Where is the stock jack stored?
08-27-09, 09:07 PM
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Where is the stock jack stored?
I understand this is a very noob question, but I suspect my newly purchased S5 N/A is missing its stock jack and would like to be sure...
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08-29-09, 12:49 AM
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ok, here are the pics. for reference, these pics were taken of my 88 10AE:
in the first one you can see where the jack is located with the cover on it:
with the cover removed:
location for the jack handle:
location of bag containing lug wrench, wheel chalks, and bolt for flat tire to secure to rear deck floor:
in the first one you can see where the jack is located with the cover on it:
with the cover removed:
location for the jack handle:
location of bag containing lug wrench, wheel chalks, and bolt for flat tire to secure to rear deck floor:
08-29-09, 07:46 AM
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Interesting that your 10AE has a 5-lug aluminum wheel for the compact spare. I'm pretty sure Mazda totally did away with this expensive weight-saver somewhere along the line. No S5s had them, and my late build date (8/88) '88 GTU doesn't have one either. I think all the S4 4-lug cars had an aluminum wheel spare. Can't say I've ever seen a 5-lug one.
08-29-09, 08:45 AM
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Interesting that your 10AE has a 5-lug aluminum wheel for the compact spare. I'm pretty sure Mazda totally did away with this expensive weight-saver somewhere along the line. No S5s had them, and my late build date (8/88) '88 GTU doesn't have one either. I think all the S4 4-lug cars had an aluminum wheel spare. Can't say I've ever seen a 5-lug one.
08-31-09, 02:38 PM
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Very interesting. As I noted above, both my '88 GTU and my '90 GTU had the OEM steel spare. Although I was the second owner of both, I got them both when they were practically new and neither spare looked like it had ever been used. I seem to remember reading one of those "S4 vs. S5" threads years ago in which somebody claimed that Mazda stopped using the aluminum spares at the same time they stopped using the aluminum jacks, and that this was somebody's evidence of the cost-cutting that Mazda allegedly did when the S5s came out. I thought it was odd that my '88 GTU has the aluminum jack but the steel spare. My '90 GTU had the steel (blue painted) jack and the steel spare. Maybe this was more random than I originally guessed, or maybe only the premium models (Convertible and Turbo) got the aluminum stuff... who knows? Now I want an aluminum spare!
08-31-09, 02:42 PM
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Very interesting. As I noted above, both my '88 GTU and my '90 GTU had the OEM steel spare. Although I was the second owner of both, I got them both when they were practically new and neither spare looked like it had ever been used. I seem to remember reading one of those "S4 vs. S5" threads years ago in which somebody claimed that Mazda stopped using the aluminum spares at the same time they stopped using the aluminum jacks, and that this was somebody's evidence of the cost-cutting that Mazda allegedly did when the S5s came out. I thought it was odd that my '88 GTU has the aluminum jack but the steel spare. My '90 GTU had the steel (blue painted) jack and the steel spare. Maybe this was more random than I originally guessed, or maybe only the premium models (Convertible and Turbo) got the aluminum stuff... who knows? Now I want an aluminum spare!
09-02-09, 09:10 AM
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I may have a spare aluminum jack
My S5 vert came with steel spare and steel jack. Now it has aluminum spare and aluminum jack. The upgrade reduced about 25-30# off the Vert's lardass. 
Aluminum Jacks are frequently available on the FS section.
BTW, I think I have extra Aluminum Jack and jack handle. I will check, but it can't be till Friday.
Ticonderoga, if you are looking for a jack and want Aluminum, let me know via PM.
Aluminum Jacks are frequently available on the FS section.
BTW, I think I have extra Aluminum Jack and jack handle. I will check, but it can't be till Friday.
Ticonderoga, if you are looking for a jack and want Aluminum, let me know via PM.
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