rear door/spare tyreshanger woes

[keechox@autospeed.com]

hi guys,
has anyone had problems with the rears door spare tyre hanger?

mine is slowly but surely tearing the rear door to pieces.

Has anyone made up new brackets or re-inforced it ??

seems to be very weak area

any info on what you guys have done would be greatle appreciated

cheers

[want33s]

There's heaps of info in the bible if you.....

Look around before you ask or you'll get flamed.

[droopypete]

hi guys,
has anyone had problems with the rears door spare tyre hanger?

mine is slowly but surely tearing the rear door to pieces.

Has anyone made up new brackets or re-inforced it ??

seems to be very weak area

any info on what you guys have done would be greatle appreciated

cheers

I have run 33 or 34 inch tyres for about 10 years now and I have always used a "space saver" spare (same diameter, but as skinny as I can find) I have never had a flat and my rear door is as good as new (except for a bit of rock rash )
It is the weight that kills it, weight=leverage x bouncing = kafoockta on the rear door hinges.
I am against building a swing out tyre carrier because to make it strong enough you will be adding a lot of killograms to a vehicle that's main feature is it's light weight.
Peter.

[MightyMouse]

What skinny spare are you using for a 34" ?

[droopypete]

What skinny spare are you using for a 34" ?

33x9 mud terrain pumped up to the bejesus

[MightyMouse]

Ok- not quite as "compact" a solution as I was hoping for... may as well just run a 34x9.5 as a full size spare

[droopypete]

Ok- not quite as "compact" a solution as I was hoping for... may as well just run a 34x9.5 as a full size spare

its not the size, it is the weight, a 33x9.5 bfg mud on a 6" rim is heaps lighter than a 34 swamper on a bead locked rim.
Peter.

[MightyMouse]

Ok- not quite as "compact" a solution as I was hoping for... may as well just run a 34x9.5 as a full size spare

its not the size, it is the weight, a 33x9.5 bfg mud on a 6" rim is heaps lighter than a 34 swamper on a bead locked rim.
Peter.

Ok - still an option perhaps...... Where's the major difference the rim or the tyre ?

[Gwagensteve]

Both.

Steve.

[MightyMouse]

Oh well, as the rim already exists the gain isn't going to be as significant as could be - will just have to live with an undersize spare.

[keechox@autospeed.com]

want33s.... where in the bible is there any info about this?????? i looked before and still cant find anything

[want33s]

3.5 minutes of SEARCH and I found several.. Here's 2 FOR you.
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/vi ... ight=spare
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2/vi ... pare+wheel

[suzuki boy]

I took mine off the back door for that reason! Bloody light door with no tyre on it! Bog up the holes and put it in the back!

I'm mounting mine on th eangle and cutting out the back door around it I'll post up when i do it should look different.....

But yeah been covered heaps of times!

[spamwell]

hi guys,
has anyone had problems with the rears door spare tyre hanger?

mine is slowly but surely tearing the rear door to pieces.

Has anyone made up new brackets or re-inforced it ??

seems to be very weak area

any info on what you guys have done would be greatle appreciated

cheers

I have run 33 or 34 inch tyres for about 10 years now and I have always used a "space saver" spare (same diameter, but as skinny as I can find) I have never had a flat and my rear door is as good as new (except for a bit of rock rash )
It is the weight that kills it, weight=leverage x bouncing = kafoockta on the rear door hinges.
I am against building a swing out tyre carrier because to make it strong enough you will be adding a lot of killograms to a vehicle that's main feature is it's light weight.
Peter.

mines strong enough and weights just a little bit more than the seats i took out the back.

[droopypete]

hi guys,
has anyone had problems with the rears door spare tyre hanger?

mine is slowly but surely tearing the rear door to pieces.

Has anyone made up new brackets or re-inforced it ??

seems to be very weak area

any info on what you guys have done would be greatle appreciated

cheers

I have run 33 or 34 inch tyres for about 10 years now and I have always used a "space saver" spare (same diameter, but as skinny as I can find) I have never had a flat and my rear door is as good as new (except for a bit of rock rash )
It is the weight that kills it, weight=leverage x bouncing = kafoockta on the rear door hinges.
I am against building a swing out tyre carrier because to make it strong enough you will be adding a lot of killograms to a vehicle that's main feature is it's light weight.
Peter.

mines strong enough and weights just a little bit more than the seats i took out the back.

Where do you put your swag, food, recovery gear, camping gear and spares? (let alone the kids)
Peter.

[Gutless]

I Recently made a full tube rear bar with tube swing away, hayman reece hitch, LED's, and jerry holder and the whole contraption weighed in at 35kg.





IMO thats an acceptable gain in weight considering the advantages.

Peter

[grimbo]

nice

[Dee]

VERY nice gutless

how much for another one!!!!

[Gutless]

VERY nice gutless

how much for another one!!!!

You Have PM. make sure you are sitting down though

[Gutless]

Also made the sliders on that zook. They are stronger than Arnies and stallones lovechild Bolt on too

[droopypete]

Yes, very good work

[dank]

I Recently made a full tube rear bar with tube swing away, hayman reece hitch, LED's, and jerry holder and the whole contraption weighed in at 35kg.





IMO thats an acceptable gain in weight considering the advantages.

Peter

Man that zook is shiny!!!!

[Gutless]

Yeah a mate of mine owns it. He REALLY looks after it!! Its probably the neatest zook I've ever seen