Rear Door Spare Tire Mount

[crager34]

Thanks Marlin for all the leg work. Heading out to the junk yards to find a mount today!!

How about some pics of the inside of the door. Come on... your a RAD guy.... you can do it.

[Ldub]

just gotta find a cool box to put the ballast and transformer in...Tupperware maybe>

Here's what I used...

http://www.mysigg.com/index.asp?Page...TS&Category=31

Might be able to snoop em' for le$$ on ebay...

[Marlin]

Here's what I used...

http://www.mysigg.com/index.asp?Page...TS&Category=31

Might be able to snoop em' for le$$ on ebay...

Very nice, and they have them in Pink!!!!!

I was looking at this:http://cgi.ebay.com/Military-Waterpr...3A1%7C294%3A50

and yes I know, thread jack...

[Marlin]

Thanks Marlin for all the leg work. Heading out to the junk yards to find a mount today!!

How about some pics of the inside of the door. Come on... your a RAD guy.... you can do it.

Not a problem, I will snap some pics when I get home, but as I said, not a whole lot see, just 4 bolts heads on the spare mount plate...and one extra hole I drilled cause I didn't measure perfect No worries, no one will ever see it, except via this photo, maybe I will put a bolt through it so it looks like it is serving a purpose....
Remember, try moving yours higher, I suggest taking the rear cladding off so you don't put the bottom bolts on the curve of the door.
You can't see anything out the rear window anyway, that is why I have a digital rear view mirror, and the camera is mounted on the spoiler, so the tire is in the shot, but not enough to block anything important. My second back up camera needs to be relocated though, it was mounted over the license plate, gotta move that down now. Oh well, I never use it anyway.

[tom4bren]

Marlin,

I can't see your pix while at work. I'll try to have a look tonight. Sounds like you did a great job though. I might have to fab up some spacers and go through the second layer of metal (just to ease my mind if someone ever decides to slam the door closed).

"i got one up on you.. check my other thread for details.."

Eric - looks like you went 16 up on us.

"I hate encouraging that guy tho..."

Nice - Happy Monday to you too.

Tom

[LittleBeast]

H11s, I can get the fixtures for about 20 bucks a piece and the HID kit, transformer, ballast and bulb for about 50 bucks a pair. That is less than a 100 bucks to do the project,

buying from who? where?

[Marlin]

Here are the pics as requested...the plate is centered on the outside, I just drilled one of the holes crooked, so bolts is actually at a slight angle...I know, pathetic.







As far as the lights, I correct my previous post, the 20 dollar procomp fixtures are not H11s, the H11s are 80 bucks, I apologize, so now the project will be around 200 vice 100:
http://4wheeloutfitters.com/store/in...d&productId=26

The HID kit is the same one I have on my VX for the headlights. No flickering or any of the other problems people whine about. Took about a week from Hong Kong, they will send you whatever color bulb you want. Their customer service was great too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/H1-H3-H4-H7-H11-9004-9006-9007-xenon-hid-conversion-kit_W0QQitemZ200348168964QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Def aultDomain_0?hash=item2ea5ae7304&_trksid=p3286.c0. m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|240% 3A1309|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

[tom4bren]

Marlin,

I finally saw your pix. Good job. It looks like the mounting bracket carries your spare just a tad farther away from the door than mine. I can't even get my hand between the door and the tire to clean or wax or treat the cladding.

BTW, you could just mount your license plate on your bully bar but I like it on my receiver better.

Tom

[Marlin]

Marlin,

I finally saw your pix. Good job. It looks like the mounting bracket carries your spare just a tad farther away from the door than mine. I can't even get my hand between the door and the tire to clean or wax or treat the cladding.

BTW, you could just mount your license plate on your bully bar but I like it on my receiver better.

Tom

Thanks Tom,
I tried to find the deepest bracket I could, so if I go to a larger tire or different offset wheel, I have room to spare...get it.....spare
Anyway, I am happy with the results and I have no indication of deformation of any kind.
I haven't decided what to do with the palte, now that I am making skid plates, I have put it on the back burner. I am gonna try to knock out half a dozen plates this weekend if I can, and then wait until I get some feedback for finishing touches and ship those out. That money will go toward my bumper project and manual hubs. Then the next batch of money will help fund my new trail tires and wheels. I would guess once my bumper is done, that will put me into the medium modded category? I have done so much to it, it is getting hard to keep track.

[Triathlete]

Marlin, make sure to take pics and do a write up on that light conversion!

[Marlin]

Huh, I knew Chris was a Jeeper! He is even driving a strange Jeep Recovery - it must be the latest concept vehicle from Jeep cuz it looks way futuristic and with a name like Recovery it signals the economy! I hope it sells well... I wonder why they put the badge on the window tho.

Damn, can I not get away from you!!!!

[Daver]

Well, I'm glad I got to see someone do this mod, because I've wanted to do it for quite a while, and now I'm kinda glad I didn't.

I wanted to mount my fullsize spare on the outside, and put a speaker enclosure shaped like an inverted peace sign for subs and 6x9s on the inside. I figured the weight on the hinges would be too much though, and laziness helped too.

Anyway, the body lines for the spare on the inside really push that exterior spare out too far for my taste. Oh well. Still want to get the spare off the roof, and keep the backseat, and for now that just means using the stock spare. Ouch.

-Daver

[So-CalVX]

Well, I'm glad I got to see someone do this mod, because I've wanted to do it for quite a while, and now I'm kinda glad I didn't.

I wanted to mount my fullsize spare on the outside, and put a speaker enclosure shaped like an inverted peace sign for subs and 6x9s on the inside. I figured the weight on the hinges would be too much though, and laziness helped too.

Anyway, the body lines for the spare on the inside really push that exterior spare out too far for my taste. Oh well. Still want to get the spare off the roof, and keep the backseat, and for now that just means using the stock spare. Ouch.

-Daver

You could always remove the passenger seat and mount some sort of full size spare holder there keeping the rear seats and giving easier access to them lol

ooh and then you could also put ur system in the rear door

[Marlin]

You could always remove the passenger seat and mount some sort of full size spare holder there keeping the rear seats and giving easier access to them lol

ooh and then you could also put ur system in the rear door

Nice...

[Marlin]

Has anyone else tried this yet? I got over 1mpg better with the spare on the door vice the roof. But I also removed the front bumper as well. I figured that would hurt, but something made a difference, I drive the same way every day to work. Sweet either way.