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Thread: Legalities of Outter side tub mounted spare wheel carrier

  1. 30th August 2014, 05:02 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by isuzurover View Post
    You must have some strange rules over there...

    I agree with others that the protrusion beyond the "envelope" of the vehicle would likely be too much for the side mounted spare to be legal.
    Drive an old enough car here and you don't even require a speedo. But I think you'd still be liable for speeding tickets.
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  2. 30th August 2014, 05:54 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by BadCo. View Post
    Being an older truck can you not just claim it came with the side wheel carrier and be exempt from such rules? Or does it not work like that?

    For example, a mate has a 1985 2 door 110 and he can legally carrier as many people as he can fit in the back with out seatbelts because it was built before some cut off date.


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  3. 31st August 2014, 01:36 AM #13
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    Pre '75 CJ Jeeps had the option of mounting the spare wheel on the drivers side of the rear tub, but can't say I've ever seen one mounted there in Oz, and mine had a swing away carrier at the back.
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  4. 31st August 2014, 05:39 AM #14
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    Does that mean a Wolf Land Rover would be illegal here in Australia? I have been tempted to get one but may have to reconsider.
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  5. 7th September 2014, 02:13 PM #15
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    looks pretty cool, how do they see what's behind when the mirror looks at the spare tyre?
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  6. 18th September 2014, 04:50 PM #16
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    Thanks guys, ended up just going with the bonnet mount option, here's a pic with RTT and bonnet installed!

    My only real issue with the bonnet mount is that if I mount the spare from the set of wheels i'm using, it sits up way to high and I lose visibility (wider than standard sunraisas with 31" tires), I will just carry a skinnier series rim for now.
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