Rear Door Spare Tire Mount

[tom4bren]

eblank,

My door has finally started to sag a bit from the weight of the spare. I don't think that I have any plastic deformation of the metal, it's just the mounting points sipping. I've adjusted it a few times but it keeps sagging again. I need to do a more thorough job of it next time.

I like the look on yours. Mine sits so close to the door that I can only get my hand between the spare & the door a couple of inches. Yours looks even tighter.

I put my license plate on the SuperBumper I have in the receiver.

Tom

[eblank]

Thanks Tom. Yeah its a pretty snug fit (but not touching) I used spacers to get it just where I wanted it. Right now my plate is ziptied around the bottom of the tire, but (after a few midterms) I'm going to take one of the red reflectors on the cladding out and make a mount for it that will mount in its place. I wanted to replace them with backup lights but that seems to be the only good place for the plate so I might just put in one instead of two. I don't want to mount it on the hitch cuz I pull a trailer on occasion (plus I kinda like my little clevis hanging there instead )

[VXorado]

I'm trying to figure out a good place for the license plate where it can be lit. A lit license plate is required here in CO and I don't want to give a cop a reason to pull me over. I like it on the hitch but it would be a hard location to light, so I may end up making a license plate carrier in the rim. It would only be a PITA if I actually had to use the spare rather than just carry it around

[RamAirZ]

Quick disconnect wing nuts and wiring harness. I have a trailer plate bracket with built-in light on my Passport that would work well:

[VXorado]

thats perfect!! Where did you buy it?

[tom4bren]

My door has finally started to sag a bit from the weight of the spare. I don't think that I have any plastic deformation of the metal, it's just the mounting points sipping. I've adjusted it a few times but it keeps sagging again. I need to do a more thorough job of it next time.

Top hinge is tearing loose from the door. Looks like I won't be carrying the spare on the door anymore.

[samneil2000]

Doh!

[tom4bren]

Doh!

Don't make me come down there & turn my blue tick hound loose on you!!!

[samneil2000]

Easy trigger. haha. How bad is the door buggered up?

[tom4bren]

Pretty bad considering the hinge is tearing loose from the door

But ...

Welder Guy says it's fixable

But ...

It's very difficult to get to the area behind the hinge in the door (welded on plate is in the way) so adding a gusset (sp?) will be difficult.

So ...

Maybe it's time for me to get off my arse & finally do that 'barn door' to 'lift gate' conversion that's been on my mind for the past year.

[vt_maverick]

Pretty bad considering the hinge is tearing loose from the door

But ...

Welder Guy says it's fixable

But ...

It's very difficult to get to the area behind the hinge in the door (welded on plate is in the way) so adding a gusset (sp?) will be difficult.

So ...

Maybe it's time for me to get off my arse & finally do that 'barn door' to 'lift gate' conversion that's been on my mind for the past year.

That would be a phenomenal increase in accessibility, but it seems like the challenge will be retaining the close seam between the door and rear bumper while still allowing enough room for the hinges to operate and the door to swing down. Very interesting though...

[tom4bren]

...the challenge will be retaining the close seam between the door and rear bumper while still allowing enough room for the hinges to operate and door to swing down.

Hence my procrastination.

Plus, the hinges would go on top & there is very little metal there for the attachment.

[vt_maverick]

Doh, for some reason I was thinking fold down like a truck tailgate. How would you avoid the rear spoiler?

[tom4bren]

You're asking questions like I've already started fabbing the dang thing. I haven't even been to Pick-A-Part yet to source some donor hinges.

In my mind, the top edge of the door will not go above the roofline so it won't interfere with the spoiler.

[VXorado]

Top hinge is tearing loose from the door. Looks like I won't be carrying the spare on the door anymore.

Bad news considering I just finshed my rear door with the spare tire mount. You go probably weld the hinge bracket to the door