When installing a larger spare tire you often have to use a spacer in order for the tire to fit. Once you've gotten the tire mounted on the tailgate, you’ll notice that the factory spare tire bumps no longer make contact (and support) the spare.
While this may not seem like a big deal sitting in the driveway, once you get on interstate and hit a few bumps, you'll see your spare tire moving all over the place. If you don't correct this your tailgate will eventually be ripped off the Jeep. Luckily it's fairly easy to correct this. You'll need a length of PVC from the local hardware store, and some longer bolts for your bump stops.
Measure the current gap between your factory bump stops and the tire, and add about a ¼ inch to that. Now, cut of three sections of PVC. I went ahead and sprayed them black, but this is optional.
Now, pull your spare tire off.
And remove the existing bump stops. There should be two on the tailgate (to the sides) and one on the body (at the bottom). Now, you'll need longer bolts. I ended up taking my factory bolts to the hardware store and buying some that were longer (the same length as our original measurement). Be careful to get bolts will small allen heads, because a hex head won't fit into the factory bumpstop. Just push the new bolts into place, and mount up the three new bumpstops.
And the finished product:
While this may not seem like a big deal sitting in the driveway, once you get on interstate and hit a few bumps, you'll see your spare tire moving all over the place. If you don't correct this your tailgate will eventually be ripped off the Jeep. Luckily it's fairly easy to correct this. You'll need a length of PVC from the local hardware store, and some longer bolts for your bump stops.
Measure the current gap between your factory bump stops and the tire, and add about a ¼ inch to that. Now, cut of three sections of PVC. I went ahead and sprayed them black, but this is optional.
Now, pull your spare tire off.
And remove the existing bump stops. There should be two on the tailgate (to the sides) and one on the body (at the bottom). Now, you'll need longer bolts. I ended up taking my factory bolts to the hardware store and buying some that were longer (the same length as our original measurement). Be careful to get bolts will small allen heads, because a hex head won't fit into the factory bumpstop. Just push the new bolts into place, and mount up the three new bumpstops.
And the finished product:
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