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roof mounted tire ?

XJ MoNsTeR

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washington
so i was wanting to mount my spare on the roof found a bracket and everything 69 bucks before i go drilling any problems you have seen with that i was just going to drill and sillicone the bolts reall good and then tighten them down
 
That will keep it from leaking... maybe for a while but that sheet metal is VERY thin. I wouldn't trust it too much.
 
I like that rock ratz one.

If you decide just to bolt it to your roof, I'd consider maybe pulling the headliner to put a couple metal straps on the inside of the roof to help distribute the force, it would suck to hit a bump and have the tire rip the bolts through the roof and go rolling away...
 
If you go with the 35's for the "looks" Mounting it to the stock roof rack will most certainly end up tearing the rack out of the roof. Been there done that.
 
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