Quote Originally Posted by Marlin View Post
I have had min on the door for 3 years. How often do you really open the rear door?
I did not ahve to add any support to the inside of the door. The rear door is structural and pretty thick. I just ran the bolts all the way through to the spare bracket, so several inch long bolts. I have no deformation and I just grease the door hinges/stop arm every once in a while. There are some wear products in the grease, but not enough that I am worried about it.

The hinges are definitely strong enough, I had them spec'd at 800 lbs each. But how about the metal in the body or door? Tom's hinges ended up ripping out of the body and he had to remove the spare tire. After that, I installed the bumper support...better safe than sorry imo.