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Tailgate to spare wheel buffers

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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 08:30 AM
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Default Tailgate to spare wheel buffers

When fitting after market wheels with a different offset, the spare tyre no longer contacts the tailgate buffers. Does anyone sell longer buffers or some means of extending them to prevent the spare from excessive wobble?

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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 08:33 AM
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Daystar sells longer ones you can trim to fit. Not to expensive either.
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 09rubicon
Daystar sells longer ones you can trim to fit. Not to expensive either.
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Old Jun 7, 2009 | 11:33 AM
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Daystar is probably the best answer, but before they were available, some of us took pieces of radiator hose and snugged them right over the top of the existing bumpstops:

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