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Bonnet mounted spare wheel - revisited
Jeff J J:
If you put the wheel in a recess you well have to put some form of drainage you could use some form of piping to carry away water from the engine plus the bonnet will need some strengthening to take the weight of the wheel have you got any drawings. What sort of visual clearance will you get with the wheel in this position?. There all sort of questions on this one I would love to see this done keep up the posts and add photos . Jeff
chris9119:
--- Quote from: discodan on March 20, 2008, 14:46:08 --- Therefore, as the 200 series didn't have the engine cover
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Oh yes they did........
I have one on BB
stuntman:
So do I :roll:
Anywho.
I will give this a try for definite, however I need to finish off making my roofrack and tree sliders first. Then do my lift and body lift, as the old truck died and I'm swapping bits over.
This means I have a spare bonnet lying around. What I'm planning on doing is cutting a hole in the bonnet the size of the wheel and refitting the bonnet, then sticking the tyre into the hole. I am planning on bracing the bonnet and adding drain holes into recess. I will also be trying to find suitable gas stuts to lift the bonnet as i don't fancy having to lift it manually.
So the truck will end up with a spare on the back, and one on the bonnet, full 'shaped' roof rack, rock and tree sliders, and full chequer plating. and hopefully ARB style front HD bumber. I get the feeling I'll also need twin front shocks and maybe even front spring spacers.
But that's the fun of Landy's isn't it, there's always something else to do!
I'll post pics when I start.
Andi K
Jake:
Just out of curiousity, why do you want the spare on the bonnet?
Surely it'll block your driving view and make the bonnet a pain to open due to its weight?
:-k
lee celtic:
--- Quote ---Just out of curiousity, why do you want the spare on the bonnet?
Surely it'll block your driving view and make the bonnet a pain to open due to its weight?
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Kill joy :lol: :lol: :lol: ;)
If he wants to do it let him. you never know it might work :-.
And they do look cool on military landys :D
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