Rear mount tire

[Spencer]

Ok I know there are ways to put it up there if you build a bracket that goes off of the bumper/chassy.. However I wish I knew if there wS a way to mount it in place of the license plate.. Probls with this would be weak rear door needing to be reinforced and, the lift up style tailgate...

Is there away if the door could support it to mount the tire on it and still be able to lift the back door and have it not crush you? What's the possibility of that? Replace shocks with stronger ones? I'm just trying to see if this is possible or not... I can fab something up but will the back door be just too heavy to support?

 

[Pikeman]

IMHO yes it would be way to heavy to support, and if you did manage to engineer something to accomodate that you would ahve spent more time energy and money then if putting one on the bumper. The better option if you dont want to go with a bumper or receiver hitch mounted one would be find either a jeep Cherokee or 2nd gen that bolts to the side of the body and just has a latch on the tailgate/hatch and reinforce the side of truck

 

[Spencer]

IMHO yes it would be way to heavy to support, and if you did manage to engineer something to accomodate that you would ahve spent more time energy and money then if putting one on the bumper. The better option if you dont want to go with a bumper or receiver hitch mounted one would be find either a jeep Cherokee or 2nd gen that bolts to the side of the body and just has a latch on the tailgate/hatch and reinforce the side of truck

Great idea... Wish I can get a list rear gate sizes... I think I'd rather have one that centers it perfectly but this is a much better idea. I'd love to have it lift up but rear gate might be the answer I I dot just throw it in a rooF rack

 

[nrgwar]

I am looking to buy a rear tire mount for my 2001 SR5 can anyone show me a few good sites that make them for the 4runners thx

 

[Martinjmpr]

There's a great discussion of this very topic going on over at Expedition Portals:

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31485

From what I've seen most of the people discussing this have 3rd gen 4runners, so that helps.

I don't think mounting to the body (2nd gen style) will work. The 2nd gens that had the side-mounted spare had reinforcing brackets under the body that the mount attached to. Without that, you're asking the body to hold an incredible amount of weight which the thin sheet metal just can't support (it's not like in the old days when your Bronco or Blazer had thick enough sheet metal to support a 60lb tire.)

Best bet is a new bumper but be prepared to shell out some serious cash to have a decent one fabricated. I'm talking on the order of $1000 - $2000 for a well made one.

I believe there are receiver-mounted spare carriers but I haven't seen them up close so I don't know how rugged or well made they are. They'd be much cheaper than a new bumper, though.

Curious, but why do you want a spare carrier on the tailgate? Are you running oversize tires that precludes you from using the under-body location for the spare?

 

[techno]

The spare can be mounted to the body. The US market just never got that option for some dumb reason.

If you can get hold of the frame and all other bits from overseas then your good to go. They are available, just very expensive with shipping. I nearly bought a complete setup from ebay uk, but it got priced out of my league.

 

[techno]

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[Martinjmpr]

Just checked, Irbis Off Road in Colorado makes a nice rear bumper w/swing out spare tire carrier for $1200.

http://www.irbisoffroad.com/bumpers_rear.asp

I'll be in that part of town next week, will have to check them out. They make a pretty awesome looking front bumper too, costs about the same as an ARB but sits a little closer to the grille.

 

[Pikeman]

Also Check Armorology they are in Colorado also and make an even better looking bumper in my opinion. There is another post from about two weeks back about a tire carrier and someone posted a reciever hitch mount that they make.

You can fit a 33" or 285/75 in the factory location. The reason I built a swing-away for my truck is that the spare hangs low and I wanted the added ground clearance. It really sucks to try to change your tire and find out last off-road trip you bounced it off a rock and it is flat.

 

[Pikeman]

Here is the other thread from a couple weeks back.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?t=53737