8" Sub to fit in spare tire

Y'know, it just reached my attention that you are talking about an 8" sub here. There may well be room for a 10" sub. There is certainly room diameter-wise, depth would be the tricky part, and it would be a function of how much offset the wheel had (i.e., the amount of "dish" to the wheel) and how close your floor was to the wheel when the wheel was in place.

In my Taurus wagon with a 135-80 R-14 space saver spare, my 10" Orion cobalt series subwoofer is mounted on the inside of my spare wheel cover (it would be the equivalent of your floor) and the rear of the speaker has between 1/4" and 1/2" clearance from the wheel.

You would be enormously more satisfied with a 10" speaker than you would be with 8". Subwoofers of the same diameter will have different depths, so start checking specifications to find one that (a) fits your wheel well; and (b) meets your frequency response requirements. You could end up with a really great sounding car.

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