DEVILSTOY

does anyone have a larger spare mounted inside ? i decided i dont wanna do a roof rack and i dont really like the spare mounted on the rear bumper , i have an idea to mount it inside and in theory it seems good , but not sure , its kinda hard to explain , using decent size almost roll cage tubing i was gonna make a hoop about as tall as the rear seat and extend side to side and have 2 bars angling down and back (mounting the tire to these) and hook into a mount to the floor , and have it swivle up so you can still store stuff under it and access it .
does this seem like it would work to you guys ? in my head it seems alot better then words , maybe ill try to draw it up , any input or pics of people who have done simular things would be great ,

heres a pic of something sortive like it but i still want to have my stock back seat so i figured id need to angle it for better clearnace

96xj4x4

maybe something like this http://www.quadratec.com/products/12038_800X_PG.htm i don't have the $200 bucks for it and looking at it i'm not sure it would fit a 33...when i brought the set of 4 33s i just got home in my jeep it was pretty tight with one in the passengers seat, two in the back seat, and 1 in the back which barely fit in there with all my tools and i'm pretty sure it hung over the back seat.

DEVILSTOY

i seen that , and with it being a 33 thats why i wanna angle it , it seems to make more sense , when im done it should sorta look simular to a mini version of a stock wrangler roll cage

DEVILSTOY

for the most part it will look like this , i guess someone does make one , but im gonna build one that will pivet so i can lift it up

96xj4x4

nice, yeah def gonna have to angle it, let me know how you end up making it work

DEVILSTOY

once the weather breaks im gonna do some measureing and make sure it'll fit the way i want it

96xj4x4

well you got nice fresh couple of inches of snow this morning to hold you back for a little while longer lol

DEVILSTOY

yea im about sick of this cold weather

jeepster96

that looks like a sick set up love the jaz fuel cell their out of my home town.

Brett

somethin like this.... dont remember where i saw it but i think he said it would fit a 37

DEVILSTOY

yes !!!!!! exactly like that ! except to have it lift up like a trunk lid on a car or something

Brett

maybe if you took some shackles or somethin similar and turned em into a hinge (in red sorry its jus paint and i did it real quick like ) and made it so it latched up top or something?
maybe even try and figure a gas strut in there to support the weight?... idk im no master fabricator im just some dude with a jeep haha

Brett

OOPS i forgot to show ya the little doodle made...

DEVILSTOY

where i put the red at the top i was thinking of making a swivel and at the bottome where the red is have it slide over a smaller size peice of tubing with a pin to lock it in

Brett

see that just shows ya im no master fab guy lol

just a pin or somethin in the bottom to hold it down while your bouncin down the trail and what about the gas strut? maybe a bar along the bottom to support the pressure?
with the right strut it would go up on its own and be pretty effortless to close. i dunno about you but i wouldnt want to have to hold that thing up with a tire on it lol
another pretty pic lol