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Americas Reverse the Spare Tire Mount

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I would really like to reverse the spare tire mounting where you can see the aluminum wheels like the Wrangler. Is there a way that I may be able to do this? Thank you.
 
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You want to be sure the rear door hinges will take the change in weight balance. One long standing problem with old Defenders was the outward facing rear spare. It put the spare's centre of gravity further out from the face of the door so there was a twisting motion on the hinges, and they would all drop over time. It may only be a tiny change but with thousands of opening & closings, every time you slammed the door there was a little bit more wiggle in the spare wheel mount.

Since switching to a G-Wagen with the utilitarian but ugly inward facing spare I've never had any problems with the rear door hinges in ten years. And Magna have probably played it safe when they designed the Grenadier along the same lines.
 
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Solmanic said:
You want to be sure the rear door hinges will take the change in weight balance. One long standing problem with old Defenders was the outward facing rear spare. It put the spare's centre of gravity further out from the face of the door so there was a twisting motion on the hinges, and they would all drop over time. It may only be a tiny change but with thousands of opening & closings, every time you slammed the door there was a little bit more wiggle in the spare wheel mount.

Since switching to a G-Wagen with the utilitarian but ugly inward facing spare I've never had any problems with the rear door hinges in ten years. And Magna have probably played it safe when they designed the Grenadier along the same lines.
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Thanks so much. That was really my main concern. I'll probably do something to the spare wheel cover to make it a little bit nicer - maybe paint the word 'GRENADIER' with nicer color.
 
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Jack123 said:
Thanks so much. That was really my main concern. I'll probably do something to the spare wheel cover to make it a little bit nicer - maybe paint the word 'GRENADIER' with nicer color.
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I've seen covers that look like the wheel itself but naturally I cannot find a Google image of it right now. It may have simply been a custom cover with a photo printed on it.
 
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The spare tire on this vehicle is reversed. The OP might have the source of the mod.
 
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Solmanic said:
You want to be sure the rear door hinges will take the change in weight balance. One long standing problem with old Defenders was the outward facing rear spare. It put the spare's centre of gravity further out from the face of the door so there was a twisting motion on the hinges, and they would all drop over time. It may only be a tiny change but with thousands of opening & closings, every time you slammed the door there was a little bit more wiggle in the spare wheel mount.

Since switching to a G-Wagen with the utilitarian but ugly inward facing spare I've never had any problems with the rear door hinges in ten years. And Magna have probably played it safe when they designed the Grenadier along the same lines.
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Thanks for the explanation. I was curious as to why Ineos turned the wheel inward facing. Guess I never noticed the drop on the Defender rear door I owned for ten years. Not to say that it didn't. I always heard about hinges being fatigued and failure.
 
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Owl will have their production version available for sale soon. Here are a couple photos of the prototypes on our vehicles.
 

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