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88Jimmy4x4 · 11-27-2004, 12:21 PM

Currently my 85 just has the spare laying loose in the bed and I was wondering if anyone makes a spare tire relocator for trucks like ours with a steel rollpan. I would like to get the tire back under the truck if I could. My truck doesnt have any of the factory spare bracketry....do I need this with the kit?

**N2TRUX** · 11-27-2004, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 88Jimmy4x4

.....My truck doesnt have any of the factory spare bracketry....do I need this with the kit?

Yep you have to have somnething to relocate. All the kit does is move it forward. Spare tire? All you need is Fix-a-flat and a cell phone.....

88Jimmy4x4 · 11-27-2004, 04:59 PM

LOL, ya I have a cell phone, but when I go to out of town shows like dallas or Austin etc I would like to have my spare just in case :p

heres how I roll now

SanitysBane · 11-27-2004, 05:54 PM

better than me, i don't have a spare tire, jack, cellphone, can of fix-a-flat or anything, go me!

**N2TRUX** · 11-27-2004, 06:15 PM

Hey at least you have room to relocate. On my 77 we decided the spare tire would get drug off anyway so we put the air tanks back there. I put a small tire on a stock steel rim and throw it in the back for road trips.

I bought a jack out of a 88-99 GM truck because they had scissor jacks. It will get under the truck when it's aired out....

Justins76 · 11-30-2004, 03:27 AM

My spare is chained to my bed rail. The chain is so rusty I doubt the padlock will come off, that's if I can find the key. Oh well, the spare goes flat in a day anyways

The jacks behind the seat

C-10volvo · 11-30-2004, 03:39 AM

its all about weight reduction. that 35 pounds you took off must add 200 hp to the rear wheels.

88Jimmy4x4 · 11-30-2004, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by C-10volvo

its all about weight reduction. that 35 pounds you took off must add 200 hp to the rear wheels.

Ya but it didnt add any torque and thats what wins races

C-10volvo · 12-02-2004, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by 88Jimmy4x4

Ya but it didnt add any torque and thats what wins races

yeah but all that added hp helps your ricer fly by

88Jimmy4x4 · 12-02-2004, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by C-10volvo

yeah but all that added hp helps your ricer fly by

I dont get it

Izzy · 12-02-2004, 06:34 PM

You're old that's why.

I've only seen a relocator for the 88-current trucks and it's just a piece of angle with one bend. Maybe you could build something at your job similiar.

11-27-2004, 12:21 PM	#1
88Jimmy4x4 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: houston, texas Posts: 1,974	spare tire relocator for rollpan Currently my 85 just has the spare laying loose in the bed and I was wondering if anyone makes a spare tire relocator for trucks like ours with a steel rollpan. I would like to get the tire back under the truck if I could. My truck doesnt have any of the factory spare bracketry....do I need this with the kit? __________________ 2008 Silverado Z71 RCSB 1991 GMC Jimmy 4x4 1976 GMC Sierra C15 SWB

11-27-2004, 04:59 PM	#3
88Jimmy4x4 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: houston, texas Posts: 1,974	LOL, ya I have a cell phone, but when I go to out of town shows like dallas or Austin etc I would like to have my spare just in case :p heres how I roll now __________________ 2008 Silverado Z71 RCSB 1991 GMC Jimmy 4x4 1976 GMC Sierra C15 SWB

11-27-2004, 05:54 PM	#4
SanitysBane Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 2,121	better than me, i don't have a spare tire, jack, cellphone, can of fix-a-flat or anything, go me! __________________ '96 Nissan Pathfinder '02 Firebird Trans Am. '88 K5 Blazer

11-30-2004, 03:27 AM	#6
Justins76 OutOfMyMind & I'llNeverKnowWhy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Another world, some other time Posts: 672	My spare is chained to my bed rail. The chain is so rusty I doubt the padlock will come off, that's if I can find the key. Oh well, the spare goes flat in a day anyways The jacks behind the seat __________________ -Justin-Out of my mind and I'll never know why 1976 Chevrolet Silverado C10 350 4bbl / TH350 Big10 longbed 1986 Pontiac Firebird T-Top 5.0L TPI 700R4 WS6 1992 Pontiac Firebird T-Top 5.0L TBI 700R4 My cardomain page I don't like to save, it's more fun to spend!!

11-30-2004, 03:39 AM	#7
C-10volvo Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon Posts: 1,028	its all about weight reduction. that 35 pounds you took off must add 200 hp to the rear wheels. __________________ Ken Morgan For fun: 1964 Volvo 122 For slow: 1984 Chevrolet C-10 For everything else: 1997 BMW M3

11-27-2004, 06:15 PM	#5
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Hey at least you have room to relocate. On my 77 we decided the spare tire would get drug off anyway so we put the air tanks back there. I put a small tire on a stock steel rim and throw it in the back for road trips. I bought a jack out of a 88-99 GM truck because they had scissor jacks. It will get under the truck when it's aired out....

12-02-2004, 06:34 PM	#11
Izzy Trucker. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 1,364	You're old that's why. I've only seen a relocator for the 88-current trucks and it's just a piece of angle with one bend. Maybe you could build something at your job similiar.



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