Donut Spare for 2024 Prime PHEV

Heading into the desert again soon, an area I know pretty well, so I'm 100 percent certain there will be no cell service, so no way to call out for help if I get a flat. I've always, ALWAYS had a full-size spare with me. I was trained to use them before I was allowed to get a driver's license. I've changed them now and then on the side of the road (for me, for others); it's generally faster to do it than to wait for roadside assistance, especially in wide-open Western states or rural communities (like where we live) away from metro areas.

This goop-and-compressor setup of safety conscious (guffaw) Toyota isn't going to work if I get a larger cut (we'll be hitting some dirt, so this is possible) or damage larger than a crack or a small screw/nail. Have read about @Hammersmith 's OEM full-size fitment effort that doesn't work with PHEV (but thanks, for your work there!), as well as various posts and sites and owners' experiences with what donuts will fit the PHEV (since full-size will be WAY to big to manage along with everyday packing), searched half a dozen wheel/tire shops for something I could pick up locally, and finally settled on just going with this full setup (as recommended by my favorite local wheel/tire shop) including jack, wrench, a more aerodynamic-than-the-traditional donut wheel and tire.

Posting the link here for anyone else interested in giving it a shot. (I will try it out in the driveway before I hit the road with it. I'll report back when I do.)

 

So it turns out I can't leave the link to help anyone until I've made 4 posts...here's number three.

 

Does this county as number two? Or does it have to be a new thread rather than reply? Time will tell...

 

Oh good heavens....

 

OK...I can't post a link, and I'm headed to bed. Also can't seem to remove my own comments so you get the thread. Google for yourself and you should be able to find it using the terms "modernspare" and a dot and a com. There you can put in your year and model, or use your address bar to include 2024-toyota-prius-prime-spare-tire-kit-options/

Sorry mods...the gatekeeping is a bummer. Just trying to share with others to save them the hours spent on this research and driving from shop to shop and dealer to dealer only to find this fix isn't available locally. (Or, as one dealer put it, "anywhere in North America." Gotta love dealers).

 

Thanks, @Hammersmith , to your threads and posts and multiple efforts to educate people, I learned the full-size wouldn't fit under the deck of this car, nor will the donut. I don't much care for the donut, but in the first month of ownership I've carried some loads and have come to realize just how little storage space there is, so...donut it is for me!

Thanks for that clarification. Just for another perspective from my own experience, one can't get the wheel from ANY Toyota outlet. Our local dealership told me NO ONE in North America had such a thing. Apparently THEY didn't have it, and didn't want anyone else to make the sale. And looking at that part online (per your part number) it wasn't really clear to me whether it would fit my car, whether it was a donut rim or full-sized rim (yes, I've looked at the ToyotaParts site and run the number. I haven't measured my full-size wheel, so the measurements provided on the site didn't really help me).

So, yah, I shelled for the kit. I'll test it in the driveway. It'll likely hang in that little zip bag on the deck with the groceries and camping gear for the life of this car, which I'm already getting a feeling will the the shortest-lived Toyota we've ever owned.

Thanks for reiterating your details.