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On my Sea Ray I used a "Cabela's" spare tire cover, and never had a problem with it. I bought one for this boat, but apparantly the tire is to far from the hull. Wind gets in behind it, and end up slowly taking the cover off. We haven't lost it yet, but now I don't even use it. It has the built in elastic cord in it, so I can't make it any tighter.

What do you use as a spare tire cover, and do you have a problem with it coming off?

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

I was going to go the route of a galvanize rim and use a tire cover. But I managed to find a similar chrome rim to the factory so no cover. I do use a good tire spray on all the areas exposed to the sun to help prevent cracking. I plan on never using it, if I have a problem or when the tires get down I will replace the set.

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Andrew
07 H180
2000 Buell X-1
Stouffville Ontario
Canada

I planned on using it to keep the tire out of the sun as my boat is stored outside. I have aluminum rims and aluminum spare from FW.

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

Couldn't you just put the tire cover on, then wrap a bungee cord or two around the outside of it to hole it in place a little better?

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

Hi!
I had the same problem as you, and finally fixed it. My cover is from Overtons (I think) and there's an opening that's supposed to be placed at the bottom of the tire to let water out. My spare tire was attached to the starboard side of the trailer. The problem was when the cover is placed on the tire, this opening faces into the wind causing the cover to billow and come off. Solution was to mount the tire on the other (port) side. Now the opening faces away from the wind. Problem fixed.

Rick

Rick, I think you might have fixed my problem! The tire was mounted on the same side on my Sea Ray, but it was an angled mount.

I will check it out in a bit....

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

Nope. Not it. The opening is facing the back when the tires on

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

How about a grommet kit? Put 2 or 4 grommets across from each other, and bungee cord them as mentioned above?

Rick

That could do it. Those would be sewn on? Where would I buy something like that?

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

It comes as a kit. See some examples here-
http://images.google.com/images?q=grommet%20kit&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

Here's a grommet installation page-
http://www.curbly.com/ModHomeEcTeacher/posts/4275-diy-ten-minute-grommet-workshop

You can probably pick them up at any big box home improvement store. A crafts store such as JoAnn's (in So Cal) will have it. Maybe an automotive store.

Good luck!

Rick