Northlight
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Rainy night here in the Great Northwest and my wife is out with the girlfriends....so let's go to the garage....
Having been surprised once or twice over the years with a "Spare With No Air" just when it was needed most, I've taken to flipping the spares on my trucks making it easy to check tire pressure. (Tire had 42 psi in it, FYI).
On my 2018 Raptor there is a matching 17" factory aluminum wheel and full-size BFG KO2. (Previous garden-variety F-150s had a steel spare wheel with an unmatched cheapo tire).
If you haven't already looked, there is the standard crank down center cable as well as an additional cable that goes through the "T" and is bolted to the frame. I'm assuming this just adds a bit of security.
I put a couple layers of duct tape around the "T" that goes through the center of the wheel and on the face of the wheel itself to protect the nice shiny finish.
Part of this fun project is learning how to take the jack kit out and put together the correct rods to crank down the spare.....oh....then reassembling and re-velcroing it all back together under the back seat.
And the night is still young....
Northlight
Having been surprised once or twice over the years with a "Spare With No Air" just when it was needed most, I've taken to flipping the spares on my trucks making it easy to check tire pressure. (Tire had 42 psi in it, FYI).
On my 2018 Raptor there is a matching 17" factory aluminum wheel and full-size BFG KO2. (Previous garden-variety F-150s had a steel spare wheel with an unmatched cheapo tire).
If you haven't already looked, there is the standard crank down center cable as well as an additional cable that goes through the "T" and is bolted to the frame. I'm assuming this just adds a bit of security.
I put a couple layers of duct tape around the "T" that goes through the center of the wheel and on the face of the wheel itself to protect the nice shiny finish.
Part of this fun project is learning how to take the jack kit out and put together the correct rods to crank down the spare.....oh....then reassembling and re-velcroing it all back together under the back seat.
And the night is still young....
Northlight