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Spare tire details for 18 PIU?

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2018 PIU 3.7L
I just purchased a 2018 PIU. Unfortunately, the selling agency decided to keep the spare for use by their fleet and removed it before sale. I need to source another one to replace it. Does anyone have part numbers for the wheel and specs for the tire?
 



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The original tires are Goodyear Eagle RS-A 245/55 R18. You can get a tire and rim at the Ford Dealership, but that will be expensive. Most junkyards will have used rims and tires from crashed cops cars.
 






It's the same as the rest of the wheels as far as I know. When I bought mine it was on the spare. I didn't even notice until I put new tires on my PIU and noticed that one had slightly more tread than the rest. Same tire as well.
 






I just purchased a 2018 PIU. Unfortunately, the selling agency decided to keep the spare for use by their fleet and removed it before sale. I need to source another one to replace it. Does anyone have part numbers for the wheel and specs for the tire?
Welcome to the Forum. :wave:

Peter
 






As an aside, a good alternative to the FULL-SIZE Ford DG1Z-1015-A wheels that come standard on the 5th Generation PIU is the Dorman #939-192. It looks absolutely identical to the overpriced ones from Ford (I've had both, over the years), and is currently selling brand-new for $106.99, on the Summit Racing website. This is where I got my most recent set of 5 (as seen in my photo), and I cannot see any difference. Summit also shipped them to me at no charge (a huge savings!), and, one arrived the next day, and the other 4 were delivered to me from across the country in 4 days.

I ordered 5 of these wheels, because I wanted the spare to also be full-size (goodbye, crappy mini-spare!), so that if I ever needed to use the spare, it would also be a perfect match to the four wheels already on the ground. (I also had a TPMS sensor installed in the spare, so as to not trigger any TPMS alarms on the dash, due to a "missing" tire).

The black paint is heavy and glossy, just like the OEM version... but it is priced substantially less than OEM. Plus, Dorman is a leading supplier of OEM-replacement parts, and is known for matching their quality.

Why pay the current $200-$300 Ford price out there (each), or, risk buying a used junkyard wheel (that had been in a crash) when you can go the Dorman way, for far, far less?
 






Circling back to this thread:
I totally overlooked that the spare tire info would be on the white, yellow, and red tire and loading info sticker present in the driver's door sill. The spare on my 2018 FPIU is indeed the same 245/55R18 dimensions as the four regular wheels. I got a cheap spare wheel from a junkyard, will swap things around when I get a new set of tires and keep the best existing one as my new spare.
 






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