Mike S.

Ever see that "optional" wheel in the back of the nissan brochures? Usually since a regular wheel is like 300 bucks form the dealer and these optional ones don't come with the car nobody has em.

Anyway, in the back of the 01 Maxima brochure there is a new 16! Normally they are 15's. This one is a 5 spoke, but the spokes are thinner than the curren 16's on the SE. AND.....ITS CHROME

Anybody got 1600 to get a set?

humaras

[I have been thumbing through my 97 facotry manual and on one of the pictures there is one where the spare is full size.
I am not sure if that actually exists. Does anyone have a full size spare with the car when they bought the car? I always thought all the cars came with that stinky little doghnut--which is pretty annoying when one does actually have a need for the spare.

hmmm...so they have introduced a full size spared for the 01? that is pretty neat.
and useful--at that.

Lordrandall

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I actually saw a 4th gen GXE with the optional wheels on it. I think the person lives near me, cause I've seen it a few times.

SYCEFIRO

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n/m

humaras

So the Canadian models come with a full size spare, but our cars here in the states come with a donut--what is the logic behind that??
I need someone from Nissan to explain to me why a country that is just north of us here get full size spare tires yet, we here, who need that full size spare just as bad--don't get it?

and does a full size spare fit in the spot alloted for it in the trunk?

MP89GXE

Hey mike you got a pic of this wheel for us?

Empz

Yep ... us Canadians get Full Sized Spares with Matching Rims!!

My 99SE had it ... and now my 2K1 AE has it too!

TrueNorth

That's correct all later year 4th gen Maxima SEs and GLEs came with full size alloy spare wheels, not sure about GXEs. Also, all Maximas came with colour matched mud flaps. Later generation SEs and GLEs only came fully loaded. Well, I guess Canadian Maximas are better packaged!

TimW

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<img src="http://www.courtesyparts.com/onlinestore/graphics/00000002/a33_chromealloy.jpg">

Courtesy has them for $239

http://www.courtesyparts.com/onlines...3_acc_exterior

GarthG

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My mom's 2K orignially had those rims on it when she bought it. . . They were off a 99 Lim-SE and the new owner of that car wanted the real SE rims. . . My mom didn't want to pay the inflated costs the dealer wanted for the rims so she had them swapped out for the typical SE rim. They looked nice with the Super Black, but weren't worth the $2500 the dealer wanted for them.

wdave

The US is pretty much the only place that will put up with donut spares. The original reason for them was to save weight and volume so the EPA qualification would be easier - now we're used to being suckers I think it is to save a nickel. Any bodyshell that is sold in other markets will have room for a full size spare. Toyota make a big deal of it in the Camry but it's really just that they sell the tub elsewhere. And yes, a full size spare will fit in the Max.

Dave