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09-24-2010, 07:38 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bay Area
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|  Spare tire mount on a hard body
I have a New Bright FJ cruiser body. It seems pretty rigid, but I want to make sure that mounting a tire on the back would be safe. Its harder than lexan but not as hard as the tamiya hardbodies. I'm afraid that I might rip the spare tire off when I'm wheeling
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09-24-2010, 09:06 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: So. Charleston. Wv
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Do like some guys on here, build a rollcage for the spare tire to bolt up too thats mounted to the chassis. and just put a hole in the body. Search on here to get some idea's Theres alot of cool ideas on this site. Ive learned alot lol |
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09-25-2010, 02:38 AM
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| D-Wray 4 Prez!   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Shh
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You can put a plate or brace on the inside of the body to help. But like RS10 said, chassis mount is the safe way to go. More work, but it will hold up.
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09-25-2010, 07:27 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Eveleth
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I did a spare tire mount on that same body. I used an axle extender and a couple of big flat washers to distribute the load evenly. Here are a couple of pics...   This has held up very well. It is my sister's truck and she rolled it down quite a few times at the 2010 MSD Scale Nats... |
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09-25-2010, 08:41 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Maple Grove, MN
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I did the same thing with my JK body. Tons of wheelin' and nothing broke yet!  | |
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