Hub side down, I guess. I always try to line up the valve stem (pointing
down) with one of the holes in the clam-shell cover. Then it is easy to
check and service the spare tire pressure without removing the thing.

Cheers,

Dave Milo

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> Do you stow your spare tire:
>
>  a) hub side up
>
>  b) hub side down
>
>  c) doesn't matter
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL
>