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Hi there, first post. I'm needing help with spare tire placement on my '01 XJ.
I can't find a good solution to carry my spare. I have 31's on my Jeep and I know that they fit in the cargo area but I've built a cargo box in the back that I use for storage and it fold into a bed for camping so I don't want to keep it inside. This leaves me with either the roof rack mount or rear mounted. The only issue here is that I mountain bike multiple times a week and leave my bike rack locked on the hitch to speed things up.
I've heard that the roof rack is doable but a pain and has CG and MPG drawbacks and most people go with the rear mount, but is there a way to mount the tire and still have my bike rack on there without having to drop $1k for the whole set up or having it all stick out an absurd amount.
Hope this makes sense, thanks in advance for any help.
I use a roof mount bike rack. I bought the ones made for a truck bed rail and put it on the front cross bar and would just use the good quality bungie cords to hold the back tire to the back cross bar
you will have to fab something like a hitxh mounted tire carrier with a place for your bike.
on a differrent note, lets see your cargo box/bed thing
Thought that might be the case, thanks for the input.
I'll get the photos of the box up, just pulled it to try and figure out how to get some carpeting on it so it doesn't look so janky sitting in the back haha
I use a roof mount bike rack. I bought the ones made for a truck bed rail and put it on the front cross bar and would just use the good quality bungie cords to hold the back tire to the back cross barAttachment 403310
Cool, I've thought about doing this in the past. How much of a nuissance is it to get the bike up/down from there?
Cool, I've thought about doing this in the past. How much of a nuissance is it to get the bike up/down from there?
I didn't think it's personally. I would just climb up on the tire and grab the bike and carefully step down. I've done it with 35s and 5.5" lift even. If you need more than a couple bikes you can mount one or two backwards too
He's wanting a wider stance using 235's. Thing is a high quality set of spacers are priced not much less than a new set of rims. A quick search shows Spidertrax spacers at ~$200.
He's wanting a wider stance using 235's. Thing is a high quality set of spacers are priced not much less than a new set of rims. A quick search shows Spidertrax spacers at ~$200.
Man I hate spacers because they can cause stud problems. So if that is the cost difference, he would be better off to just buy wheels with less backspace to bring them out right?
A set of 15x7's (or 15x8's w/proper b/s if you like the look w/235's) and 4" or 4.25" b/s would give him what he's looking for. All I know about spacers is what I've read here. Seems whether your in the group who likes them or not both agree that high quality is a must.
Truth is if I wouldn't have trashed my OEM rim and tire I'd have stayed with them even after I did the suspension replacement. Stock rims with 235's throw plenty of mud. lol
A set of 15x7's (or 15x8's w/proper b/s if you like the look w/235's) and 4" or 4.25" b/s would give him what he's looking for. All I know about spacers is what I've read here. Seems whether your in the group who likes them or not both agree that high quality is a must.
Truth is if I wouldn't have trashed my OEM rim and tire I'd have stayed with them even after I did the suspension replacement. Stock rims with 235's throw plenty of mud. lol
Absolutely. The tires fill the well pretty good. But the steel wheels gives it an optical illusion making them look like they sucked up in there. Aluminum wheels don't give that illusion. I wonder if the backspace on aluminum wheels is a bit less than on the steel wheels? I know there is quite an optical difference between the two.
Drastic difference in looks for sure. Not sure what XJ OEM rim b/s specs are for all of them although I've read 5.25" (maybe a 5" b/s on some?) but if so I doubt any are under 5".
Looks like I am going to have to install a slip yoke eliminator on my cherokee......has anyone used the 3 degree spacers to solve the angle problem or do I need to just go for the slip yoke eliminator and be done with it? I technically only have 3" of lift, but after installing new leafs on rear, I can hear the front u joint tryna bind up on hard braking, and if I go over a hump in the road very fast, like railroad tracks, when it tops out over the hump, it makes a god awful noise, that is obviously the same thing as hard braking sound, but much worse........What yall think?
09-21-2015, 02:17 PM
