Thanks Tom, I did read that post shortly after I posted my post

I've been in contact with the manufacturer of the Tire Gate, and unfortunately it will not work on our vehicles... The tubing has about an 8" rise where the gate is (the gate is 8" higher than the receiver) which means it won't work with the flush mount receiver.

Major Bummer, they said they have a different one in the works, but it's fixed, no gate.. Well that's not going to work...

So I think I'm going to be going Tom style!! that's right, gate mounted spare tire... It won't be a full time lug around, I'll just put the spare on when I'm heading out, but not for around town.

You said yours has been reinforced, How is it reinforced? do you have images? I'm thinking I'll use a full size diameter spare, but I'll go 10.5" wide vs my 12" wide so It doesn't stick out quite as far.

Unless someone has a better idea... The VX is just a tad too small