kim, i have one of these on my front. welded, bent, and bolted on up. holds my scorpio 15" rims with 215/75/15 bfg's. i have to deflate the tire a bit, but since i travel with a pump it doesn't make any difference to me. no cutting, no bending of the original bits. i have my old spare pan and trap wires/hinges sitting in my carport just in case i ever need to use them for something else. mine is based on the doug fitz-randolph model, and the primary difference is that my hinge tubes are not old c-clamps, they're milled steel rod. doug's can be found at http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/yarmovar/lst?.dir=/Vanagon/ and just click into the "15 Inch Spare Tire Carrier" album from there. also see this message from the syncro yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Syncro/message/10932. best, bill '87 syncro westfalia santa cruz, ca
On Monday, August 19, 2002, at 09:27 PM, Kim Brennan wrote: > In a message dated 8/19/02 8:53:23 PM, jtharvey2@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > >> So now I need some input. > > Okay, as an alternative to the rear spare tire carrier, how about a > custom > spare tire carrier, in the stock location, that could fit the larger > 15" > wheel/tire combos? When I was looking at it while working on my heater > valve, > I saw that it consisted of a wire frame, to prevent the tire from > going up to > high, plus the lower carrier (which was hinged on the wire frame). > Seems like > a modification could be possible to extend the hinge downward, with an > extension to the latch as well such that the larger tires could be > accomodated. > > Of course, it would be nice to have the carrier itself replaced with a > slightly larger diameter trough to accomodate those larger tires... > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.