Rear Door Spare Tire Mount

[Daver]

Well, I'm glad I got to see someone do this mod, because I've wanted to do it for quite a while, and now I'm kinda glad I didn't.

I wanted to mount my fullsize spare on the outside, and put a speaker enclosure shaped like an inverted peace sign for subs and 6x9s on the inside. I figured the weight on the hinges would be too much though, and laziness helped too.

Anyway, the body lines for the spare on the inside really push that exterior spare out too far for my taste. Oh well. Still want to get the spare off the roof, and keep the backseat, and for now that just means using the stock spare. Ouch.

-Daver

[So-CalVX]

Well, I'm glad I got to see someone do this mod, because I've wanted to do it for quite a while, and now I'm kinda glad I didn't.

I wanted to mount my fullsize spare on the outside, and put a speaker enclosure shaped like an inverted peace sign for subs and 6x9s on the inside. I figured the weight on the hinges would be too much though, and laziness helped too.

Anyway, the body lines for the spare on the inside really push that exterior spare out too far for my taste. Oh well. Still want to get the spare off the roof, and keep the backseat, and for now that just means using the stock spare. Ouch.

-Daver

You could always remove the passenger seat and mount some sort of full size spare holder there keeping the rear seats and giving easier access to them lol

ooh and then you could also put ur system in the rear door

[Marlin]

You could always remove the passenger seat and mount some sort of full size spare holder there keeping the rear seats and giving easier access to them lol

ooh and then you could also put ur system in the rear door

Nice...

[Marlin]

Has anyone else tried this yet? I got over 1mpg better with the spare on the door vice the roof. But I also removed the front bumper as well. I figured that would hurt, but something made a difference, I drive the same way every day to work. Sweet either way.

[Triathlete]

The tire on top sucks a lot of extra fuel...as does the basket on top or a bike. That is one of the biggest reasons I rented a mt. bike in Moab. I have several friends with sweet high end mt. bikes that would have let me borrow them however the rental was less than the extra fuel!

[Marlin]

I wonder how much of a difference it makes with my expy? That big block V8 shouldn't care...5.4L that I wish I could put in my VX along with the 6 speed tranny. that would kick ***.
If I drove more than 10 miles a day in my VX, I would take the rack off, but I LOVE THE WAY IT LOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Triathlete]

I wonder how much of a difference it makes with my expy? That big block V8 shouldn't care...5.4L that I wish I could put in my VX along with the 6 speed tranny. that would kick ***.

All it takes is $$$$$...anything is possible!