Went to charge battery 🔋 in TRUNK! And to my surprise!!!

[CamaroFred]

Originally Posted by lemontwist

from what i could find the brembo calipers won't fit in the lt spare so the ss has a problem. that's why i going with the ebay spare for road trips

But that isn't the reason an LT/RS wouldn't have a spare.

[lemontwist]

Originally Posted by CamaroFred

But that isn't the reason an LT/RS wouldn't have a spare.

easy answer is to cut cost and maximize profits.

[Cheap Guy]

Originally Posted by mikeman

Well, maybe he never actually checked inside his trunk for a spare. He just searched online and assumed that he didn't have one.

However, the pic that he posted confuses me. If his car is white according to the profile pic, wouldn't the trunk panel under the spare and battery be white too? My car is Summit white and the trunk well underneath the spare and battery is Summit white as well.

Looks white or silver to me along with the sound deadened and shadow. I’m not getting the hate on the OP. Is there some bad history going on?

I bought the aftermarket spare. I just don’t trust the goop stuff and inflator, especially on trips in the boonies. It’s heavier and a bit bulkier than I’d prefer but it’s worth the piece of mind.

[mikeman]

Originally Posted by Cheap Guy

Looks white or silver to me along with the sound deadened and shadow. I’m not getting the hate on the OP. Is there some bad history going on?

I bought the aftermarket spare. I just don’t trust the goop stuff and inflator, especially on trips in the boonies. It’s heavier and a bit bulkier than I’d prefer but it’s worth the piece of mind.

No offense, but you need glasses. It's obvious from the pic posted there is no sound deadner or huge shadow making the trunk look black like that especially on a summit white car.

Actually, the spare tire trunk pic looks like it was taken from a AGM car.

If not, possibly it was involved in a rear end collision and it was pieced together from a different colored car or they used black ELPO primed GM parts and didn't paint them Summit white when they put the car back together.

[CamaroBarb]

Originally Posted by vinman

V6 with RS package doesn't have a spare because it too has the 20" SS wheels, so not all V6's have a spare

Mine does but I bought the car used so maybe some one added it.

[Shan]

[Whoomba]

Originally Posted by pyroguy

V8 cars don't have spares, but from what I understand, V6 cars do. The issue the V8 cars have is their brake calipers hit the wheel of the spare that the V6 cars have clearance for.

Someone else may have chimed in but the spare was an option on the 14 v6. It’s saved my but once.

[DonM]

All I know is that my 2013 1LS doesn't have a spare.

[tomlink]

Originally Posted by Whoomba

the spare was an option on the 14 v6.

I have a spare in my 2011 2LT RS with 20" rims. Yes it was an option.

[Shan]

Thanks

[RJT Impala]

Originally Posted by Sir Nuke

Shan....it shouldn't have been a surprise, seeing as how you have a V6, as ALL V6 cars come with a donut spare and a jack.... the REAL surprise is the fact that there was a can of fix-a-flat there.

Sorry to disagree, but not true. My 2012 RS V6 did NOT come with a spare, and I was the original purchaser! I picked one up immediately--along with a jack. But RS V6 Camaros weren't equipped with spare; came with the inflator pump and slime.

[Shan]

Originally Posted by RJT Impala

Sorry to disagree, but not true. My 2012 RS V6 did NOT come with a spare, and I was the original purchaser! I picked one up immediately--along with a jack. But RS V6 Camaros weren't equipped with spare; came with the inflator pump and slime.

Maybe some case with the options and others didn’t! Or maybe the original owner put one in idk! But if yours came with one that’s a money saver!