OEM tire carrier, tire won't fit

Lake919

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Mobile, AL

• Sep 5, 2015

• #1

Hey guys so I got my OEM tire carrier installed on my jeep finally and I love how it looks, my issue is that the spare tire won't fit. It's a 31" Moab off a jk. Would it be ok to just use longer wheel studs or do I need an adapter?

 

foxwar71

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Foxboro, MA

• Sep 5, 2015

• #2

Of course it doesn't fit, JK's use a different bolt pattern

 

ehall

NAXJA Member

NAXJA Member

Location

Southern Maryland

• Sep 5, 2015

• #3

you'll need to get a wheel spacer / adapter

 

Lake919

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Mobile, AL

• Sep 5, 2015

• #4

Ok, I was fearing that. I guess I will have to try and find a single adapter. I have Spiders on my jeep for the other moab wheels but since this is the spare I wont be running $100 adapters.

 

Johnnie Walker

Piece of Fish!

NAXJA Member

Location

WA state

• Sep 6, 2015

• #5

In theory, you could make some kind of "adapter" plate of sorts to mount the JK wheel.
Or, I think ruffstuff, JCR, or other makes some sort of circular tire mount plate with multiple pattern holes drilled in it.

 

Hypoid

NAXJA Member

NAXJA Member

Location

Golden, CO

• Sep 6, 2015

• #6

Johnnie Walker said:

In theory, you could make some kind of "adapter" plate of sorts to mount the JK wheel...

some sort of circular tire mount plate with multiple pattern holes drilled in it.

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If you have a self serve junkyard, I'll bet you can find a couple of those on the front of a WJ, or XK.