If anyone has ever checked, there is an ugly ugly yellow spare tire in the trunk of our cars. Why in the world did Lexus choose yellow? seriously now!

Heres a pic:




Well...I think this looks much better and it should have come from the factory this way:






Thats taping and covering the tire, sanding it with 300 grit down to the metal. Washing off wheel. Using alcohol to prep it. Primer spray used (3 coats), sanded with 600 grit. Wash again, alcohol to prep. Duplicolor graphite spray paint (3 coats), sanded with 2000 grit. Wash and alcohol to prep. Duplicolor clear coat finish (2 coats), sanded with 2000 grit. Wash and wax wheel. Done. Waited about a day in between each step.

Now I can roll around in "style" if I ever end up using the spare.

 

WOW. I wish I had this kind of time to spend on sanding down the wheel. If it were me, I'd just straight paint over the yellow. I wouldn't be rolling on that thing for more than 10 miles in the car's lifetime anyway. Good process though.

 

Im curious, can we put a OEM rim in the back for the spare? will it fit?

 

Of course man..its designed to fit on all four corners.

 

looks so much better.. but seems like it was so much work... not worth it for me haha

 

It is supposed to be butt ugly. An incentive to get it off the car. Its only for temporary use. People tend to leave them on if its not highly offensive to look at = liability for auto mfg when dumb a$$ drives on it for 1000+ miles

 

u have too much time on ur hands

 

looking good.....but

it's only a spare....not worth all that time for it.....

 

No doubt. When I had to put that thing on the car, I immediately drove to the dealership. I was thankful they had the tire in stock.

 

i remember riding on these for a day thanks to a flat. dam it was like the worst day, so embarrassing. next day had the flat fix for like $10 boom back to the trunk it goes. unfortunately i did not want to pay 400 dollars for some dunlop tires. that is not including installation either.

 

That's a great discovery! I've never bothered to uncover my spare tire yet. Hopefully, I never will.

 

lol doesnt matter what my spare looks like because i can never use it, dont want hundreds of dolla's worth of TPMS rattling around in there

 

No yellow for me. Mine is white. My dealership showed it to me the day my car came in.

 

It wont fit, the wheel well for the spare is shallow, just enough to fit the skinny spare in.

 

Wow.

I wouldn't do it myself, but I always recognize and appreciate time and effort expended in performing quality work. You must be a perfectionists. Keep it up.