Thread: Bearmach BA132C tyre carrier for 02>defender

here are the instructions.
take note of page 2, 3rd parragraph!

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i moved this bracket over 30mm to lose 65mm from the angle.
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i can make it sit flush with the door but im not keen on having spent over 500 bucks and having to modify it to sit correctly

phil.

You will probably find that the hole positions are due to the fact that landy's have such bad quality control that no 2 vehicles are the same, this is why a lot of the big accessory companies dont make stuff for them, they never fit properly. For $500 i would have designed and built one myself.

The one here http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Land-Rover-Co...QQcmdZViewItem looks like it sits flat. I'm thinking the plate for this kit might have the mount for the "link arm" recessed into the door though. Can you flip the "H" plate inside the door?

The one I designed and made is similar but lighter duty ( I'll have to remake it I think ) and I recessed the "link arm" mount into the large plate of the carrier.


Bruce.

cant put it inside the door because of all the gizmos!

The first pic shows how i got mine when i purchased it has been updated...
SEE ATTACHEMENT...

and this is how it came out on my car...

I didnt have any major problems just tricky to fit that bracket down the bottom without cutting you hands from underneath..

i know where your coming from with the bottom bracket, i gave up on the top 2 10mm bolts and drilled straight through. now using 12mm x100mm bolts.

some of my problem lies in the fact that your door bracket sits directly on the door skin(or a plate) where as mine in the new kit sits about 15mm off the door skin. this is just accentuating the problem.

thanks for the feedback 590.

cheers phil

so i thought id better do something about the mess of a tyre carrier i bought!
bearmack did get in contact with me and instructed karcraft to refund my money, but the latter didnt happen, and ide be left with holes in my fender! so i told them ide sort it out!
today i attacked it with a grinder, oxy set and a welder! now im happy with it, just need to paint it!

the old.... door to tyre center was 320mm


now the mod...... and its 260mm of the door and looks ALOT better.


cheers phil.

I'm confused - if the carrier was mounted 30mm to the left, into the original chassis holes, wouldn't that have allowed the hinged bracket on the door to also sit across to the left and flatter against the door as well? I guess an overhead shot or closeup of the actual door bracket might answer this.

I am interested in your work-around as I was considering one of these myself until you posted this original thread and made me nervous. I certainly don't want any unnecessary hols in my vehicle.