HDJdreams
SILVER Star
Anyone who has put in an auxiliary tank and/or swing out rear bumper and pulled the spare cross member and carrier, I would love pick it up. Mine is long gone. PM me please.
(I had a wanted ad in classifieds for a month and a half and it was crickets. 200 guys aren’t hanging out there.)
Wanted - OEM 200 spare tire carrier
The tech: tire swing outs are a pain for daily drivers, especially the
.
Beyond that hold open/latching mechanisms are problematic. On an otherwise outstanding Trail Tailor bumper less than a year old, the studs on one of the struts has already failed on both ends. The PO welded a bolt on one end. The other side just failed, sitting on level ground in my driveway. I have opened it less than a dozen times as I recently bought the 200, none of them were abusive, hard slam openings.
The TT has lock open struts, which make closing a double swing out a 3 handed (or 2 hands and body checking a dirty spare) operation. Again not princess friendly.
On a custom built bumper for my 80 (not as high quality as TT, Slee, etc.) the strut snapped off it’s mount while opening and the spare slammed into the side, leaving a dent on a freshly repainted 80.
I have not found a bumper swing out that is easy to use, robust (rattles/open-lock-close) AND looks clean (don’t like the hook welded on the Slee bumper).
I like having the option to run a swing out, but when I had my 80 bumper built I had a spindle cap made too so I could keep the spindle covered and clean when I wasn’t running a swing out. I intend to do the same with the TT bumper on my 200.
(I had a wanted ad in classifieds for a month and a half and it was crickets. 200 guys aren’t hanging out there.)
Wanted - OEM 200 spare tire carrier
The tech: tire swing outs are a pain for daily drivers, especially the
. Beyond that hold open/latching mechanisms are problematic. On an otherwise outstanding Trail Tailor bumper less than a year old, the studs on one of the struts has already failed on both ends. The PO welded a bolt on one end. The other side just failed, sitting on level ground in my driveway. I have opened it less than a dozen times as I recently bought the 200, none of them were abusive, hard slam openings.
The TT has lock open struts, which make closing a double swing out a 3 handed (or 2 hands and body checking a dirty spare) operation. Again not
princess friendly. On a custom built bumper for my 80 (not as high quality as TT, Slee, etc.) the strut snapped off it’s mount while opening and the spare slammed into the side, leaving a dent on a freshly repainted 80.
I have not found a bumper swing out that is easy to use, robust (rattles/open-lock-close) AND looks clean (don’t like the hook welded on the Slee bumper).
I like having the option to run a swing out, but when I had my 80 bumper built I had a spindle cap made too so I could keep the spindle covered and clean when I wasn’t running a swing out. I intend to do the same with the TT bumper on my 200.
