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Spare Tire mounted on hood.

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Old 02-28-2008, 12:22 PM
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what's the point when there is a perfectly good spare tire carrier on the back?
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Old 02-28-2008, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by racer83l
whats the point of this??

What happens if you get rear ended?
My spare sits 30" off the ground at the bottom - and if I get rear ended by a normal vehicle - my trailer hitch will really ---- them up.
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Old 02-28-2008, 12:25 PM
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glad it works for ya,good luck!
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Old 02-28-2008, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by justinstoffregen
what's the point when there is a perfectly good spare tire carrier on the back?
What's the point of changing anything on a perfectly good Jeep. Because I can - and want to.
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Hey Fish - Are you another Victim of trying to be different. Huh? I did - No problem. Crank your seat up. I can't see the little cars - but I know they're there because I saw them before I got too close.
ha ha ,yeah thats me!!! lol
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Old 02-28-2008, 12:28 PM
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ha ha ,yeah thats me!!! lol
Nice looking 2 door - by the way.
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Old 02-28-2008, 12:35 PM
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Shoot, guys... the Germans did this first for civvies on the VW Thing! I was always told that the spare was mounted in front to serve as extra armor against incoming small arms fire.

Kick ass. I'd want it relocated to the hood, too. Great idea.
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Old 02-28-2008, 12:37 PM
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don't the landrovers have cookie cutters for tires though? that's alot lower profile then my 35x12.50.

and coudl you imagine a full size tire coming at you through the windshield in an accident? that would hurt a little.
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Originally Posted by britjk
It's actually 33.5 x nearly 11 - ( with 36 lbs of pressure in it.)
I crossed the metric size on RedRock's tire conversion (here: redrock4x4.com/tech/tire_calc.php) and that's what it converts to in a standard size.
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Sure beats mounting it in front of the radiator - vertically on the bumper.
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