[MgrayBRZ]

Cheapest and easiest is what I'm going for

 

[piening2150]

Junkyard or eBay. Find one from an older BRZ/GT86/FRS.

 

[TxDivemaster]

Any 17" 5x100 lug pattern should work. Mine came from a 2010 Forrester on Ebay

 

[SkyDog]

Your cheapest option’s probably going to be a junkyard. Lots of Subarus have compatible wheels with the same bolt pattern (5x100) & bore size (56.1 mm). For about $12, I got a spare tire from a Subaru Legacy sedan, including the bolt & washer to hold it down.

Try to find a spare tire in T135/80R16 size. It’s an almost-perfect match to the car’s stock tire circumference. Some Subarus, like Foresters and most Outbacks, have compatible wheels but slightly larger tires. If you mount a spare on a driven wheel — the rears in our case — the greater the difference in size between it and the stock tire, the more the differential’s going to spin while you’re driving …and that’s not great for it.

A couple of resources to help you cross-reference:

To compare your tire size to potential spares, checking the difference between them: Tire Size Comparison

To look up wheel specs like bolt pattern, bore, & offset for cars by make/model/year, which you can hopefully cross-reference against a junkyard’s inventory to identify potential donor cars: A reference guide to wheel and tire sizes for your car

 

[johnsontf]

Second junk yard. Got mine out of a newer Outback along with all the mounting hardware.

 

[Tobias_209]

17 This is cheapest and easiest

 

[piening2150]

17 This is cheapest and easiest

Easiest maybe, cheapest definitely not.

 

[DerSpiegel]

I went with new everything for my car - wheel and securing hardware from Subaru, and the tire from Tire Rack who sells OEM replacements. Those are officially for 1st gens of course, but 2nd gens are the same with sizing and manufacturer.

 

[FreeBeer]

I was able to find previous gen wheel with jack included on Craigslist for about 70$. I looked around on offer up and Craigslist and found one pretty quickly. LA area.

 

[FreeBeer]

I was able to find previous gen wheel with jack included on Craigslist for about 70$. I looked around on offer up and Craigslist and found one pretty quickly. LA area.

 

[Underdog]

Hold up - there's room in the BRZ trunk for the spare and organizer with the jack and lug wrench from my Legacy? That's pretty awesome. I've been trying to give them away to get them out of my basement. (I relocated the battery to the trunk on my LGT).

 

[SkyDog]

Hold up - there's room in the BRZ trunk for the spare and organizer with the jack and lug wrench from my Legacy? That's pretty awesome. I've been trying to give them away to get them out of my basement).

You can still give away the Legacy’s jack and lug wrench. The BRZ comes with them. The GR86, on the other hand, doesn’t. And neither twin comes with a spare in the U.S. market.

Having a spare tire well was a huge plus for the BRZ when I was shopping and comparing it to other cars. I’ve had plenty of flats in my life and drive through some pretty remote areas where I might not have cell service to call for roadside assistance.

 

[PhatFreshPrince]

Cheapest and easiest is what I'm going for

Here is a post that goes over all your options. On a side note, be glad you have a jack because I think the GR86 does not come with one.

How to: Add spare to BRZ/GR86

I have been doing some research, some things are already talked about in other threads but wanted to put everything together in single one. Last generation twins came with spare in rear which had 16" wheel but there was also a different spare for performance package. Performance package spare...

www.gr86.org

 

[DerSpiegel]

Having a spare tire well was a huge plus for the BRZ when I was shopping and comparing it to other cars. I’ve had plenty of flats in my life and drive through some pretty remote areas where I might not have cell service to call for roadside assistance.

Same here, and that's why there's a genuine spare in my trunk now.