Rear Tire Carrier With Stock Bumper

[Gabriel Bozeman]

So I want to throw my spare tire on the rear of my Range Rover without a steel bumper. I don't have the money nor do I want a big black bumper (I prefer the stock one). I found a couple options (thanks to @BikeHauler) that mount to the hitch (Wilco, Ultra-Swing, and a few others). There was one that stuck out as really nice (Detours of Maine: https://detoursofmaine.com/). I was really interested, and it was about $650 in total (rough numbers). I figured I'd better do my research first to make sure I could get the best offer.

So while doing research....
I found a video (link below) where a guy made a awesome tire carrier (and Jerry can mounts) for his 4Runner and used the stock bumper. I am totally going to look into this and see if I can do it on my RR.


What do y'all think? Worth the risk of cutting into the stock bumper?


Thanks,
Gabriel

 

[Gabriel Bozeman]

Here is a chassis of a P38 Range Rover. Right above the recovery point would probably be great.

Later this weekend I'm going to take the bumper off and see for myself what will work. View attachment 95185

 

[Gabriel Bozeman]

So I did some sketches this week. I'm leaning towards the bottom one. Now, I've just got to find welding equipment/a welder. View attachment 97788

 

[JCWages]

ALNSM's build thread shows how he and Robert made a custom dual swingout for his Forester. For more ideas. :)

 

[Gabriel Bozeman]

ALNSM's build thread shows how he and Robert made a custom dual swingout for his Forester. For more ideas. :)

Yeah. I saw that video the other day.