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01-15-2012, 07:35 PM

LucasMI

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Tire on roof

How do you hold them on? love how it looks, going to put mine up there.

01-15-2012, 09:06 PM

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How do you hold them on? love how it looks, going to put mine up there.

Tie straps

01-15-2012, 09:47 PM

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01-15-2012, 10:11 PM

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Id put a roof basket then tie them down with tie straps like brian said

01-16-2012, 01:03 AM

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Id put a roof basket then tie them down with tie straps like brian said

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Some roof baskets have mounts or locks for a spare tire as well as other things to go in it like a mount for lights or a shovel.

01-16-2012, 11:20 PM

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I would say go the roofbasket rout and either see if they have kit to mount the tire or fab up some thing with a threaded rod the same diameteras a wheel stud.

01-25-2012, 11:09 PM

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good ol' ratchet strap lol thats all i have lol just make sure if you do to tie off the extra (make sure it dont come loose eather) otherwise you get to hear a "twhap twhap thwap" noise from the strap slapping your roof lol haha