Rear Door Spare Tire Mount

[Marlin]

Well, time for another update, its been about 1.5 yrs now, I no longer baby the door opening and closing, and I have no sign of sag. No significant rubbing on the latch either. I slam it shut, leave it open sometimes, trailed it with the tire on it, no problemo. I am more than pleased with the results of this project. I am surprised there is only the two of us though. As a matter of fact, of all my projects I have done, the only one I am not 100% happy with is the....well, I can't think of one

[RamAirZ]

I was planning on it (even have the mount) but after mocking everything up I didn't really like the way it looked on mine so I threw it on the roof, plus the basket made it easy for mounting the lights. Glad it's working out good for ya Chris! I'm still debating it at some point.

[Marlin]

I'm not sure if you went through the whole thread or not. I am 100% function over form. The reason I took it off the roof: at Moab in 09, while in Poison Spider, there is a little rally run, like a mile through the sand, and we were moving pretty quick. I saw something in my peripheral (and it wasn't a blonde). We slowed down, turns out, it was a bolt from the roof rack that had gone flying off. Then I started thinking about 70-80lbs of rim and tire on the roof and what that would do to someone if it came off the roof on the street. That could be deadly.
Plus, having the tire on the roof with no cover on it means its in the sun all day long, which will destroy the tire. But I do trail the VX with the spare on the roof for approach angle purposes. Its also a lot easier to get the spare off the door, I got a dent in the side from trying to get the tire off the roof by myself a few months ago.

[RamAirZ]

LOL, I have read the thread and talked to you about it before. I know why YOU did it, and I completely understand that. I myself like form AND function. I didn't like how far it would sit from the door, not how it looked on the door. I'm working on modifying the bracket to sit closer and then I'll probably end up doing it. For now I like it on the roof and have had it in some thick brush where I was worried about it coming off and it didn't budge. Plus I don't leave it up there all the time. I've even considered getting a 2nd spare so I have 2, it's weird but the VX is gonna end up as my Expedition rig when we take camping trips and go visit the family in Indiana and Minnesota so would be nice to have 2 just in case. As far as getting it off the roof, maybe you need these:



Just kidding, it's a pain to get it on/off, I know.

[IRONVIKING]

I saw an Amigo rear tire mount with the third brake light set up.
It looked like I could do something similar to my VX.
Its cool in that pic you posted of the rear tire mount.
Theres the Red Explorer?- Orange CBR dude in the background- Yellow VX

[Marlin]

I saw an Amigo rear tire mount with the third brake light set up.
It looked like I could do something similar to my VX.
Its cool in that pic you posted of the rear tire mount.
Theres the Red Explorer?- Orange CBR dude in the background- Yellow VX

Thanks, that was our 07 expedition, which we traded for a 2010 F150, which we just traded for an 06F250 lariat diesel. Hopefully we wont have to trade cars for awhile...

[RamAirZ]

lol hopefully not. Did you find a 2 car trailer yet?

[Marlin]

Nope, still gotta sell mine first.

[wekilled]

I was thinking about doing Toms full-size Rear Tire mount, but wanted to add one of these Korean spare tire covers to it (see link).

I brought one back from Korea when I was stationed there for about 60 bucks U.S., but sold it with my Amigo thinking I would never need it again (facepalm). Mine had a small storage area that I had covered with a piece of black rubber diamondplate to give it a grittier look.

Anyone know where to get one of these here in the States? I think it would give it a nice touch (for those who even want a full-size spare on the back) Not for everyone to be sure, but I think it would fit the lines of what look I am going for.

[Marlin]

Dude, post up an adult sized pic, can't even tell what it is...

[Grif]

The pic in this thread http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...threadid=19067 is slightly larger, but I still cant tell wtf it is.

[wekilled]

Best I can do here as there aren't alot of images of the item I am talking about. They're pretty common in Asia, but I have only seen them once or twice in the U.S.

Has a nice look to it that (might) compliment the VX if the rear tire was in the back. You can hook your brakelight to the light in the center and while the sides are for show, they make it look as though they are clamping the tire in place.

[Grif]

Ahhh IC... interesting.

[Marlin]

Not that I am one to talk, but I don't think that shiny plastic would look good on the VX...

Looks like it would be at home on a Rav4 or CRV

[Ascinder]

If you do find where to get one, let me know. I'd definitely buy one. You can always turn shiny plastic into matte black gritty awesomeness with a little bedliner or Gatorback spray. I am going to be gutting my rear hatch anyways since there's no way in the 9 hells I'm ever going to fit a spare there with it in the way.