Girder bumper

[aesmith]

What was wrong with leaving the spare wheel where it normally goes, under the floor? I really dislike rear mounted spares, and one that has to be separately swung clear would drive me nuts.

 

[ned]

@stuvy yes indeed, but I will cross that bridge when im staring at it in the face, which i think might be happening fairley soon

got one side of the gusset welded in

 

[sako243]

What was wrong with leaving the spare wheel where it normally goes, under the floor? I really dislike rear mounted spares, and one that has to be separately swung clear would drive me nuts.

And I really hate ones that are under the floor. The only times I've ever had a flat tyre as been on a vehicle with it under the floor and the boot is full which necessitates emptying the contents out onto the side of the road.

Rear mounted by far the best option of it swings away automatically. Then I'd say still rear mounted but separate, the under the rear of the car (they have a habit of seizing up) and finally in the boot.

 

[selectedgrub]

Here's me thinking a bonnet mounted spare was next level.

 

[James1979]

Here's me thinking a bonnet mounted spare was next level.

Had one on a couple of landies when I was a young un. Best place for them I reckon

 

[Robotstar5]

Here's me thinking a bonnet mounted spare was next level.

That's fine when you're fit enough to lift the bonnet with a 7.50 x 16 wheel on it

 

[selectedgrub]

You guys are talking Land Rover here.
Aren't the bonnets always open (with someone shaking their head next to it).

 

[My Old Landy]

You guys are talking Land Rover here.
Aren't the bonnets always open (with someone shaking their head next to it).

Cheeky

 

[brewdexta]

You guys are talking Land Rover here.
Aren't the bonnets always open (with someone shaking their head next to it).

That's true of the older ones. With the newer ones replace bonnet with wallet

I still miss my ex army 90 and my Disco 3.....

 

[Robotstar5]

A couple of Range Rovers with bonnet mounted spare

 

[sako243]

That's true of the older ones. With the newer ones replace bonnet with wallet

I still miss my ex army 90 and my Disco 3.....

Oh I don't know. Use them, abuse them but keep ontop of maintenance and I've found them to be more reliable than anything else (and longer lasting).

The saving grace is that if you're mechanically minded (and who on here isn't) then they are trivial and cheap to fix. Actually the most reliable I had was a 2007 TDV8 L322, the downside with that was it didn't half eat through tyres. Put 100k on that and it did everything my Defender did (in terms of off roading etc).

 

[ned]

the military Wolf Landrovers have them mounted on the side, but I think that might look controversial on the P38. Bonnet I think would decrease viewing pleasure, and the interior of the P38 is sublime, i wouldnt want to mess up the scene at all, ill post a pic of my interior in a while, i bought wood for it out of a vogue se, cost me 350 euros for the center console and another 350 for the steering wheel

 

[slim_boy_fat]

the military Wolf Landrovers have them mounted on the side,

You'd need a couple of Squaddys as passengers at all times, to lift that off/on in the event of a flat...

 

[colnerov]

You'd need a couple of Squaddys as passengers at all times, to lift that off/on in the event of a flat...

Oh and they're heavier when they are flat, for some reason.

 

[Robotstar5]

You'd need a couple of Squaddys as passengers at all times, to lift that off/on in the event of a flat...

I seem to recall they included some sort of strap system for raising and lowering the wheel from it's mounting.

 

[aesmith]

Each to his own I guess. If I remember correctly the P38 spare wheel was mounted from underneath, you you don't have to empty luggage to get at it. Or am I misremembering? Our first Range Rover had the spare standing upright at the side of the luggage area, so you might have to move luggage a little. Neatest solution I've seen was the Lada Niva where the spare was under the bonnet.

 

[knighty]

I think you need to empty the boot to get to the nut you turn to raise/lower the spare?

 

[Robotstar5]

Each to his own I guess. If I remember correctly the P38 spare wheel was mounted from underneath, you you don't have to empty luggage to get at it. Or am I misremembering? Our first Range Rover had the spare standing upright at the side of the luggage area, so you might have to move luggage a little. Neatest solution I've seen was the Lada Niva where the spare was under the bonnet.

My first car was a Renault 10, the spare wheel was behind the front number plate, you lifted the bonnet, pulled a lever and the number plate hinged down on a frame to reveal the spare wheel, then just slide it out.

 

[OJCar]

My first car was a Renault 10,

You seem to have recovered well, try to put it behind you...

The turned version of those ?Gordini? used to have their front number plate flapping in the breeze as the bumper and spare wheel assembly was jettisoned for competion.
Party for weight saving, partly to prevent the embarrassing sprag effect then the spare wheel holder fell down!

 

[Robotstar5]

You seem to have recovered well, try to put it behind you...

Well the engine was behind me the only car I've ever made a profit on, cost me £90 and sold a few months later for £120