Swing away that's not so "away"

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Dec 10, 2007 | 05:20 AM

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JK Newbie

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Swing away that's not so "away"

A couple of weeks ago, maybe a month, I heard of a company designing a swing away tire carrier that swung with the OE swing gate instead of independantly. Does anyone else remember seeing or hearing about this? Thanks
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Dec 10, 2007 | 06:15 AM

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I remember seeing it. It had an arm that bolted to the tailgate that allowed it to swing. There may be a photo in one of the galleries.

Dec 10, 2007 | 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by SDMF

It's Expedition One's bumper.

That's the one! Thanks alot! Have they come out with this yet?

Dec 10, 2007 | 06:44 AM

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pretty sure it is Expedition One.

Dec 10, 2007 | 06:47 AM

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pretty sure it is Expedition One.

http://project-jk.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=34380 &g2_serialNumber=2

here is the whole gallery

http://project-jk.com/wp-gallery2.php?g2_itemId=35874

Dec 10, 2007 | 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by gjeepguy

http://project-jk.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=34380 &g2_serialNumber=2

here is the whole gallery

http://project-jk.com/wp-gallery2.php?g2_itemId=35874

That's great thanks! I was just looking for that

Dec 10, 2007 | 07:22 AM

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wha?

I thought the whole point of a swing away tire carrier was to take the weight of the tire off the body and put it on the frame.... Isn't that why you shouldn't put a larger tire on the swing gate?

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Dec 10, 2007 | 07:25 AM

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I thought the whole point of a swing away tire carrier was to take the weight of the tire off the body and put it on the frame.... Isn't that why you shouldn't put a larger tire on the swing gate?

I'm pretty sure this is still the case with these bumpers. All the weight is on the tire carriers' hinge instead of the gate but this one is supposedly engineered to swing with the gate instead of seperatly. It's does have it's own hinge though.