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hi, i am looking to put a spare wheel carrier on my tail gate, how difficult are these to get hold of, anyone got any idea where i should look, cheers

Hasn't SyncroAndy got a rear wheel-carrier, have a chat with him.

Had one, sold it. The original VW ones are V. rare in the UK.

May seem a bit crackers, but after buying it and having to get a new latch part for it (was orderable from VW) I decided I didn't want to drill my van to fit it. Sold it to that Mike geezer from the south coast, he wanted it for his orange 16.

What I've done now, is use a Paulchen bike rack (v. strong) and make threaded mounting on that for the spare wheel. Works OK, but still to sort out extra support for the gas-struts.

The best range of this kind of stuff available now seems to be from Gary Lee in the US. However the costs of importing of his stuff to the UK may be prohibitive. BTW his rear rack is a direct copy of the Paulchen one.

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2 ... onrack.htm

thanks syncroandy, found that site myself, lovely stuff but always on a budget so it aint gunna happen

its not going to help you right now but a friend and i are making rear spare wheel carriers (the swing out sort) when were done we will post them up on the 80-90 site. possable powder coated colours to order.
also roll bars with spare wheel holders.

thanks barndoor25, ill keep an eye out, if you remember my user name pm me as im mainly in other area. none syncro.

Hi,

if you are interested in the original one, here i have some pictures and other material online:

http://vwpix.terlinden.com/~boltze/pict ... ad_3_5_04/

Hmm,
Nice to eventually see some detailed pics of the original... but not great for those of us with the factory engine lid locker...

Can you get it for the other side? or is it just that side only?

MG

Sorry for the long link Cant get link to JK working with a shortened link.
http://217.29.195.146/FMPro?-db=wproduc ... 194&-find=
Could we use this instead?
Used for mounting spare wheel on front of bay window, fixes with expanding bolts, couldn't it be used on the tail gate of the T25? Would put extra weight on tail, but then you could use the copper-pipe-cycle-carrier-trick so you don't up up with "Horzahead"

Also I saw this at blub freeze


mine is mounted on the left hand side in the rear, seams like a nut is welded on behind the trim, then a threaded bar screws in to it to hold the tyre in place, I understand this was an option (Aiden thought so) would be quite cheap to copy.

will consider this option but only if all else fails, not sure the threads would fit an alloy wheel on, whats the copper pipe trick?

To lock the tail gate open when weight on it is too much for the gas struts
http://www.club80-90.co.uk/wiki/index.p ... b884d01685

get chu, good trick!!

would fit an alloy wheel on

could be extended to any length, with a bit of welding magic. May depend on how much your ET is different from bay wheel if left as stock. got to be worth it rather than the silly money those swing jobs go for, pretty inelegant design IMHO. You could in theory have two of these brackets on the tailgate for those with diectional tyres and 2 spare requirements. not sure if metal will take the weight of two wheels though.

probably easier to start from scratch, n make something that will take bolts from outside, think i will buy that welder ive had my eye on, just gotta stop misses from buying baby clothes