Rear Door Spare Tire Mount

[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

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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...)