Hood Mounted Tire

[LIVEABOARD]

Is it possible to mount spare wheel/tire on hood of jeep JK like old Land Rovers or will u lose to much visibilty, has it been done ? pix etc .

[madizell]

Probably possible, but it would block a lot of vision and opening the hood would be a chore. I would sooner have it on a roof rack as on the hood.

[IH8RDS]

Just throw a tire up and take a look. It wont work for me

[Zeero]

It would work.....but you need "skinnies".....the thinner width tires the old LR's used to use.....thats the only way it works for those old trucks.

If you try throwing your stock tire or 35'er up there, you might as well forget it.....but the concept is cool, and I like the idea!

[Rallyroo]

Just throw a tire up and take a look. It wont work for me

That's hilarious!!

peek a boo!

[97 zj steve]

i agree with others...way to big of a tire going to be up there prolly

[Root Moose]

The old LRs got away with it because the windshield root was relatively high above the hood. That and the aforementioned skinny tires.

[jatibb]

lurker on the jeep side, i own a 91 and a 92 range rover. i thought about this also and came to the conclusion (with some advice from others) that besides blocking your vision, a tire up there (of any size) adds ?lbs to the hood. do you really wanna lift that and secure it every time you check oil,water,belts. forget about quickly holding the hood while you look around before hitting the trail now that its a 100lb hood.

[BIGdaddy]

just a thought, i have my hi-lift on a mount at the hinges, and granted most of the weight is on the back of the hood, but it is not bad at all.

[madizell]

The logistics of a Hi-Lift and a tire are not the same. The tire occupies a lot of space and can't be mounted so far back on the hood that it will interfere with the cowl and windshield when the hood is lifted. that places it way farther out on the hood than a jack. Or the tire needs to be dismounted every time you want to check under the hood. I don't think it will work on the Jeep.