I ground off the hinges from the van frame side, welded on 1" square tubing and welded the hinges on it. It works for 14" 205 tires. >>> Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM> 11/21/2005 1:34 pm >>> Bob, What sort of mod did you do to fit your larger spare? I have 215/65 15's and I bent the hinges down a bit and also cut a curved piece of metal out of the hinge support bar and my tire is still rubbing the steering linkage. Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy On Nov 21, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > ... by the way, the spare tire is now stowed in the clamshell with > some > mods to that to accommodate the larger wheel/tire set up. > > Bob Stevens > '87 Westy Syncro > "Passion Fruit" |
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