Rear Door Spare Tire Mount

[wekilled]

I concur. The one on my Amigo was painted a satin, and I had a big piece of black diamond plate covering a piece in the center. Just my take on my interpretation of the VX though, not trying to sell anyone on it.

[vt_maverick]

Looks like the lid of a toilet.

[Marlin]

Looks like the lid of a toilet.

Dude, it does look like some of the fancy electric toilet seats I saw in Japan!!!

PS-take my opinions with a grain of salt, after all, I am responsible for this:

and this

and most definitely this

[eblank]

After a long search for another wheel (which they no longer make) I was able to find an 18 inch chrome wheel and have it powdercoated, and a tire that will match up pretty close with the rest. I used an old trooper mount, cut and bent it in a couple places, and was able to get a perfect fit. I mounted it a little different than the other pics I've seen and think it should be a little more sturdy. Now my only question is do I dare put my subs back in my door... Here are the pics!

[VXorado]

The rim looks great. I wouldn't worry about the extra weight of the spare+subs because I had an engineer spec out the hinge shear strength around 1200lbs.

I've been building a spare tire carrier myself except mine removes the "bulge" from the old spare & allows the larger spare tire to be wrapped by the rear bumper cladding. I'm on the final stages now of welding in new sheet metal followed by paint to finish it up.

I think yours looks good but it would look better IMO if you also removed the bulge so the spare isn't mounted so far off the back.

[JoFotoz]

Now this ....

I've been building a spare tire carrier myself except mine removes the "bulge" from the old spare & allows the larger spare tire to be wrapped by the rear bumper cladding. I'm on the final stages now of welding in new sheet metal followed by paint to finish it up.

....sounds awesome.

Cant wait to see it, I love the idea.



jo

[eblank]

2X. I agree I like the tire back there but don't like how far back it sits. (still happy with it though). I thought of what you are doing but wasn't feeling nearly that ambitious/adventuresome. Cant wait to see how it turns out though it should be pretty sick. and i'm not concerned about the hinges at all they're pretty solid. my only concern is the sagging that the rest of the door will suffer and the mounting area of the hinges. not failure, just some yielding that could mess up alignment. Still think i"m going to reinstall the subs though and see what happens. (had to open them up and take them out cuz they are bolted to the door from the inside of the box...)

[VXorado]

Its been a big project, the hardest part was finding a cheap rear door because I didn't want to damage my good door if the project was a bust. I should have the door completely done by the end of this year. I'll definitely post some pics and a thread, stay tuned....

Hey eblank, where are you going to put the license plate?

[tom4bren]

eblank,

My door has finally started to sag a bit from the weight of the spare. I don't think that I have any plastic deformation of the metal, it's just the mounting points sipping. I've adjusted it a few times but it keeps sagging again. I need to do a more thorough job of it next time.

I like the look on yours. Mine sits so close to the door that I can only get my hand between the spare & the door a couple of inches. Yours looks even tighter.

I put my license plate on the SuperBumper I have in the receiver.

Tom

[eblank]

Thanks Tom. Yeah its a pretty snug fit (but not touching) I used spacers to get it just where I wanted it. Right now my plate is ziptied around the bottom of the tire, but (after a few midterms) I'm going to take one of the red reflectors on the cladding out and make a mount for it that will mount in its place. I wanted to replace them with backup lights but that seems to be the only good place for the plate so I might just put in one instead of two. I don't want to mount it on the hitch cuz I pull a trailer on occasion (plus I kinda like my little clevis hanging there instead )

[tom4bren]

My door has finally started to sag a bit from the weight of the spare. I don't think that I have any plastic deformation of the metal, it's just the mounting points sipping. I've adjusted it a few times but it keeps sagging again. I need to do a more thorough job of it next time.

Top hinge is tearing loose from the door. Looks like I won't be carrying the spare on the door anymore.

[VXorado]

Top hinge is tearing loose from the door. Looks like I won't be carrying the spare on the door anymore.

Bad news considering I just finshed my rear door with the spare tire mount. You go probably weld the hinge bracket to the door

[VXorado]

I'm trying to figure out a good place for the license plate where it can be lit. A lit license plate is required here in CO and I don't want to give a cop a reason to pull me over. I like it on the hitch but it would be a hard location to light, so I may end up making a license plate carrier in the rim. It would only be a PITA if I actually had to use the spare rather than just carry it around

[RamAirZ]

Quick disconnect wing nuts and wiring harness. I have a trailer plate bracket with built-in light on my Passport that would work well:

[VXorado]

thats perfect!! Where did you buy it?