OEM spare tire install

I only looked at the right rear. Front was covered in ice...

 

At least a couple more weeks for the Hakkapeliitta 10 studs here.

But beginning to ponder if I'm going to need a jack adapter soon.

 

Going back to this, the diagrams you see in parts sites like that really can't be relied on. They're almost always generic for the part type and pack contents, and not actually indicating the specific variant for a particular model.

The "diagram may not be specific to your vehicle" isn't a cautious disclaimer - it's a massive understatement. It's very unlikely to show the part for your vehicle, unless the part doesn't vary.

 

That was one of my thoughts. But then the jack illustrated is clearly asymmetric, and seems to be intended to be putting the weight on the other side. But is that asymmetry sufficient for this particular model?

Also not seen that sort of asymmetric head anywhere else - I can't find any standalone adapter doing that.

 

I was planning on using my existing Toyota scissor jack in a week or two to swap to all seasons where I am too, but its a lot older. It came with my Matrix and I've been using it to do tire swaps on that for a couple years now. It doesn't have one side with a big lip, the two lips are the same size.

I guess I'll go grab a floor jack sooner than originally planned and grab one of those pinch weld adaptor pucks for the fin at the same time. That's probably safe. Or I'll just try to reach the jack way back for the fronts at the proper lift point. Though I wasn't exactly planning on getting jack stands as a back up to that since I have a slightly sloped driveway and super tiny driveway. For quick one wheel at a time swaps, jack only has been fine. But if I'm lifting two tires off the ground, things get different.

On the note of weather - currently going through a 2 day snow event here, snowfall warning and all. Already shoveled 2x and will probably be out again later today. I never change until its regularly above 8C for a week straight. Overnight it normally goes below zero through to sometime in May, its normal to get snow early April. Lots of folks were swapping tires this past weekend because its been so warm. Well, surprise, slushy 20cm of snow. And it was even in the forecast all weekend lol

 

Especially if using scissor jack on slight slope (not optimum, but…), consider a set of wheel chocks, preferably heavy rubber one, and jam them fore and aft of the diagonally opposite wheel.

 

In our 12 year study of jacking systems, we have discovered that the security of the connection between the top saddle of the jack and the chassis of the car is the most important parameter to prevent jack operational failure. Sliding off the top of the jack is the most common cause of jack failure.

The Tesla socket is one of the most secure.

Selecting the correct jack with the most secure top connection is most important for the Toyota vehicle. Using the wrong jack can result in failure.

 

Oh chocks are always needed.

For me the concern is the lip being too small for a secure hold.

 

The jack point system on the Fisker Ocean is even better.

 

Did you ever find out if the Modern Spare fits? I have the same setup and was going to do the trunk conversion.

 

So, do you want to point us at your solution - it sounds like you have one. Both the Toyota scissor jacks we've seen look designed to mate well with the G5, in different ways, but where are the equivalent adapters for other jacks? I'm not managing to find them - plenty of other shapes, but not those.

I'm actually a noob to having to regularly change tyres, and it appears I've been blissfully unaware of the potential compatibility issues. Seeing all the other manufacturers' designs above has made me realise I missed a bullet.

I've only ever dealt with the Prius G2, and it has the knife-edge with notches that just mated perfectly with the "ring" head on the jack I happened to have access to. That's not going to be the case with the G5. I had assumed that notched knife-edge arrangement must be universal...

 

This univeral Lexus-Toyota pinch weld adapter allows for adapting flat top scissors jacks, steel jack stands, and aluminum jack stands.

 

For wheel swaps, scissor jack is not the way I’d go. My son’s coming over today with his CX-5 (Mazda), doing oil change and taking off the snow tires; as usual it’ll be:

1. Level concrete slab
2. Wheel chocks on rears
3. Raise front and settle onto safety stands
4. Raise rear and settle onto safety stands
5. After swap, lower in reverse order

With our ‘10, anything other than side-of-road install of the temp spare, the scissor jack never sees use. Also, I never use the the proscribed scissor jack support points for the safety stands; opt for sturdier locations.

 

Sorry if this is off topic, but if you raise the car using the jack points, how can you settle it on to safety stands?

(very noob question, I know)