Mantec swing a way tire carrier on Series III?

[Ross72SIII]

Just bought one and Im a little concerned. The bottom mount that bolts to the rear crossmember does not seem to be the same you guys have in your pictures. The mounting tab on mine is more horizontally oriented than those pictured which have a more vertically oriented tab extending directly below the bracket...Am I insane or does mantec make more than one style/model of this carrier??? Im taking it to the 4X4 center to be put on, just wondering if anyone experienced any problems with this already.

Cheers.

[JimCT]

perhaps the LR is revolting from having a jeep tire carrier mounted it?

[Ross72SIII]

It would revolt a whole lot more if I just mounted the 5th wheel on the rear door and watched the door get slowly ripped off...

[Max(SD)]

Will these work on LR with lift gates? Is the tire carrier attached to the rear door and swings out with the door, or does it swing out independent of the rear door?

[TeriAnn]

Will these work on LR with lift gates? Is the tire carrier attached to the rear door and swings out with the door, or does it swing out independent of the rear door?

Since he brought it up, I too am looking for a swing away rear tyre mount that can be made to work with a drop down tail gate.

I assume some kind of custom latch would need to be built to connect the mount to the tail gate to allow it to swing away before dropping the tail gate.

I look at the Mantec pictures and worry that the top mount may be too close to the tail get latch.

Is there an off the shelf solution that anyone is aware of. I want to get that big tyre off my bonnet so i can see where I'm putting that front right tyre while off roading.

[Ross72SIII]

Check out this 1964 88...has a swing away with a modified drop tail gate setup. Not exactly what youre looking for but close.

http://the4x4center.com/b/projects-r...s-restorations

[albersj51]

would converting the tailgate from drop-down to swing-away solve part of the issue? That may take care of the latch issue.

[KingSlug]

Check out this 1964 88...has a swing away with a modified drop tail gate setup. Not exactly what youre looking for but close.

http://the4x4center.com/b/projects-r...s-restorations

Thats a ST D-90 tire carrier on a series. Check d-90.com sale section they come up for sale every now and again.

Jared

[Ross72SIII]

For those still interested, I did some easy homework regarding the Mantec tire carrier. The newer tire carrier being sold is the "Swing away 50" and is a little different than the older model picture posted on this thread and on the RN website. Dont expect it to bolt right on with the bumperette holes already in the series rear crossmember, it just doesnt line up correctly. Pic on the left is the newer model on a defender, on the right is the older. Hope Im not stating the obvious here, I had no idea and bought one, and now I have a lot of work ahead of me to get it on.

[luckyjoe]

I have been watching this thread as I too run a drop-down tailgate and liftgate. Looks like that new model kills it as far as keeping military bumperettes on my exMoD 109. I'm thinking it might be better to have something fab'd...