Spare tire

[EVCar]

Here are the specs for front and rear. Only
Looked up the 20/21 on TireRack.com. A little bit different outside diameters. Not sure if this is acceptable:

This front/rear set fits your 2025 Lucid Gravity 265/50-20F 285/45-21R.

• Size:265/50R20 (Front)
• Service Description:111Y
• Load Range XL
• Max. Load= 2,403 lbs
• Max. psi= 50 psi
• LM1 Lucid, soundabsorber
• Eco Focus:EV Eco Focus tire technology emphasizes low rolling resistance, resulting in better fuel economy.
• Noise Reduction Technology
• Electric Vehicle Tuned
• UTQG:600 A A UTQG
• Max. Load:2,403 lbs
• Max. Inflation Pressure:50 psi
• Tread Depth:9.5/32"
• Tire Weight:36 lbs
• Rim Width Range:7.5-9.5"
• Meas. Rim Width:8.5"
• Sect. Width:10.9"
• Tread Width:8.4"
• Overall Diam.:30.2"
• Revs. Per Mile:687
• Country of Origin*:KR

• Size:285/45R21 (Rear)
• Service Description:113Y
• Load Range: XL
• Max. Load= 2,535 lbs
  Max. psi= 50 psi
• LM1 Lucid, soundabsorber
• Eco Focus:EV Eco Focus tire technology emphasizes low rolling resistance, resulting in better fuel economy.
• Noise Reduction Technology
• Electric Vehicle Tuned
• UTQG:600 A A UTQG
• Max. Load:2,535 lbs
• Max. Inflation Pressure:50 psi
• Tread Depth:9.5/32"
• Tire Weight:36 lbs
• Rim Width Range:9-10.5"
• Meas. Rim Width:9.5"
• Sect. Width:11"
• Tread Width:8.6"
• Overall Diam.:30.9"
• Revs. Per Mile:673
• Country of Origin*:KR

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Hankook&tireModel=iON+evo+AS+SUV&frontTire=65YR0IH01AXL&rearTire=845YR1IH01AXL&vehicleSearch=true&fromCompare1=yes&autoMake=Lucid&autoYear=2025&autoModel=Gravity&autoModClar=265%2F50-20F%20285%2F45-21R

FWIW, off the cuff comment from a techs supervisor at the SC was that he saw no problem with the smaller wheels on the rear. But he wasn't 100% sure.

 

[ButMahElectrons]

YES YES and YES. Even if all the stuff in the car OEM was correct, how do you know its all there, correct and you can use it. Would you not rather learn how to use the jack, spanner, lug nuts and spare in a nice warm garage. OR on the side of the interstate in the freezing rain. Friend called one late night asking for me to drive over a breaker bar. Seems he had a flat in his newish suburban near my house. It had a small lug wrench and the lug nuts are fixed at 150 ft pounds. Now he carries a breaker bar.

While I agree that the old days of a FULL size spare, jack and spanner extension was wonderful, I read that tire quality has improved so much that the number of flat tires now is a fraction of the 1980s or before. Unless you have LOW profile tires on a heavy car.....

IDK about that.....maybe my luck had just taken a turn for the worse.....or maybe there's more crap on the roads.
But I've had probably 3 or 4 flats between all my cars, with one on the Lucid just this weekend, since 2020.
Whereas before that, I think I had 1 flat since college!
The rest were all just slow leaks due to a bad valve here, or corrosion on the rim there. Easy enough to deal with, with a pump-up and tire store visit on my own time.

 

[Worldwide Beagle]

....maybe my luck had just taken a turn for the worse.....or maybe there's more crap on the roads.

I regret to say,same here. The roads themselves are crap. It's been a long time since I saw a dump truck with asphalt filling pot holes. I am on a first name basis with every tech at my Discount Tire store.

 

[ButMahElectrons]

Well I definitely have some lessons learned from the experience.
For one, as long as I'm in the Chicago area, I should have the car towed home, so the mobile service van can come to me. That should help cut down the turnaround time.
The van will come to homes only, and my limited experience with it is, if they have an opening same day, they're there quick. They have tires and a balance machine to bring.

I also chatted with the porter who delivered the car back while he waited for his Lyft back to the center.
Apparently this is just Lucid's solution, to tow flats in for service. He said they change and replace tires all day long in Chicago.
He did confirm they had a tire seal pump kit in the early days, but it must've been problematic or unreliable? So they discontinued it.

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

BD, feel your pain, I had same problem in Philly last summer, I didn't have a spare, Gonna look for one of those ez spares. They couldn't get a tire in that market (Philadelphia) for 2 days and found out rim had dent in it as well.

JP makes a good point: if you get a flat be sure to check the rim for bends, even on the opposite side (inside/outside) of the wheel. I had a bubble on the 21" from hitting a pothole and when I took the wheel off I found the bend on the inside opposite the bubble. It was subtle: I saw it when looking down the wheel from the side. These wheels are soft ( not forged ).

 

[Worldwide Beagle]

Well I definitely have some lessons learned from the experience.

He did confirm they had a tire seal pump kit in the early days, but it must've been problematic or unreliable? So they discontinued it.

The tire seal kit only works for small punctures from nail screw in the tread area. Useless for a sidewall blowout or gash. From comments here, sidewall ruptures happen 20 to 1 vs nails. My experience is the same.

 

[ButMahElectrons]

The tire seal kit only works for small punctures from nail screw in the tread area. Useless for a sidewall blowout or gash. From comments here, sidewall ruptures happen 20 to 1 vs nails. My experience is the same.

While valid points, I have 19" wheels and this blowout was from some kind of small debris right in the middle of the tread.
I think the seal kit might've let me at least limp home.
But yeah, on all my other cars, the punctures have been on the shoulder of course.
And the weirdest one of all! My Jeep got a 8/32 screw IN the sidewall! Neat trick.