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Using your spare wheel for storage

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Using your spare wheel for storage

Post by grazza »

I have seen a couple of references lately on using the void that is within a spare wheel, mounted on the back, as a good storage unit.

Perhaps someone will find it useful, does not look to hard to make one up.

It requires that the spare is turned around which may mean fabricating alternative mounts, in this case some Merc G-Wagens have the spare mounted this way from the factory.

Look here:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/editori ... ution.html



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Post by TRobbo »

inside the tyre is also a great place for stashing booze on your way into music festivals :)
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Post by RO8M »

TRobbo wrote:inside the tyre is also a great place for stashing booze on your way into music festivals :)
As long as you don't need to keeop any air in it?
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Post by MrGrim »

TRobbo wrote:inside the tyre is also a great place for stashing booze on your way into music festivals :)
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Post by BadMav »

Good idea, haha
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Post by robosafari »

RO8M wrote:
TRobbo wrote:inside the tyre is also a great place for stashing booze on your way into music festivals :)
As long as you don't need to keeop any air in it?
spare is still inflated your just using the space inside the rim.
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Post by Struth »

I like that idea, how do they attach the locker to the rim though?

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Post by choochie »

Struth wrote:I like that idea, how do they attach the locker to the rim though?

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I assume the nuts are tightened from within the locker case itself, which is then locked.
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Post by anzac »

if you open the link it shows a photo of it out of the spare

It uses a backing plate with the stud pattern of the car so you just tighten the wheel nuts to hold the rim on over the backing plate. The front panel is attached to the backing plate via 4 rods.
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