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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: alarmgard on October 11, 2006, 11:14:08

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: alarmgard on October 11, 2006, 11:14:08

Can anyone reccomend a replacement spare wheel carrier for a discovery, as i have larger wheels to fit and the standard carrier is not high enough for the new spare.

I have seen one from Devon 4x4 but am wondering who else does them?

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: Horness on October 11, 2006, 12:11:35

I remember reading somewhere (Discoweb (http://www.discoweb.org/) possibly) that you can either turn around, or raise the OEM one to fit bigger tyres (cannot remember which).  May mean drilling another set of holes though.

D44 one for me when I get my bigger boots.  :wink:

Horness

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: hobbit on October 11, 2006, 13:14:38

Have a word with Paul, he (and myself later) raised the carrier by re drilling the mount and moving it up :wink:

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: burgerman on October 11, 2006, 13:32:58

Yep, i would go along the route of re drilling new holes in the carrier, i had to trim a bit of a lip of the top edge, but nice n simple and cheap, just as we like it :)

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: Budgie on October 11, 2006, 15:38:38

I went for the D44 carrier, no drilling, slotting or cutting anything off and it gives me about 2 inches of clearance between the tyre and the bumper with 33x12.5x15s on.  :D
Although it's a wee bit more expensive.  :(

One advantage with the D44 is that it's built to take the weight of the larger tyre/wheel and you won't get the probelm of the studs pulling through.  :wink:

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: Jake on October 11, 2006, 16:40:18

I have a Devon 4x4 one too.
Lovely bit of kit.
 8)
This is it on my old car
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/7850d8e76fd8d26b569d7d7be9e8ff9c.jpg)

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: alarmgard on October 12, 2006, 11:37:11

Thanks for the replies, how much hieght do you gain from drilling the standard one?, doesn't look like a lot.

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: hobbit on October 12, 2006, 15:27:29

I reckon a good inch, but thats quite a lift to clear the bumper, also you want to check whether it will catch on the rear wiper too

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: Xtremeteam on October 12, 2006, 22:05:01

Colin,i could mod your bumper to fit if you want  :wink:

Title: Spare wheel carrier.
Post by: Paul on October 12, 2006, 22:22:02

Quote from: "hobbit"

Have a word with Paul, he (and myself later) raised the carrier by re drilling the mount and moving it up :wink:

Indeed, I  lifted mine an inch or so and re-drilled the carrier, I had to cut a small 'U' shape out of the lefthand side of the carrier so it didn't foul the wiper arm but it worked a treat.