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Old 03-05-2005, 09:07 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Usually is built into the bumper, which needs to be strong enough to support the tire carrier. There are places that offer spindles for use with swingout carriers. I used to run a single pivot/single latch tire carrier and it worked OK, but my new bumper with have a double pivot and double latch carrier:

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/4R_bumpers.shtml
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