Spare tire delete - mock up pics
 

I've had this idea in my mind for quite a while now...I finally decided to go for it the last few weeks...This is the process, obviously not done, but in the end I think it's going to turn out pretty sweet. I will be storing some tools, oil, jumper cables etc... in the floor compartment and will cover that area with carpet once I get that far. My goal was to make it look stock, so I copied the driver side on everything and added the sub where they sit in most stock burbs or tahoes these days. Thought I'd share since I haven't really been able to find what many people have done with this area.

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Mocking up the final stuff to make sure it all fits. I cut the area out that held the tire and i found a short clearance Rockford 10" sub in a box on Walmart.com that fitted the area like a glove. I sound deadened the area and mounted it back there behind the panel. It sounds good and fit perfectly.

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The only thing I might have done different is to use a recessed handle on the floor compartment. Looks real good!!!

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lOT OF WORK, LOOKS GREAT. WISH IT WERE MINE!

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Looks Good!

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Nice idea!!! Looks good!!

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I like it. Nice and smooth looking.

Paul

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Nice work! that is a great alternative

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Good idea on the recessed handle...I'm going to look into that!

If anyone else has pics of what they have done with that area, I'd love to see.

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So where do you carry your spare?

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I've never had one :( I havent had a flat for like 15 years but Im sure it will happen now that I just said that...

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It usually happens at the worst time. I got a flat last summer while on a camping trip. I hooked up to the trailer, on the last day,and adjusted the load leveling bars only to discover the rr was almost flat. So unhook trailer get out 30 y/o spare and find its got only 15 pound in it. Aarrrghhh! Next step pump up spare tire with bicycle pump to 40 pounds, rehook trailer, and cross fingers hoping bias ply tire holds air till home. All the while going through nicotine withdrawal. I made it home but now I have a new radial spare and check the air psi monthly. I do like your sub install. Very clean!!

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Looks good, I'll have to copy that some day, my spare doesn't fit in the well so I have to carry it on the drivers side.

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I think most people never check the pressure in their spare. I check my spare pressure and pump up if needed, every time I rotate tires. I rotate every 6K miles.

In the course of my driving, I have had 3 flats and 2 blow outs. I changed each in 10 minutes or less and I was back on my way. *Blow outs were dry rotted tires on a car I bought out of a junkyard and was towing it home. Those blow outs were more like explosions! :jdp:

I have changed and helped change, let's see: 5 people's tires. Two women and 3 men. One was a police officer. No joke.