If I may be so bold sir. My dad and I have used this same "trick" for over a decade. Run down to your friendly neighborhood Pick and Pull and score yourself one of those cheesey little "compact" spares with a 5X4-1/2 bolt spacing (Jeep Cherokee, 5-lug Toyoto P/U, Ford Ranger, Ford Exploder) there light and small, best of all they work great and no one will steal the bastard.....
If memory serves, I bought 2 and paid $12. about a year ago (they really can't do anything with them as far as recycle, so they're cheap as hell....)
