As the manual states: ".. if the vehicle does get a flat tire, there is no spare tire, tire changing equipment, or place to store a tire. Contact Roadside Assistance for help.", are there aftermarket options for a spare tire kit ? like a donut space saver ?
Bolt spare tire options
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I took a look at my 2017 Bolt - in mine there are no openings in those indentations - based on what I see in mine I'd have thought that they were there perhaps for stiffening the plastic in that section. I have no idea what the openings in the 2019 are there for.
As Sean mentioned, the false floor sits about flush with the folded down seatbacks, which is nice, if you plan to sleep back there. Ask me how I know.
The side vents are in our 2017 LT. The cabin air exits there, going behind the plastic, and actually exiting the car behind the bumper.
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Just speculation about those rear vents- I have an early build (Nov 2016) 2017 LT and it does not have those vents. One annoying thing about this car is how poor it handles driving with a window down at speed. If you drive above say, 40mph with just the driver window down, it is unbearable. The thumping of the oscillating pressure build and release is pretty bad. The solution is to put more windows down, but then it's draftier than you wanted. I wonder if the vents were added to improve this situation?
To those that have the later cars with the vents, how is driving with just one window down at highway speeds?
To those that have the later cars with the vents, how is driving with just one window down at highway speeds?
OK. Our Bolt LT was built December 2016. It has the vents. I think all of them, in fact, do. You just need to get your head lower, or stick your hand up there. The opening is cut into the upper surface of the indentation...not readily visible standing up looking at the dents. Every car I am aware of has a place for the air to exit.
As to drumming wind noise...it is awful. You can eliminate most of it by cracking the rear right window about 2".
Yes, you are absolutely correct! I took another look and there actually are vent openings that I couldn't see, but I can feel with my fingers.
I've found that cracking the passenger side front window, and driver side rear window about 1" gives good ventilation and zero low freq sound oscillations. This has been true on every vehicle I've driven, including my '11 Volt, which has horrible LF oscillations otherwise.
I'll try that combo, if/when it ever gets warm again.
I'll try that combo, if/when it ever gets warm again.
I chose that combo, because doing it on the opposite side would muss my hair on the way to work. One simply must maintain that "managerial image", you know...>
Then again, on those days I drove the S2000 with the top down (always, unless it's raining *heavily*), I'd say "eff-it", and explain that neat hair is overrated, when you drive a convertible. Welcome to So. CA!
I would think above 40MPH it would be more efficient to just use Air Conditioning.
I think that is correct. Driving at 35 mph on the Blue Ridge, windows down, is heavenly, but I'm like a dog. My wife hates having windows down. We were never going to have a ragtop, once we got married.
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The original offset is listed as 44mm on a 17x6" rim. so a 38mm offset should move your tire 6mm further out. I don't see a reason that would not work. I haven't walked out to check the wheel well clearances but I'm
pretty sure that 6mm is not a problem. For the record, I use a 15x6 inch wheel for my snow tires with 39 mm offset and it works fine. But I run a smaller tire on it.
pretty sure that 6mm is not a problem. For the record, I use a 15x6 inch wheel for my snow tires with 39 mm offset and it works fine. But I run a smaller tire on it.
Just be sure the overall diameter matches. Either that, or you'll need to do a back to front swap, and put the spare on the rear (if you have a front tire failure).
Well, you would think / hope we would be fine. Not so much. I hit a pothole that tore the rubber on the sidewall. It didn't seal itself for that. I went ahead and got 4 new regular tires. The new tires feel great, but if I could do it again, I would have gone looking for energy efficient tires. I have lost about .3 m/kWh of range. That is pretty significant in my book. Also, I am going to order some of that spray stuff to seal on the road. Although, that would not have helped me this last time.
Ditto on the sidewall tear. Those OEM tires seem to get sidewall tears without too much abuse.
My Bolt is in getting new set of tires today, I decided to just go with good regular tires. Based on availability and reviews I am giving Continental PureContact LS tires a try. Found some good reviews from other EV owners on road noise, efficiency and they should be much better for wet/snow traction than the OEM tires which just suck in rain and snow.
Now to go find a decent tire inflator kit. Anyone have recommendations based on experience?
Now to go find a decent tire inflator kit. Anyone have recommendations based on experience?
In reality even if you got an OEM tire on an OEM wheel as your spare if the tires on the car have a good amount of mileage on them you probably won't want to run that spare on the front wheels because the diameter of the (worn) tire could be a decent amount off from (new) spare.
We really don't know how sensitive the differential in the Bolt's gearbox is, my spare specs wise the exact same diameter of the OEM tire size and while I'd put it on the front and drive it for several miles if I had little other choice (like if I got a flat on the side of the road with a soft shoulder and it was raining) I would not want to drive for an extended length of time on it.
When I tested out my (S-10) jack I made sure it could lift the whole side of the car so I could do a front to back swap if I needed to. I rotate my tires every 5000 miles so the tread on the front and the back tires should be very consistent.
First drive, first impressions of the Continental PureContact LS tires.
Smooth, quiet and so much nicer than the OEM tires. It's raining here today and the wet traction is night and day difference. It felt like a different car driving home as compared to driving to the shop.
Granted this is just from one short drive, so we shall see how they are highway and with longer drive time. So far I am impressed though, and they are way cheaper than the OEM tires as well, got them for $120 per tire compared to $200 per tire for OEM.
Smooth, quiet and so much nicer than the OEM tires. It's raining here today and the wet traction is night and day difference. It felt like a different car driving home as compared to driving to the shop.
Granted this is just from one short drive, so we shall see how they are highway and with longer drive time. So far I am impressed though, and they are way cheaper than the OEM tires as well, got them for $120 per tire compared to $200 per tire for OEM.
Thanks for the report. I'm eyeing these as a replacement for my OEMs when they wear out - keep us posted on your experience!
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