Because of poor maintenance... I've never had one rust away on me living in NY my entire life... But I digress, not really the topic of this thread. Besides. The carrier under the truck cannot accommodate larger than factory tire sizes so those with larger tires must move it to someplace else anyway.

 

This is my argument against your previous post lol...and yeah my tire rack is doing fine for its age

 

well ive only had the truck for like 2 years. not my fault!!!! lol ive kept my baby washed almost every week. and a couple times during winter.

 

I am putting MY spare tire rack on this weekend!!!!! I bought it off a dude who killed his ZR2 drunk driving... hahaha his stupidity my gain! Although I agree that there isn't a whole lot of a need to reinforce the brackets, I am thinking I will. In a few years when I am done with college for good and have better pay, I plan on lifting it again and getting 35's on her! I might as well prepare to have a beastily tire on there so I don't have to adjust then!

Thanks for the assistance guys!

 

It's well worth it, IMO. One thing I forgot to mention when I posted pics of my install: Make sure you measure the distance between the two bolts the brace go on. There are measurements back somewhere in the thread, but mine didn't come out exactly that way. I probably angled my drill a little bit. It still worked out the same way, and it's sturdy as hell.

Good luck!

 

Just found this:



Info listed is
#6 **685521 PLATE SPA WHL CARR TAP T1(16) (P16) 95-04
#7 **992898 PLATE RR BPR IMP BAR EXTN STUD ST1(06-16) (P16) 99-01

Looks like there is an actual part that can go inside. Gonna make a trip to the dealer on monday and see.

 

I'm gonna be really pissed if those plates are threaded that would have made all the custom work a waste of time

 

is this the point at which we say collectively ..........

D'OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

Yeah, no kidding. Info is so hard to find on the tire carriers, though. Speaking of that...where did you find the parts list Matt?

 

And definatley keep us updated if these parts are attainable, and pricing