A few months ago my CR-V was rear-ended when stopped in traffic. The
body shop repaired the damage, but when I got it back something
didn't seem right about the position of the spare tire, but I trusted
the body shop and let it go.
A few weeks ago I came out to my car in a parking lot, and there was
another SE parked next to mine. It wasn't until then that I noticed
that my spare tire was at a much different angle than the other CR-V.
On the other CR-V, the spare tire seemed to stand pretty much
perpendicular to the ground. On mine, the bottom of the tire was
sitting extremely close to the rear door, but not touching. The
glass, as it swings up seemed to be much farther away from the top of
the spare tire. It was like the spare tire was sitting at an 85
degree angle. Since then I have been watching out for other CR-Vs to
see what position their spare sits at. Funny thing is, some are
straight and some are similar to mine. I brought it back to the body
shop and he is looking into it, but swears it is within
specification. Anyone else notice this? I am thinking of using some
stainless or nylon washers to space out the bottom of the wheel about
1/2 inch to the rear- This will also fix the position of the top
slightly.