After being annoyed by my last spare getting marred underneath by crossmember pads etc i vowed to find an easy solution before remounting my new one.
Since i may rear carry the spare in the future, i wanted to make sure i didn't disfigure it this time.
It is $300 tire after all on a $400 wheel, and if i can do something about it i will.
So if you are crazy like me, this is a quick and easy solution for just about any size tire you may want to stuff down there that would otherwise fit un-modded.
It fits like a glove against the rear underbody spare form and just needs to be slightly guided onto the bracket mounted in the front so it seats flat.
All i did was make a 4" hole in the center and up it went. It does not cause the spare to protrude any more than normal.
I liked this solution because it has a nice built in lip to prevent slipping around and happened to be the perfect size and is not super unreasonable in price.
I couldn't find anything like it and its not exactly cheap but if you didn't want the additional lip/edge you could obviously just use sheet plastic or whatever weather / heat resistant material you wanted. This took me 5 mins to put on but at least a week of searching.
Heres the link to the product in hopes of saving your time if you are interested. I worked with them on the shipping.
Cheers and happy OCD!
Before gouge was pretty prominent. Sacrificial cover should do the trick.
The astute amongst you might also notice the difference between the P and LT AT3.
Since i may rear carry the spare in the future, i wanted to make sure i didn't disfigure it this time.
It is $300 tire after all on a $400 wheel, and if i can do something about it i will.
So if you are crazy like me, this is a quick and easy solution for just about any size tire you may want to stuff down there that would otherwise fit un-modded.
It fits like a glove against the rear underbody spare form and just needs to be slightly guided onto the bracket mounted in the front so it seats flat.
All i did was make a 4" hole in the center and up it went. It does not cause the spare to protrude any more than normal.
I liked this solution because it has a nice built in lip to prevent slipping around and happened to be the perfect size and is not super unreasonable in price.
I couldn't find anything like it and its not exactly cheap but if you didn't want the additional lip/edge you could obviously just use sheet plastic or whatever weather / heat resistant material you wanted. This took me 5 mins to put on but at least a week of searching.
Heres the link to the product in hopes of saving your time if you are interested. I worked with them on the shipping.
Cheers and happy OCD!
Before gouge was pretty prominent. Sacrificial cover should do the trick.
The astute amongst you might also notice the difference between the P and LT AT3.
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