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Old 08-13-2017, 07:38 AM   #16
Don M
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Originally Posted by japaneezy View Post
Mount a luggage rack on the trunk and put the spare on there? I would be hideous but functional...
Actually, my 1994 R package Miata came with both the rear spoiler (which all R package cars had) *and* the trunk luggage rack option . . . . . which was pretty hideous even without the spare tied on it - I could post a photo if you're having trouble picturing how bad that looked

2 or 3 years after I bought it, I found a trunk deck with the spoiler from a wreck which was the same color as my car and I swapped it out. I guess I could have drilled out the pop rivets to remove the factory rack and weld up the holes and repaint the trunk lid, but getting a 'new' one was much easier

I've never once needed the spare tire in all that time. Our electric cars don't even have a spare - Just a tire plugger kit and a little air compressor. Never needed to use those either, knock wood

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