I picked up an old OEM tire swing off Craigslist for $35, it was missing the lift gate latch plates, and the bumper reinforcement bracket.
I decided to modify it for more storage.
I moved the tire mount down and turned it upside down. This gave me more room for square tubing to hold the storage box.
I didn't have the mount for the lift gate so built my own custom latch using a couple of hood springs and various other scraps. I didn't really want it touching the lift gate anyway.
To handle the extra weight. I built my own re-enforcement bracket.
The swing mount is reinforced inside the bumper and then tied into the body in three locations, directly behind the bumper, to the shackle bolt, and a brace is extended to a piece of angle iron that bolts to the nut strip and has two bolts through the "frame" rail.
I decided to modify it for more storage.
I moved the tire mount down and turned it upside down. This gave me more room for square tubing to hold the storage box.
I didn't have the mount for the lift gate so built my own custom latch using a couple of hood springs and various other scraps. I didn't really want it touching the lift gate anyway.
To handle the extra weight. I built my own re-enforcement bracket.
The swing mount is reinforced inside the bumper and then tied into the body in three locations, directly behind the bumper, to the shackle bolt, and a brace is extended to a piece of angle iron that bolts to the nut strip and has two bolts through the "frame" rail.
