RLC rear tire carrier / swing out / jerry can / custom fab bumper

[Willy beamin]

Have you considered the ARB mud flaps? if you're wanting a mud flap that ook good and install rather easy with the terra flex mud flap quick removal brackets or similar / universal kit. I collected the parts to do this but have yet to install. They've changed the design scince I picked up the set it have. Food for thought

 

[RET2]

Hung the swingarm this weekend.

Have a camera relo question. Is there an accessible place to tap the wire before it goes into the hatch? I’m playing with the idea of using two cams, and switching the signal between them. I’m pretty sure my swingarm will be off 70% of time.

I found a 6v camera finally. Also considering using a ptp WiFi camera to phone app solution.

Edit reread some thread. @RET2 do you remember the wire location color in the side panel? Passenger side?

Actually I found all 4 wires were incased in a grey shield kind of like telephone cable is. Do yourself a BIG favor and take a pick of the splice on the car end so you duplicte on the camera end. Wiily Beamin came up with that gem of an idea.

 

[grinchy]

Thanks @RET2 . So passenger side then? Behind what part of the cover? By the hatch?

@Willy beamin has had a few good ones. Definitely indebted to him for trailblazing with this bumper.

I am satisfied with the mud flap trim, probably have to pull them off anyway at my next tire purchase. Also free.

 

[milemarker60]

I have used cheapo $20 (pkg of 4) Rally Armor flaps from Amazon on many rigs over the years. They are simple flat pieces that can be trimmed for custom applications. I don’t like them hanging low and not concerned about protecting rigs behind me, I just don’t like filling the rear bumper with mud and/or spraying up garbage up front onto the sides of the doors or sliders. Pics aren’t very good and I just sold my LX570 to another Mud member so this is all I can provide...should give you the idea. You can use the originals to mark the screw holes or just start poking holes into them. On the rears you can trim them to perfectly fit the cavities between the body and bumper yet still get in there and hose out from time to time without issue. BTW, zero rub up front w/ 285/75R17 or 295/70R17 on 17x8.5 et25 Icon rims. Keeps everything clean and doesn’t look to dorky. I did not use the pre-bent aluminum fillers that came with the bumper as I did not want to drill any holes and wanted more coverage of the gap.

 

[RET2]

Thanks @RET2 . So passenger side then? Behind what part of the cover? By the hatch?

@Willy beamin has had a few good ones. Definitely indebted to him for trailblazing with this bumper.

I am satisfied with the mud flap trim, probably have to pull them off anyway at my next tire purchase. Also free.

Actually I ran it down the drivers side then back across to the passenger side behind the bumper. Used direct burial sprinkler wire

 

[ForrestGrump]

Maybe i've missed it but has anyone used this bumber with a rear tire mounted, while towing a camper/travel trailer?

 

[milemarker60]

7500lbs here. Not a travel trailer but heavy. KC to Minneapolis and back. Towed like a champ. No extension needed to push the hitch out further to clear tire on back.

 

[grinchy]

@RET2 I’m sorry I’m not being clear. I’ll send a pm.

 

[grinchy]

Playing with pax. Thinking maybe I should add on more vertical support if I want to go 2x. Blocks out the light pretty good too. I’m also considering an adapter plate to spin this 90 and stack out from
Tire to side, may have aero and light visibility advantages.
Thoughts?

 

[grinchy]

After chatting with @RET2 and going cross eyed staring at wiring parts diagrams it looks like the camera wires will be part of a large bundle in the headliner. I don’t have the wire color codes so I’m going to pull the rear door apart. The other option is to pull the front dash and run a wire back along the floor channel from the front connector.

I’m a bit afraid to see what random car stereo shop from 2009 did in the dash when they added the rear headrest screens. But I could fix the aux jack, which is only working on one channel.

I do have a wire tracer, might be worth a fiddle with the cable bundle.

Decisions.

 

[RET2]

Just a heads up there are 6 little white clips that hold the trim on and several of them will break when you remove said trim just be prepared to get a few from your dealer because reinstalling the trim is virtually impossible without all 6. If I can remember I'll take a pic in am and send to you.

 

[grinchy]

Thanks @RET2 that is definitely part of my reticence to pull all the trim. It’ll be my third hatch deconstruction across three cars and I kill A bunch of clips every time.

Right now I’m thinking to run a wire for the camera and then move the camera depending if the swingarm is on or not.

 

[grinchy]

Done with the light wiring for now. Redid the reverse from the breakout box, and added the tail/license and brake to the bumper. Also added back in the trailer plug from the breakout box.

Used little led 'license plate lights' that use the license plate screw holes. Amazing what you can get for $5 on 2 day delivery.

 

[grinchy]

Added some 1 1/2 1/4 angle supports and spun the pax mount. These allow space (at least with my 32s) to also fit a trax support, which I’ll work on next.

It blocks the light much less and I think will help with drag too.

 

[grinchy]

Trax mount v1

 

[Willy beamin]

When you get a chance post a pic of your truck as a whole with all this gear i like your extra pcs to make the gas cans and trax matts work.

 

[grinchy]

@Willy beamin Like this?

 

[grinchy]

If i didn't care about blocking the running light the extension could be three or four inches shorter/ closer to the swingarm (wide versus narrow dimension). I may play with that, depends how it rides when I get it truly loaded (two 4gal fuelpax would be roughly 64lbs). For off the road that would be more optimal for sure. Right now it extends just a bit more than the spare backwards.

It's a bit too fiddly with eight bolts to swap from 'on road' to 'off road', unless you were really driving far, like 1000s of miles.

And of course, someone with access to a welder could do this more simply.

 

[grinchy]

Put on a wifi reverse camera today. To view you join the camera WiFi network and run an iOS or Android app.

Picture is perfectly fine field of view is good. Install super easy due to my existing breakout box and I didn’t take the hatch apart or add holes into cabin.

About 10 sec to join WiFi and load app. Can easily be wired to be on all the time for that use case if you have it. Further details on my build thread.
Builds - The Guzzler build thread - 2009 LX570

 

[RET2]

Couple of TEK screws and you're done. Mounted mine in same place with a similar mount. Good job!