Reminder
 

For those of you that daily drive your Z in the winter and put on four dedicated wheels and snow tires, don't forget to put five OEM lugnuts in your trunk in the event of a flat. The lugnuts of the non OEM wheels will not work on the compact spare.

Noted. In my case, the spare has been removed.

Got a 98 Protege as a winter beater, was either 1k on tires/wheels or 1k on the Mazda. Worked out well!

This is exactly what im trying to do right now.

Psi up your spare too while at it.

It's a much better option IMO, saves the car from rust and extra miles + the potential to spin out on a bad day

+ I have a 4 seater now so all the peeps can join

good to know, never thoguht about the aftermarket lugs not working with the spare. guess i should keep a set int he car or dump the spare all together and save weight

Guessing you had a bad day? LOL I hate flats.

Good to Know, but My Xterra is my winter car.

Make sure you've got a wrench/tire-iron that fits the non-OEM lugs while you're at it.

Yeah man for sure, I actually found a Mazda B series truck (Basically a Ranger lol) with 5 speed and 4x4!!!, **** Ohio winters man! Couldn't of got a better deal too since it was through a mutual friend.

Damn! nice find! would have loved an SUV/AWD alas not this winter, did manage to get a 5 speed so I feel a little better haha, I hear Ohio is pretty bad, but I'm in Chicago suburbs so I cant say much. They're usually pretty quick at getting off the snow on the streets pretty quickly around here so FWD will do.