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Jan 5, 2008 | 09:00 PM

BIG BOI

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Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone have seen an after market swing arm for the spare tire. believe it or not the spare tire takes up space i need. i do alot of mountain biking and it's a pain trying to get my bikes in and out the truck, since my bike rack broke while transporting my bikes, yeah that sucked!!!
Since that mishap i've been thinking of a way to mount the spear tire on the outside of the truck

Jan 5, 2008 | 09:18 PM

kev03

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I saw one being talked about on another thread It was very expensive though! sorry but can't remember which one.

Jan 5, 2008 | 09:26 PM

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I think J C Whitney sells various outside spare tire mounts. I bought a front mount from them years ago for then new 1983 E350 which had originally had an inside mount spare. This particular mount was a univeral type and it worked great over the 12 years that we had the van.

BJ Lexington, KY

Jan 6, 2008 | 07:13 AM

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i-dunno--rear doors are fiberglass,i'd be skeered

Jan 6, 2008 | 08:30 AM

whjco

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Give this a look:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/Truck-Spare-Tire-Carriers/600001237.jcw

I'm with buzzbait. I'd be afraid of mounting a spare on the rear doors.

BJ Lexington, KY

Jan 6, 2008 | 08:37 AM

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your right, mounting it on the rear door is out of the picture. I have seen shows where they somehow modified and the mount a swing arm to the rear bumper. maybe my crazy idea is just that. I can also get a roof mount, but that's not what I'm going for.

Jan 6, 2008 | 08:43 AM

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I was thinking of something like this:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/tf-Browse/s-10101/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2007146/p-2007146/Ns-p_UniversalSort||p_Product.LONGDESCRIPTION.sort/N-111+10714+600001237/c-10614