Rear Door Spare Tire Mount

[CrnCnn]

"I may not like it for my truck Tom, but its not THAT bad really. I have considered it."

Wow, now that's a left handed compliment.

Tom

Well, I am a lefty.

not politically. Just a lefty.

[tom4bren]

"I wonder about departure angle? I just worry about it catching on something. I know it should be high enough but you never know."

I'll have to measure the departure angle but in just eyeballing it, I'd say the rear cladding will be sacrificed long before the spare tire.

"Well, I am a lefty."

So ... you're the only one of us in his right mind?

Tom

[Ldub]

I'm in my right mind too, you just can't tell...

I, for one, would never ever do this mod, mostly because I am sure it would really screw things up on trails like Hell's Revenge and Fins 'N Things and Steel Bender... If you aren't going to go on trails like that (wall climbing and descending) it is prob'ly fine... except for perhaps a point Chopper made sometime ago about excess weight on the hinges. Don't really know about that though...

The ultimate mod for trails like that is an open diff......

[pbkid]

The ultimate mod for trails like that is an open diff......

HAHHAHAHA i actually laughed out loud on that one.... lol

ZEUS Quote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
The ultimate mod for trails like that is an open diff......

...or a crap load of weight in and on top of a VX...

hahaha right back at ya...

i love this family...

[pbkid]

damnit it didnt work....how do you guys do more than one quote per box???

[Scott Harness]

damnit it didnt work....how do you guys do more than one quote per box???

Click on the multi-qoute icon. It's the one with the qoutation marks,next to the qoute icon

[pbkid]

On the above quotes you would simply click on the "+" sign which is the multi-quote button on all the multiple different quotes you want to reference and then on the last post you want to quote go ahead and click on the normal "quote" button and it will come out looking like what I did above.

Click on the multi-qoute icon. It's the one with the qoutation marks,next to the qoute icon

ahhh.... i see....

thanks guys

[LittleBeast]

HAHHAHAHA i actually laughed out loud on that one.... lol

ZEUS Quote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
The ultimate mod for trails like that is an open diff......

...or a crap load of weight in and on top of a VX...

hahaha right back at ya...

i love this family...

damnit it didnt work....how do you guys do more than one quote per box???

On the above quotes you would simply click on the "+" sign which is the multi-quote button on all the multiple different quotes you want to reference and then on the last post you want to quote go ahead and click on the normal "quote" button and it will come out looking like what I did above.

[Ldub]

...or a crap load of weight in and on top of a VX...

That has saved YOUR butt at least once.........

[Marlin]

Just to piss Justin off, I am going to evaluate putting the full size spare inside the original spare location first. It may require some cutting of that internal brace for the factory spare, but I am willing to do that. I also understand that my door insert won't be effective anymore, and I am also ok with that, now I will have two of them in the garage. I will post how that works out. It would give me the best of both worlds, get the spare off the roof, and not drill as many holes, especially externally, on the VX. I do lose my rear bumper bonus, but eh, you win some, you lose some.

[Marlin]

Hey, come on... that wouldn't piss me off at all! ...In fact, I already tried it - the tire was way too big to take it one step further even if it were resting at a 60 degree angle - other than that, the structural integrity would be too compromised for it to work. My favorite idea regarding all this was to remove the hatch completely and replace it with one made of tube so the spare would swing on it and sit right above the bumper instead of behind it... it would only work for the dedicated wheeling VX I have in my dreams tho!

I was referring to the changing my mind aspect...
Anyway, I looked real hard at the Pathfinder mounting system. It is separate of the door, and it actually mounts to the side of the vehicle, placing the weight on a different set of hinges. It would be difficult to make it fit the contours of the VX though. It would not be impossible and it would still allow convenient access to the door vice the hitch type spare mount. Not a fan of the hitch type at all. We shall see tomorrow morning, I should have pics up by lunch if it stops raining.

[CrnCnn]

Hey, come on... that wouldn't piss me off at all! ...In fact, I already tried it - the tire was way too big to take it one step further even if it were resting at a 60 degree angle - other than that, the structural integrity would be too compromised for it to work. My favorite idea regarding all this was to remove the hatch completely and replace it with one made of tube so the spare would swing on it and sit right above the bumper instead of behind it... it would only work for the dedicated wheeling VX I have in my dreams tho!

I can imagine it now. A rear tube door. All that visibility. Awww... soothing....

[Triathlete]

What about a vertical "tube" carrier that would allow the tire to sit right in front of the factory spare space. You could remove the cover and donut to get the tire as far to the rear as possible. Put a hinge and pin at the bottom so when the door is open it can swing down for ease of removal and to access other stuff in the rear.

[tom4bren]

"Hmmm, using the rear VX door as a full-size spare mounting point like on Tom's VX gives me the hebee-jebee's."

Yer Welcome. Glad to know I still have that effect on people.

"It is way too much stress on the VX door hinges and thin sheet metal."

No damage to date. My primary concern is that if I ever get rear ended, the spare will prolly focus all that energy into the door & we all know how hard they are to replace.

"A much better idea is to use a 2" square receiver tow hitch for the "mounting point" for a full-size spare. Just go to www.JCWhitney.com and type-in "SPARE MOUNT" in the little search box. There you will find various 2" tow hitch mounts for spare tires."

I haven't checked their site in a while but when I did, I wasn't too wild about their selection. All of the ones they offered came straight out & I wanted one that angled up from the receiver. I also wanted one that would drop down so you could open the door without removing the spare.

Tom

[tom4bren]

"you just can't tell"

Hey, Zeus & I are in 100% agreement for a change

"wall climbing and descending"

Yer right - those situations could be a problem - I guess I could remove the spare, roll it down the hill, pick it up when I get there ...