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Spare tire carrier

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#1 ·
Does anyone have any information on an external spare tire carrier? I would like to place a full size spare on a matching alloy wheel on the rear end. Thanks
 
#3 ·
Just realize that doing this is going to block the license plate and prevent you from opening the tailgate unless you can find some sort of swing-mount. When I feel the need to carry more than one spare, I put it up on the roof rack in the Yakima Load Warrior basket I have - more out of the way and easy to lock in place so it doesn't get stolen. I suppose a bit more of a pain to get it up and down but I'm hoping it's there's "just in case" and I don't need to mess with it anyway.
 
#5 · (Edited)
I made my rack

I went back and forth in the design and decided to leave room below the tire for the license plate. I may end up changing it but I'm happy with it so far. Two of the lugs are in backwards to go inside a small safe for security. I'm looking forward to using the spare tire well for storage, tools, jumpercables etc.




 
#10 ·
I made my rack

I went back and forth in the design and decided to leave room below the tire for the license plate. I may end up changing it but I'm happy with it so far. Two of the lugs are in backwards to go inside a small safe for security. I'm looking forward to using the spare tire well for storage, tools, jumpercables etc.




Thanks so much for this! I was looking for something similar to buy because I wanted to use the space tire space as storage room as well. Is the mechanism secure when you drive?
 
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