so you want a tire carrier on your 4 door?? - DISCUSSION THREAD
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Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 13
to answer all 4 door carrier questions:
-to get them out of the original factory parts truck you need a t-55 socket attachment, i would recommend a breaker bar too because they were hell to get off.
-if you line up your holes properly i believe 4 of the bolts should go through a double wall of sheet metal with 2 bolts going through the single wall. (on the 4 door)
-drill smaller holes and extrude in new bigger bolts.
-i put nuts on the 2 bolts that only had a single wall.
-for the plate attached to the tailgate you need a t-15 attachment. I measured where to center the plate on the tailgate from the junkyard blazer.
-i extruded in new larger bolts to hold the plate on my 4 door.
-i used black silicon to seal off any gaps where water could get in to rust the body
and for those of you who think that my carriers going to fall off i have a 31 inch tire on the carrier with steel rim, and its been on the turnpike from bgsu to cleveland about 50x now with i'd say about 35,000miles since the carriers been on. its actually very structurally stable, i havnt had any warping of the body yet. ill upload pictures one day when its done snowing ;p
-to get them out of the original factory parts truck you need a t-55 socket attachment, i would recommend a breaker bar too because they were hell to get off.
-if you line up your holes properly i believe 4 of the bolts should go through a double wall of sheet metal with 2 bolts going through the single wall. (on the 4 door)
-drill smaller holes and extrude in new bigger bolts.
-i put nuts on the 2 bolts that only had a single wall.
-for the plate attached to the tailgate you need a t-15 attachment. I measured where to center the plate on the tailgate from the junkyard blazer.
-i extruded in new larger bolts to hold the plate on my 4 door.
-i used black silicon to seal off any gaps where water could get in to rust the body
and for those of you who think that my carriers going to fall off i have a 31 inch tire on the carrier with steel rim, and its been on the turnpike from bgsu to cleveland about 50x now with i'd say about 35,000miles since the carriers been on. its actually very structurally stable, i havnt had any warping of the body yet. ill upload pictures one day when its done snowing ;p
Starting Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 211
From: Wisconsin
to answer all 4 door carrier questions:
-to get them out of the original factory parts truck you need a t-55 socket attachment, i would recommend a breaker bar too because they were hell to get off.
-if you line up your holes properly i believe 4 of the bolts should go through a double wall of sheet metal with 2 bolts going through the single wall. (on the 4 door)
-drill smaller holes and extrude in new bigger bolts.
-i put nuts on the 2 bolts that only had a single wall.
-for the plate attached to the tailgate you need a t-15 attachment. I measured where to center the plate on the tailgate from the junkyard blazer.
-i extruded in new larger bolts to hold the plate on my 4 door.
-i used black silicon to seal off any gaps where water could get in to rust the body
and for those of you who think that my carriers going to fall off i have a 31 inch tire on the carrier with steel rim, and its been on the turnpike from bgsu to cleveland about 50x now with i'd say about 35,000miles since the carriers been on. its actually very structurally stable, i havnt had any warping of the body yet. ill upload pictures one day when its done snowing ;p
-to get them out of the original factory parts truck you need a t-55 socket attachment, i would recommend a breaker bar too because they were hell to get off.
-if you line up your holes properly i believe 4 of the bolts should go through a double wall of sheet metal with 2 bolts going through the single wall. (on the 4 door)
-drill smaller holes and extrude in new bigger bolts.
-i put nuts on the 2 bolts that only had a single wall.
-for the plate attached to the tailgate you need a t-15 attachment. I measured where to center the plate on the tailgate from the junkyard blazer.
-i extruded in new larger bolts to hold the plate on my 4 door.
-i used black silicon to seal off any gaps where water could get in to rust the body
and for those of you who think that my carriers going to fall off i have a 31 inch tire on the carrier with steel rim, and its been on the turnpike from bgsu to cleveland about 50x now with i'd say about 35,000miles since the carriers been on. its actually very structurally stable, i havnt had any warping of the body yet. ill upload pictures one day when its done snowing ;p
Also called the guy at the yard and he it should be between 25 and 40 bucks.
Last edited by Wisco Blazer; Feb 21, 2012 at 05:57 PM.
Starting Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 211
From: Wisconsin
Goodluck! I am so excited to get mine friday! BTW have you heard from the guy doing the shackle deal? He just quit or what?
Yeah..no idea...im bout to just buy some if I don't hear from him soon