swingout tire carrier done

[sasaholic]

well after gettiing a couple flats last weekend and it being a pain in the *** to get to the stock spare i thought it was time to make a spare tire carrier. tell me what u think. sorry about the dark pics and the ****y lookin paint i had to squirt it on fast as it was raining, but ill redo it later. i havent got the latch on cause im trying to figure out what i want to use. so here ya go

 

[matt s]

Wow, that looks very nicely done. I like the double shear and the way the gate swings in tight against the upright post.

However the first think I thought was "He covered his taillights". Perhaps the photos make it look worse than it is, but they look to be at least partially obscured especially when seen from an angle. For instance in the last photo your left taillight is completely obscured.

 

[sasaholic]

ya its the pic and how close i am that make it look like the lights are covered more than they are. but anyways here are some simidaytime pics

 

[PuddleJumper]

What was the final cost after steel, hardware etc. What are the specs of the steel harware you used. have you tested the amount of weight you can place on it until it starts to show weakness? with the square style of how its made it looks like there could be room to put jerry cans, water cans, extra lighting etc.

 

[crusader]

One (well, three, really) recommendations:

Use longer bolts--There should be 2 to 3 threads showing beyond the nuts.

Use nyloc nuts, castellated nuts (with cotter pin) or safety wire nuts so they won't fall off while you drive down the road.

Install the bolts facing down so that if the nuts fall off, the bolts don't fall out too.

Otherwise, it looks beefy enough to hold up!

The latch end can't really be seen in any of the pics. What did you do for a latching mechanism?

 

[lamontagne]

You might want to think about adding some auxillery brake lights.

Johnny-Law might view your rack as obstructing the stock tail lamps. For example, in your second pic there, you cant see the lens at all.