 1 Quote
The Chubby Ninja Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 I've had mine out for ages too and it still drifts and handles great, much better in my opinion too as it's not got such a big heavy arse Quote
14N Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 Fitting a boot divider can help reduce the road noise from the rear and they only weigh 2kg. Well mine do. Just sayin'.... Quote
jamess115 Posted August 30, 2014 Author Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) You can always sell it here.. http://www.350z-uk.c...eels-wanted-x3/ Nice.. but I will probably hang onto it in case I need relay back home at 2a.m for eg..) and then out again to a garage following morning. Also, unless things have changed, wouldn't pre-puncture sealant invalidate any repair ? and these baby's are expensive to replace Edited August 30, 2014 by jamess115 Quote
jamess115 Posted August 30, 2014 Author Posted August 30, 2014 I've had mine out for ages too and it still drifts and handles great, much better in my opinion too as it's not got such a big heavy arse Yeah, I've shed 18 kilos so far Quote
buster Posted August 30, 2014 Posted August 30, 2014 keyser and myself removed the spare wheels from our zeds just so we could get a weekends supply of donut to the zed shed. 1 Quote
hawker1986 Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 I will direct you to my thread regarding why I keep my spare tyre in: http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/87877-tyre-problems/ No amount of tyre sealant is going to fix that, spare wheel got us home though Ed 1 Quote
Rock_Steady Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 I've already searched this but to no avail, so...... what the hell is a space saver? and don't say "something that saves space" Quote
Ekona Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 Spare wheel. It's not a full size one, hence space saver. 1 Quote
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