Rear Door Spare Tire Mount

[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