XJmike0122

I just can't get on board with rear tire carriers. I have never seen one I like.

odgreen

I deleted the other thread. Wtf where there 2 of these threads started.

RubberSideUp

This is one of the worst ideas I've seen in a while.

Drumfreak77

Take some advise, your design is flawed in many ways. I've seen better quality more heavy duty tire carriers fail. One reason carriers cost as much as they do is because of quality and sheer strength. Please buy a book and learn some basic engineering skills or buy a real carrier.

PocketsEmpty

Now about those taillights.....

I felt the same way until I found Detours' Slimline tire carrier bumper. I ordered mine with all the goodies, and anxiously await its arrival.


http://www.detoursusa.com/xjbumper.php

ltljon

Scrip, just for the helluvit I'd install some kind of tether/safety wire just in case something should happen.
Besides practicality it could be made to look pretty cool.

XJ0nTons

We'll look at it this way it's only holding a stock spare tire maybe 20lbs I had mine built to hold a 37 100lbs plus

XJmike0122

I know a guy who has one of those and while it's not as bad as some it still sticks out to far for my liking.

no rdplz

So basically you want it on the hatch itself. Don't know how you're gonna get it much closer than Detours does without having clearance issues.

XJ0nTons

Just have one built to ur liking, that's what I did, you can take pics of different ones put them all together and make your own
$350 from CR FAB

XJmike0122

No Id just rather keep it inside the Jeep because even if someone could get it closer I would still have a problem with it obstructing my view. Like I said earlier there just not for me.

PocketsEmpty

that's the beauty of jeeps, one thing that works for someone else won't work at all for others. For me personally, I need my cargo space. A spare takes up all the usable room, and a spare on the roof is not cool with me...that left a tire carrier to be the only option. I don't mind if it sticks out some and provides some extra protection, but it sure doesn't look like it sticks out that much from the pictures I've seen of the Detours

XJmike0122

Here is the side profile. Way better than most.
Edit this is the slim line bumper so the tailbone might stickout even less

no rdplz

here's how the tailbone sits...

30" spare right after install...


33" MT spare...


It definitely puts it real close and honestly, I can still see out half the back window with the 33"