Does anyone know of anyone that can fab this up?

[tom4bren]

Hey Boss Man.

I thought I'd finished this up last Friday till I tried a fit check. It appears that the OEM donut bracket needs to be offset from the back of the plate or it won't engage the hub on the spare properly. I'll hit Lowes on the way home & pick up some stand-offs to see if I can't getr done this week.

Not sure if you'd gotten that far to experience that problem.

Tom

[Moncha]

I've been kind put on hold for a while since I buggard my knee so, I've not been able to get to this. It'll be a couple of weeks before I can get to it in full. I'll try to get at parts of it here soon as I'm gonna have to have mine ready and tested before Moab as I don't want that to be the testbed.

[RickOKC]

(Dang... I'm 7 months late in joining the website.)

A sheet metal shop is a good source for things like what was shown in the original post. I worked (in the office) for one several years ago and we wouldn't have hesitated to knock out an item like this. Our primary business was duct work, but we never said "no" to anything.

[tom4bren]

Scott,

Done.

I'll send it your way. The only part I'm not happy with is the large hole I hogged out to access the spare tire mounting bolt. It's cut by hand so it's pretty ugly (fully functional ... just ugly). It looks like Handito chewed on it.

Use it - sell it - give it away.

Tom

[Moncha]

Thanks Tom! We'll definitely make good use of it.

[tom4bren]

Scott,

Mailed yesterday but not priority. Start looking for it around the middle of next week.

BTW, after I boxed it all up I started thinking that I should've tapped the holes in the aluminum bracket for mounting the donut plate instead of using nuts (would've been a cleaner product). If you ever decide that it's worth doing, lemme know.

Tom

[handeeman]

Tom4Bren

"Scott,

Done.

I'll send it your way. The only part I'm not happy with is the large hole I hogged out to access the spare tire mounting bolt. It's cut by hand so it's pretty ugly (fully functional ... just ugly). It looks like Handito chewed on it.

Use it - sell it - give it away.

Tom"

I resent that remark...as I've gotten older I'm much more able to chew things pretty smooth. I will admit tho, after my last family photo, the wife did say I ought to consider having my tooth whitened.

[pbkid]

just an idea scott... but could you build it out of angle iron? and just have it cut at a local shop to fit?

talk to Mdywer, i know he has a shop in denver that will give you access to any metal working tools you like, for like $50....

i was talking to him about building a bumper for my VX at that shop and it was and still is possible i may do that...