I was looking to relocate the spare tire and gain a little extra cargo space, plus I have always thought those wire basket type roof racks looked cool so I found this inexpensive Arksen rack (sticker on the front says Bison).

It was $135 delivered from some reseller on Amazon (not Prime but got here fast nonetheless). Obviously it is not a heavy duty piece of gear but it looks like it will get the job done.

In the below pics the spare tire is just sitting up there; I still need to rig up some hardware. I thought the rack size was good for the Cherokee, and even with the spare up there, there is still room for a decent size travel bag. The hardware to attach it to the stock roof rails worked well also.

 

Tire in roof rack not bad idea if smaller tires and low to stock height in good weather. Buy wait till your in mud, snow, ice trying to fight with it up and down not so good.....Been there done that and the wife hated it

 

My 33x12.5 weighs in at 100 lbs or so. Ain't no way I'm lifting that over my head. Other than that, you've got a nice rack.

 

Thanks guys; the Cherokee project is for my 18yo son. I'll let him worry about getting it down from there...

 

Holy cow that's cheap.

 

No problems then at that age they can do anything, I almost remember

 

Pictures no workie. But what about us naked-roof guys? I like having the naked roof look but the major problem with xj's is storage. I could use a rack just for carrying gear which would be a huge help...

 

Looks like Photobucket has been down all day; damn Russians.