I'm not one for carrying any FS spare unless venturing off-road to the extreme outback wilderness. However; ROWHARD's design of vertically mounting the FS spare in the right-rear corner offers a somewhat balanced weight distribution with the driver, as it is diagonally opposed with the driver across the vehicle's frame. Mounting the FS spare in the left-rear corner would be improper weight distribution in relation to the driver's own personal weight. Afterall; the driver is a constant weight factor in the equation, but a passenger is an optional weight factor.

In regards to a right-rear located vertical FS spare blocking rear blind spot visibility, that's an invalid point IMHO. While driving my VX the other day, I intentionally tried to look over my right shoulder out the right-rear 3rd quarter window to check traffic for a possible lane-change. What an extremely dangerous and wasted effort that was-- the little 3rd quarter window of the VX is absolutely worthless for checking traffic at speed, as the VX travels too far down the road when trying to determine a valid safety zone for a safe lane-change. The $3 convex spot mirror on my passenger-side outside mirror is a far more safer lane-change traffic check device; and requires far less eye-n-head movement, thereby maintaining quick traffic reference back thru front windshield. The inherent cacoon-tunnel design of the VX cargo area makes rear window visibility virtually worthless, and the VX should be treated the exact same as driving a Panel Delivery Truck. Just my 2-cents.