so just picked up this 4runner a few months ago and its missing the rest of the tire carrier, i just have the bumper. i dont weld so i was wondering if any of you know anyone in san diego that can help me complete this tire carrier. i been looking at different sites and the only one that comes close is the one from slee off road. im thinking its custom made.
http://www.sleeoffroad.com/past_proj...ner_bumper.htm
hopefully you guys recognize its brand. or have some ideas for me. thanks

 

Well at least they left the lower bearing on the spindle there for ya! Lolz.

Looks like a stripped down kennesaw mountain bumper (worst company ever).

 

Looking at the quality of the welds I am thinking garage built/home brew that they used the typical trailer axle pivot....

 

Also looking for source of swing-out tire carrier for 86 4Runner in San Diego or Orange Counties.
TIA for leads.

 

how good of an idea would it be to buy the swing out portion of one thats already built like smitty built and just modifying to fit this bumper? who sells the parts to build these carriers? maybe i can just buy the parts and go to local shop?

 

Unless you can directly match up the bearing race and tube I wouldn't recommend trying to put another one on there. There are a lot of sources for the spindle like.iron pig off road, probably rough stuff etc.
I had a spindle mounted swing out made for my truck but I cut it.off since visibility sucked and I.had heard of multiple failures of.the sprindle

 

what about vibration & rattling is that common with these tire carriers? i have 33x12.50 15 thats a good sized tire. just wondering for those who do have or have had tire carriers? is it even worth the trouble?

 

anyone ? chime in please. wondering if even worth the trouble...

 

well they are worth it for the fact that you get your tire up from underneath and make more clearance or room for extra fuel/water/air tank, or get it out from inside your rig for more storage space, as well as possibly provide exterior storage for something like a hi-lift jack or fuel cans depending on setup, they look cool, etc etc. everything has a tradeoff though -- rearward visibility decreased, sometimes vibrations, higher COG, more weight at the rearmost point of vehicle, inconvenience of having to swing it out to get into tailgate, heavy tire hard to get on/off carrier, etc.

if it were me, i'd probably cut it off because of unknown type of spindle and possibly not being able to match it up. if you want a new one, just buy one of the spindle kits online, weld it(them) on and fab your swingout(s). if you keep this bumper i would definitely add some more triangulation to brace bumper so it can take a sideways blow since it looks like everything is perpendicular as-is.

another option might be to just sell this bumper and put the cash toward the one you want since it may be easier to go this route vs trying to modify one that wasn't built properly in the first place.

 

Mine doesn't vibrate. I've also invested $10,00000 into making it work.

Hack it off and start with new stuff.

 

thanks fellas! i think you guys maybe right. its probably missing the rest of the tire carrier for a reason, it if worked so well it would still be there right?!?
i will try to search for a decent tire carrier, sound like most would be custom made though.