Spare tire ideas Rear mount, or ditch it all together

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Originally Posted by Vettster

On my SUT, I'm seriously thinking about getting the Gobi rack for the bed cover and mounting the spare on it.
Then, I know it will fit in my garage.
As far as rear vision, I have the camera system installed. Should be no problem.

If you do this, I wouldn't mount it to the factory bed cover. I would order the mounts that go dirrectly to the factory bed rail tracks. That factory cover is a "soft core" design. Once you mount that GOBI rack to the cover you can stand on it without issues, but go run the baja and bounce the hell out of a 100lb tire mounted to it and that factory latch may not hold up to well.

The other issue that would have to be addressed would be the size of the tire is larger that the depth of the rack. Maybe a mount like they use in the back of the baja trucks would work. If it/s on an angle it may work. Extra support brackets wold be needed on the expanded metal floor of the rack... but couls be added easily IMO.