spare wheel inside?

[perelaar]

I removed the spare wheel door mounting bracket on my T2 today, as I got fed up with squeaking and banging noises whenever I drive over a pebble. Also noticed some nasty corrosion underneath, and some damage to the door inside - looks like a bodged repair by a previous owner.

For now, no bracket on, only the mounting bolts back in place to stop water getting in. And I have to admit, I rather like the way it looks, and definitively like the (comparative) quiet

Anyone here experience with having the spare wheel inside? Where do you attach it, and how? Flat on the loading area is not possible for me, dog has to fit inside as well
I was thinking of mounting it upright, above passenger side rear wheel arch. But no idea yet on how to attach it.

 

[jims-terrano]

No experience of this but I do know people bolt straight through both skins of the tailgate. I've not seen it but apparently there are some spot welds that break causing your noises.

I'm pretty sure Alex removed his spare from the tailgate on his long wheel base, maybe he can give you some ideas of alternative storage.

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

Hi. Had my wheel in boot on holiday. When not needed 3rd row of seats. Certainly easier to hook up the caravan.

Used straps to floor hooks to secure it. Left cover on that covers steel rim only then added a blanket and dog quite happy on it.

 

[Fez_uk]

If I was to do it and have to have it vertically I would build a strong frame that attaches to the floor and then have a strap on it.

Other option is to build a frame to the floor and have the wheel bolt onto it.

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[Fez_uk]

Similar to this, But would mount it to the side, Other option is to make a false floor and put the wheel under it.

 

[perelaar]

Basically thinking of the something like the last picture here, can't afford to loose the entire boot floor space to the wheel. I'll check for measurements and mounting options tomorrow, if I cannot get it properly secured on the side, it'll go back on the door.

 

[perelaar]

I'll have to remove the plastic on the side panels, not sure there's anything there sturdy enough to hold the wheel

 

[Fez_uk]

I'll have to remove the plastic on the side panels, not sure there's anything there sturdy enough to hold the wheel

I would build a frame from the floor with plenty of bracing.

 

[don simon]

Have a look a some of the Jeep Cherokees to see how they mount the wheels on the inside.

 

[perelaar]

Made up my mind, I'll try to fix the loose spot welds in the rear door with some nuts&bolts, see if stops the noise and then mount the weel again outside.
Bracket inside apparently needs to be certified by Nissan to pass MOT. And at the moment I'm not very happy with Nissan customer service, rather not go there again.

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Made up my mind, I'll try to fix the loose spot welds in the rear door with some nuts&bolts, see if stops the noise and then mount the weel again outside.
Bracket inside apparently needs to be certified by Nissan to pass MOT. And at the moment I'm not very happy with Nissan customer service, rather not go there again.

Fixing the spot welds was fairly easy, You may want to use pop Rivets rather than nuts and bolts though, as there are several places that you can not get to the other side of to put a nut on. I did a thread on here when I did mine ages ago.

http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8040&highlight=rear+door&page=2

I also raised my spare wheel up to make putting the caravan on and off a lot easier, but it does kill the vision out the rear window, which is why I now have the Waeco rear view camera, rather than the rear view mirror, and have the added advantage of having a camera on the back of the caravan as well.

 

[perelaar]

I will indeed use poprivets, just hope I can find steel ones...
No need to raise the wheel, for the foreseeable future I'm not going to increase wheel size or tow a caravan