5th tire, what would you do with it?

[dondonbabyraptor]

Hello all,

I got a fifth Pilot Sport 4 SUV tire for free, amazon mistake somehow General thoughts is I am going to leave it for a possible damaged tire from spirited driving (but this would be have to be relatively early enough it wont mess with handling with varying balding). It would be nice to buy a single stock aluminum forged wheel to replace the spare to enable 5 tire rotation but that's going to take effort and relies on luck of someone selling one. What do you all think? I feel like it will just end up sitting in the garage.

Warm regards,
Brandon

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[D Fresh]

If you already have the tire I'd keep a look out for somebody selling g a wheel and throw it into the rotation.

 

[Joeiconic]

So Amazon sent you 5 tires, but you paid for four? Did they tell you to just keep it?

 

[AzScorpion]

Buy a matching 5th wheel from the link @Ranger_Rocks provided and add it into your rotation. It's always best to have all 5 wheels match as you never know when/where you're going to get a flat. Like when you were deep off road last year and ran into the Border Patrol. Imagine if something were to happen way out there?

Btw you should edit this part here in the poll: "not very smart with the wallet". You knew that and still joined this forum! ?

 

[AzureRanger]

So Amazon sent you 5 tires, but you paid for four? Did they tell you to just keep it?

I think he's saying Amazon doesn't realize the error they made.

 

[Cmar]

Hello all,

I got a fifth Pilot Sport 4 SUV tire for free, amazon mistake somehow General thoughts is I am going to leave it for a possible damaged tire from spirited driving (but this would be have to be relatively early enough it wont mess with handling with varying balding). It would be nice to buy a single stock aluminum forged wheel to replace the spare to enable 5 tire rotation but that's going to take effort and relies on luck of someone selling one. What do you all think? I feel like it will just end up sitting in the garage.

Warm regards,
Brandon

Well that's exactly what I did, I now have a matching alloy spare, and the Ford steelie spare is sitting in my shed.

 

[9zero1790]

id get it mounted up as a spare. i carry two fulls spares with me in the 5 g. if i can get another spare rim i got the tires for a third. having one spare dont help much if you damage two tires lol.

 

[Joeiconic]

I think he's saying Amazon doesn't realize the error they made.

in that case, I would first see if Amazon (or the company that fulfilled the order) wanted it returned. If not, I would mount it to my spare if it fits. Options 1 and three of the poll are effectively the same thing.

 

[Canadian Ranger]

I dropped mine from underneath and tossed in the garage. I carry a 12v air pump and tire plug kit instead. When I go longer trips, especially on my 2/3/4 day long fishing trips, I throw the spare in the bed and lock it in with cheap bicycle cable lock.

 

[dondonbabyraptor]

I bought a matching 5th wheel here . . .

https://www.oemwheelshop.com/search?page=11&q=2020+Ranger&type=product

Thank you, will look into this. Appreciate it

 

[dondonbabyraptor]

So Amazon sent you 5 tires, but you paid for four? Did they tell you to just keep it?

Yup, they made an error and sent me an additional one a week later or so

 

[dondonbabyraptor]

Buy a matching 5th wheel from the link @Ranger_Rocks provided and add it into your rotation. It's always best to have all 5 wheels match as you never know when/where you're going to get a flat. Like when you were deep off road last year and ran into the Border Patrol. Imagine if something were to happen way out there?

Btw you should edit this part here in the poll: "not very smart with the wallet". You knew that and still joined this forum! ?

Hahaha oh Dave. You crack me up. That is true, once you go deep in, gotta have the tools necessary to keep truckin' on! Reminds me, I need to buy a better jack

 

[dondonbabyraptor]

id get it mounted up as a spare. i carry two fulls spares with me in the 5 g. if i can get another spare rim i got the tires for a third. having one spare dont help much if you damage two tires lol.

Darn true about having only one tire when two get beat up. Luckily I won't be taking these off-road, purely a highway tire so hopefully only one gets messed up if it ever does

 

[dondonbabyraptor]

I dropped mine from underneath and tossed in the garage. I carry a 12v air pump and tire plug kit instead. When I go longer trips, especially on my 2/3/4 day long fishing trips, I throw the spare in the bed and lock it in with cheap bicycle cable lock.

Oh I like this idea. I do have a 12v air pump, but no tire plug kit yet. Will have to add that to my truck parts list

 

[Racket]

I bought a matching 5th wheel here . . .

https://www.oemwheelshop.com/search?page=11&q=2020+Ranger&type=product

Wish I'd seen that website way back when I had the bright idea of buying a fifth tire/wheel and doing 5 wheel rotations. Dealt with an Ebay vendor with high ratings who listed a rim that looked identical to the ones in my Lariat but by the time I bought a tire and pressure sender, had them mounted and attempted the first rotation I discovered the rim wasn't the one pictured and wouldn't take the Ford cap. Back and forth with the vendor got me nowhere.

Here's a grab from the link @Ranger_Rocks provides and there are the two rims. What is the one on the right from?

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