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Right now my spare lives on ratchet straps in my cargo area. Time to make up my mind on some real bumpers and tire carrier lol. Since I only have a 2 door, a 37 inch tire basically occupies my entire rear floor (removed my back seat).
Any feedback on Poison Spyders new body mount tire carrier? This one:
JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier | Jeep JK Wrangler Rear Bumpers & Stingers| Poison Spyder Customs
It appears they are at least doing a little reinforcing on that driver side, which most body mount carriers do not. I also dont like body mount that requires use of goofy skins or corners.
I have a 2 dr 2014 JKR with 37s and crawl rocks. I want to stick with low center of gravity if at all possible. I have a 2.5 inch lift and chopped fenders. I clear everything now with a little room to spare. I am just worried if I start bolting on heavy big clunky steel bumpers that I may lose too much clearance. My initial thoughts were go with aluminum bumpers - drastically reduces the weight issue. I kind of dig Rock Hards stubbies in aluminum. Which means a body mount carrier.
I also like the added clearance of things like Savvys LHT and Poison Spyders BFH bumpers. I ruled out Savvy because I dont feel like huge weld work replacing the whole rear frame rail to raise it. PS just trims the factory rail. Small, thin, high clearance and less bulk, less weight. They can accommodate winches, but not tire carriers. So again that also means a body mount carrier.
Body mounting the carrier makes me nervous about ripping off the back end of my rig lol.
Or just say screw it, go with my secondary choices in steel and throw in a small puck to get back any height if needed? Probably Rock Hard stubbies, maybe LOD. If I need to blow the weight and dollar budget, I also like Shrockworks stubbies and tire carrier.
Any feedback on Poison Spyders new body mount tire carrier? This one:
JK Body Mounted Tire Carrier | Jeep JK Wrangler Rear Bumpers & Stingers| Poison Spyder Customs
It appears they are at least doing a little reinforcing on that driver side, which most body mount carriers do not. I also dont like body mount that requires use of goofy skins or corners.
I have a 2 dr 2014 JKR with 37s and crawl rocks. I want to stick with low center of gravity if at all possible. I have a 2.5 inch lift and chopped fenders. I clear everything now with a little room to spare. I am just worried if I start bolting on heavy big clunky steel bumpers that I may lose too much clearance. My initial thoughts were go with aluminum bumpers - drastically reduces the weight issue. I kind of dig Rock Hards stubbies in aluminum. Which means a body mount carrier.
I also like the added clearance of things like Savvys LHT and Poison Spyders BFH bumpers. I ruled out Savvy because I dont feel like huge weld work replacing the whole rear frame rail to raise it. PS just trims the factory rail. Small, thin, high clearance and less bulk, less weight. They can accommodate winches, but not tire carriers. So again that also means a body mount carrier.
Body mounting the carrier makes me nervous about ripping off the back end of my rig lol.
Or just say screw it, go with my secondary choices in steel and throw in a small puck to get back any height if needed? Probably Rock Hard stubbies, maybe LOD. If I need to blow the weight and dollar budget, I also like Shrockworks stubbies and tire carrier.