October 19, 201411 yr Author replaced and painted those flimsey a arms or control arms Join Date Feb 2012 Location big bear Posts 410
October 19, 201411 yr Looks great. Also looks like you've got some awesome terrain out there to go and tear up.
October 20, 201411 yr Sorry, i meant the spindle that the entire spare tire rack rotates on. I was wondering where you bought it from.
October 20, 201411 yr seems like i have left this page in the dark well yes i got the tire mount idea from northcoast .. but i didnt like how the trunk had to be smashed in ...so thats why there is space but have no fear for that space will be filled with extra gas cans at some point , and as for the hub im not sure i understand the question ... if you are asking where the tire sits and bolts its just a piece of metal circled and drilled out ..with lug studs welded too.. Tire mount was all Monstaru. The trunk didn't have to be smashed in. That was just body damage from getting rear-ended by a larger wheeler. I do like the latch system better. Might have to figure a way to incorporate that. Nick... the reason it looks like the gap is bigger is because it's mounted higher. Same vertical plane but my hinge point is about 6" lower.
October 23, 201411 yr Author so it was the all famous monstaru..... oops.. either way it was genius....i thought the trunk was purposely smashed to sink the tire in .. i noticed an imediate diffence between the two ..but i guess the 6'' drop explains that..at first look i was ify of the space on mine but it didn't last long once i day dreamed & pictured a few extra gas cans and starred at the car every second of the day i like how it turned out...ALLOT ..the extra gas cans is gonna be interesting ..i have an idea B)mwahahahaha ..but u guys gotta wait and see ..its going to be very interesting and new (to the best of my knowledge)..on how im going to incorporate them into the car ... ?
October 23, 201411 yr Author i want to give another HUGE shout out to james from R-LMotorsports.com he has been alot of help since day 1 ...
October 23, 201411 yr Author scooner im gonna have to do some digging northcoast .. i read back on my thread .. i was giving a shout out as to which Subaru had inspired me to do the rear tire mount/rack ..and that happened to be your car..i like to try and put credit where it's due ..i believe yours was the first if not only tire mount/rack i've seen ..unless i mixed up the two of your cars somewhere between hours upon hours of cyber world research on subies , and whats new here and there ... cheers!!
October 30, 201411 yr scooner im gonna have to do some digging northcoast .. i read back on my thread .. i was giving a shout out as to which Subaru had inspired me to do the rear tire mount/rack ..and that happened to be your car..i like to try and put credit where it's due ..i believe yours was the first if not only tire mount/rack i've seen ..unless i mixed up the two of your cars somewhere between hours upon hours of cyber world research on subies , and whats new here and there ... cheers!! [/quote That is the same tire mount. I threw that together one day When I had some time, with what I had laying around. It coast me zero dollars to produce . If I were to do it again, I would by a latch for it, and use a replaceable bearing swing out. But for my first one , I think it turned out ok.lol
October 30, 201411 yr Author as in not similar the exact.. like pulled off one car and put on to another same ? or just same desighne differnt rack?
October 30, 201411 yr no... exact as in I purchased the shell with the tire mount on it and rebuilt the car.
January 15, 201511 yr Author ok ok ok ok ok finally got the rear tire rack off for long neede rust removal and paint so i figured id snap some pics for better detail so heres how the rack was done for you interested people!hope these pictures explain most everything!
January 15, 201511 yr Nice, good detailed pics! Your car is something else man, i really love its rawness!
January 22, 201511 yr Author thank you .. so i got the rack off and i pointed out where and how i mounted it ...i hope this is enough ! it will be painted soon ! so stay tuned ! you can see i already started some rust repair! the electric has a quick release .. and if you look closely at the pic with my three fingers pointing at the three mounting points for one side youl see that the front two are tilted down ...when you make this only then you will find the correct angel of the mount brackets
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