Spare tire mounting

[Surrey]

Hey, I was wondering what people have done with their spare tires?
I have the stock tire rack (two of 'em, actually...) and was thinking of just modifying it to hold a bigger tire. (extend the part the tire bolts to out from the truck, I guess.)

I was just curious to see what other people do with their spares.
Pictures would be awesome!

Thanks.

 

[The_Dealer]

here was mine, ended up taking it off, ditching the lights for rock lights. too much wind resistance. hell a b2 is like throwing a brick in the wind anyways

prolly gonna get a surco roof rack and try it again with a 30x9.50 when i go to 33's

 

[Surrey]

here was mine, ended up taking it off, ditching the lights for rock lights. too much wind resistance. hell a b2 is like throwing a brick in the wind anyways


prolly gonna get a surco roof rack and try it again with a 30x9.50 when i go to 33's

probably not going to want to run a 30 for a spare while rolling 33s...

And yeah, Im not a big fan of sticking a tire up on my roof, I have two of these "nice" stock tire racks, and would like to keep the tire hangin' out at the back of my truck...
Hopefully, my tire will stick out far enough to block my plates from the cameras on the local toll bridges...

 

[headhunter257]

most bronco 2 rear tire holders crack the fiberglass under the paint iv done 2 complete bronco 2 sand downs and yeah both were cracked and to go any off road trails nothing crazy im talking logging roads it bounces around crazy might as well throw in in the back of the truck or on the roof but on the roof you hear the roof flex so i just put it in the back of the truck

 

[Surrey]

most bronco 2 rear tire holders crack the fiberglass under the paint iv done 2 complete bronco 2 sand downs and yeah both were cracked and to go any off road trails nothing crazy im talking logging roads it bounces around crazy might as well throw in in the back of the truck or on the roof but on the roof you hear the roof flex so i just put it in the back of the truck

Back of the truck has limited free space.. Once I load up my jacks, tow rope, extra fluids, a bit of fire wood, and a bit of camping gear Im all out of room. Gotta put a baby seat in the back seat, so limited on extra space there too.
Where does it crack? Right behind where the tire carrier mounts, on the back gate?

Has anyone come up with something to remedy the problem of the tire bouncing around?

 

[4.0B2]

you're gonna want to replace your rear bumper with a swing out. you don't NOT want a body mounted tire rack if you wheel... it can cause some major damage. if you can weld n stuff-- make your own rear bumper with this
http://www.atozfabrication.com/store/Tire-Carrier-Swingout-Component-Builders-Kit.html
or
http://www.emsoffroad.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=181

i like the latch system on the 2nd one more.

i've seen people before that have done similar stuff on their stock bumper also. idk how well it works tho.

 

[K-Slice]

The stock carriers aren't that supportive. The body on mine sags on the side the tire used to hang on, put too much stress on it i guess... Wish I had a roof rack to carry a spare, now I just don't have one...

 

[headhunter257]

yeah both of my old bronco 2 the crack went from the right to left facing the fiberglass door right threw both bolt holes

 

[unoleisu]

Here's mine I built about a month ago. The silver looking plate on top of the bumper is a hinged locking lid that covers a storage space for my snow chains. The bumper is made from 8" 'C' chanel, slightly modified.

 

[whocares]

I've been thinking about a solution for my stock tire carrier to keep from cracking the rear gate. I think I'm going to try extending the "leg" that comes out the bottom and has the big rubber stopper on it. It clears the stock bumper by about 2 inches. If I extend that down to where I have to lift it slightly to latch the tire carrier, the weight of the tire will be supported on the bumper instead of the bracket that mounts to the hatch. Might work?