Just thought id share what i did today. I got to cleaning the rust and painting my V style hitch from a 79 cherokee golden eagle i got 2 months ago.
Mounted right up to my 90. I couldnt find anyone who would sell me a wagoneer rim. They just wanted to sell all 4 so i decided to use the steel rim from the factory spare. Had to clean up some rust and paint it. Had a small shop mount my spare on it and you can tell its the original spare lol the bead inside was so fused to the rim it tore right off haha. Inside of the rim was still clean and painted though.
Anyway i used a folding hitch carrier for those baskets people put on there cars hitchs. I got it here.
https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product ... ?a=2213997
And for the tire carrier itself i used the curt spare tire carrier.
https://www.amazon.com/CURT-31006-Hitch ... B0009YIE1O
What i did was cut the lower L shaped part of the curt hitch carrier off. The part that goes in your hitch. And then the remaining main peice slides into the folding carrier i got. Line it up and beat it with a rubber mallet leaving it about 1 inch from thr bottom so it can fold down. Then drill two holes in it to match the holes on the folding hitch carrier.
Get yourself some locking pins with a key so no one steal your tire carrier and your folding hitch.
Then i used M12 1.50 bolts and three wheel locks from autozone so no one steals my tire. Im going to wrape it with a bike cable too just in case. I dont trust anyone.
Anyway it looks great i think. It isnt in the way of my view when driving. The folding carrier i got in the link does has a 5k lbs ball mount so you can still tow if needed. Although when folding my tire down it does stop it from going 100% down. I might add a adapter to the curt carrier to raised it up a few inchs so it can fold down more.
But for now when its folded down i have very easy access to walk in there and get whatever out with the window down. And the tailgate goes down about 90% of the way.
I love it. Just need to do some tweaks to raise it like i said so itll fold down a little more as the tire hits the ball mount. Just need a tire cover to keep the sun off my tire so it doesnt dry rot over the years.
The reason why i made my own vs buying those chinese premade ones is the premade ones on amazon thr bolt holes dont line up properly. The welds are HORRIBLE and they use very thin metal ive seen reviews where the carriers bent in half from the thin metal. The curt tire carrier and this folding hitch mount use extremely thick metal. Thick like your trailer hitch itself. So yea. For safety i made this myself
What do you guys think ?
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