Any experiences with Dorman steelies?

[troymcclure]

Space saver spare in the Sentra is about 14 years old so I’m replacing it, this time with a full size spare. Nissan amazingly put in a deep enough trunk pan to fit one.

Planning to get a steel wheel to mount a full size tire on it as my new spare. Normally wouldn’t touch Dorman with a 10 ft pole but their steel wheels seem to be really well reviewed and are even the hearted option on RockAuto.

https://www.amazon.com/Dorman-939-1...id=ATVPDKIKX0DER#immersive-view_1730135665957

Any experiences with their wheels? Or are there other good steelies you would recommend for this. There don’t appear to be many options.

 

[dishdude]

It's a spare tire, I wouldn't overthink it. Not everything Dorman sells is junk.

 

[skyactiv]

One company probably makes the same wheel sold to other companies to rebrand. So I doubt there is but 1 or 2 to choose from. ?

 

[bullwinkle]

I've been known to buy them off Craigslist, or FB Marketplace (meet at a police station or at least a well lit c-store).

 

[JavierH19]

Columbia is a notable rim manufacturing country. They make nice alloy rims for some oem's in that market down to just steel wheels like that. I would have no issue running that rim. It's just a basic rim, can't mess something up that bad.

 

[Kira]

No prob selecting Droman steelies in my book.

 

[drtyler]

Bought one recently. It was made in Colombia, round, and balanced well with a decent tire. Price was right and appears to be a decent product.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Dorman doesn't make the wheels anyway.

 

[dishdude]

Dorman doesn't make the wheels anyway.

Does Dorman make anything? I thought they pretty much sourced everything from third parties.

 

[troymcclure]

Thanks all!

 

[KJSmith]

You could try Discount Tire.
They sell wheels for the exact reason you want one.
They may even have a slightly used tire for it.

 

[troymcclure]

Ended up going with Road Ready Wheels instead of Dorman as the reviews called out good packaging for shipment and I didn’t want to deal with a bent rim. Also ordered a brand new Goodyear Reliant for $59 from Walmart’s Black Friday sale. Should do the job of spare tire perfectly and was great to get a Goodyear for the price of a Sailun or Milestar or a used tire. Going to have Discount Tire do the mount and balance. And now I’m strangely looking forward to needing to use the spare. After dealing with a flat on a Sunday far away from home a few years back, I’m glad to have a full size spare. Kudos to Nissan for making the room in the trunk pan. If only my Honda had the same.

 

[Owen Lucas]

Go to the junkyard and get a full size steelie for $25 and then spray paint it. Bingo.

 

[troymcclure]

Go to the junkyard and get a full size steelie for $25 and then spray paint it. Bingo.

A younger me would have been so down for these shenanigans. I fondly remember pulling all sorts of parts from the local U pull it on my first car. Those were the best of times. Now I’m spoiled by Amazon.