Thread: spare wheel carrier

Originally Posted by wabashford

G/day @ merry xmas to all I have seen 130 Defenders early ones with spare wheel mounted on bonnet. Question would the bonnet of the 94 Defender110 3 door be the same as i would like to mount my spare like wise ?

No they need a bracing kit

You can buy the mounting kits for the 300tdi's and 200tdi's, I believe the re-inforcement is already there.

For the td5's they took the re-inforcement out because the engine was taller and they needed the extra millimetres to shoehorn the engine in.

I've got a bonnet spare mounting kit installed on my '94 300tdi Defender 5-door station wagon so it's definitely possible - you just gotta source the kit

I would have thought that all 1994 Hardtops would have had a spare mount on the bonnet. Anyway I think they're all capable of it. The bonnets with spares had a hood stick to hold them up, the ones without had the scissor lift. From my experience with the series Land Rovers though, the scissor lift will hold the bonnet with a spare tyre on it up just fine.

Search for pics of the Kookynet Defender.Robert and Martine(the french couple touring the world) did a sterling job of reinforcing their TD5 bonnet,there have been pics posted of the job on AULRO in the past.
Goodluck
Andrew

The previous owner has fitted one to mine.....no problems although I do have one rivit misinf which I must put back in

I made my own for our Stage 1, and a mate has a Series spare mount on his Defender. (bonnets are very much alike if not the same)