ericfx1984

got tired of it bouncing around, also created a safe place to hold other things

was able to put a bottle jack and jack handle and wood block under the tire, and wedge a jack stand between the tire, back seat and fender well, it ain't going no were

for the part on the floor I just welded a piece of 1/4 plate to the floor (to spread the load out a bit), drilled a hole and welded a nut on top of the hole

nothing a guy can't do with a little scrap steal a a cheapo welder

Lowrange2

Nice. Now, how do you get it loose? Lug Wrench?

I think I prefer my ratchet strap design.

ericfx1984

yep 19mm, I might buy one that screws in with a 't' handle, but this works great and it lets me put off building a tire carrier, I figure toal cost is about 25 cents worth of electricity and 50 cents worth of flux core booty fab special wire

Lowrange2

How about making it work just like the factory holder. All you need is a 'eye' bolt in the floor and long J-hook like the OEM hook and plastic 'wing nut'.

ericfx1984

cause this was just laying in the scrap box

housew

thats how i did it, I put mine on the roof rack, but i used the factory t-nut and plastic half sphere thing and some fresh 3/8 threaded rod. Secured with a nut and lock nut on both sides of the rack. I had the threaded rod so I got <$1 into my setup as well. I would like it lower though to help out with the COG.

Lowrange2

I mean, that works fine. Nothing wrong with it. I just think I'd get tired of having to use a lug wrench and trying to line the bolt up.
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It's 100% better than letting it flop all over the place in the back.

hankthetank

sweet, makes me feel better after seeing that car seat in there.

ericfx1984

well I was running with no spare for quite some time because I was worried something might happen

there is actually 2 car seats

My 3 year old calls it 'his Jeep'