That looks positively good ! Better than carrying on the roof and reducing milage.

 

Looks really nice. I need to do something similar...

Which tow-hitch do you have? The one with the square receiver...?

I have the detachable "goose-neck" type and I find it hard to come up with something that attaches to that.

Would you mind posting a more detailed pic of the mechanism?

 

Great Idea

I'm waiting on delivery of my TDi V6 and I,ve been pondering my options for a spare......(real spare).

The hitch point was the apparent place to start...but I was thinking more along the line of pivot left or right.

Your tilt idea is obvious now that I have seen it......great work

Any possibilty of a drawing or sketch.

Cheers........Klemmy

 

Very Interesting! You may have to start mass producing them!

Carson

 

Being an old fat man, any way that I don't have to hump the spare on the roof is a good thing. I'd be keen for one.

Can you still use the towing hitch with the spare wheel fitted?

Cheers

 

I would have to say, I definitively admire all of you who manage to get a full sized spare onto the roof, I'm flatout getting it to line up to the bolt holes at ground level.

BTW, great simple and elegant design for the carrier, I admire you even more for actually making it yourself. When I first bought the t'reg, a portable welder quickly followed, except I failed miserably at trying to weld, so the project, welder n all got canned. Taking the design to a local engineering shop would have resulted in a $800 bucks job + the parts to mount the wheel on and re-wiring for a number plate light. I also gave that up too. Now the spare sits in the boot when I travel.

 

Very interesting. Your finished product appears identical to one that I made up about 30 years ago to fit onto the tow bar of a HJ wagon I owned at the time. Mine also travelled widely throughout south eastern Austalia - without failure. Well done.

 

I'm still using a false floor, which generally works well for a 255/18" spare when I get off the bitumen. Your pic now urges me to go to my shed 2morrow and checkout my 3-bike rack carrier. It is hinged and towball ready - there might be a way to do a simple mod on another carrier and turn it into a wheel carrier for under $150. Interesting idea Alan.

 

I hadn't thought about a false floor, so I take it, the recess will accept a full spare, but it sticks up a bit? or do you loose the height of a full tyre?

 

I don't have drawings, but here's some pics to help understand the mechanism. Note the latch is used for simple securing of the bracket in the upright position for suburban work, and the hand-bolt is fitted when doing some longer journeys and rough road travels.
The little swing-plate behind the latch became essential to make the latch work properly, and a matching fixed plate below the latch completes the function. There's probably another way to achieve this, but I couldn't think of it..!!!!!
Hope it makes sense.

 

Spare wheel carrier for little brother



Guys looking for something similar for the Tiguan. Anyone ever make a few up or know the cost? Appealing as would like a proper spare for off road trips (yes we actually do some in the Tig) and with the spare removed, cargo space in the Tig is actually quite 'cavernous'. More lift and a bash plate to come, but this will help a bit. Yeh...I know the tig is not as serious as the Touareg (shame since VW obviously know how) and yes my next car might be a Touareg (reason for joining), but in the meantime Tig it is. Any help re spare wheel carrier be much appreciated.

 

Good idea, will be building one myself shortly,have just manufactured a longish bash plate out of 3 mm ali checkerplate from under bumper to gearbox cross member and bent up a nudge bar from 50 mm dia ali scaffold tube.
yours is the next project.

 

Hi Gents,

Just to warn you, if some one drives in the back off you, rear ends you, the chance of damage to the rear door and window is very high.

The top of the rim of the spare would hit the rear window and shatter.

I had one guy hit me at 25km/hr and the damage was a total replacement of rear bumper, door and window, 4 weeks later I got her back, but the hasstle is not worth it in my view.

My 20 cents worth.

Regards


Gerald

 

This looks very impressive. I have the factory fitted rear wheel carrier, which is excellent, but only available on a new vehicle, and we had to wait a long time.
The only thing I don't like about my factory fitted option, is that you can't open the back glass, without opening it.

You seem to have solved that. Sounds like a winner.

 

I'll bring it up to the Cowbaw GTG in July - you can see it first hand. I don't carry it round the 'burbs, only when I go away. It's effective, and suits my needs.........the ONLY issue is that when the wheel gets dirty or dusty you can get your clothes soiled accessing the rear glass over it........but you learn to work around that.
Good to hear you are joining us for the gathering - should be great to meet a few fellow Treg-tragics......lol.

Alan V

 

hi Tregtripper
yes, great idea. do you have any close photos - or have you persuaded someone to mass produce under licence ?
Do you expereince any wobble ?

 

See photos at the top of page 2 in this thread. Click on them for close ups.
No-one is producing it - they're not interested. I asked around, and couldn't find anything commercially available, then when I showed 'em mine there was little interest. Said they didn't get enquiries for it............go figure.
It doesn't wobble much if the hand bolt is fitted. I drove it across the Tanami Track from Alice to Broome (are you in Aus?) without any drama [....in fact that's it in the pic at left].

Alan
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Having taken it diagonally across the country last year from Melb to Broome (via the Tanami) and home via Perth, I can attest that it works.

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Alan

Good article in the latest VW magazine. Well done Alan. Funny VW didn't comment on the wheel carrier in any length...

 

Hi Seawolf
Do you have any photos of your bash plate ?
I was considering the same. HAve seen photos of similar bash plates from US made out of aircraft aluminium.
thanks

 

RE: full sized spare for MYO8 touareg TDV6

Hi All
does anyone have any hints on where (besides dealer) to purchase fullsized alloy spare for full sized spare for MYO8 touareg TDV6 ?
thanks

 

ebay!

 

Alan - saw the wheel holder in the VW Mag - what a great idea to fit it to your tow hitch!! Have just returned from a trip through Gascoyne/Karijini and would have loved to have had one of these... will try and see if we can adapt for our Tiguan - as the space saving spare tire is just not suitable for Aussie conditions ... K

 

Thanx K -
......necessity is the mother of invention. Unable to buy anything suitable, I employed a bit of Aussie ingenuity. After much design & development, a few trial runs, modifications, and voila - it works a treat. It's a shame the car comes with such an inadequate (& unsafe) spare, forcing us to improvise.
Did you notice the VW mag glossed over the carrying of the spare......lest they embarrass themselves!!
I'm sure the same concept would work on Tiguan.

We were blown away with Karrijini NP.....what a delightful and remote place.......superb.

Cheers.....

A

 

Alan you idea of the carrier is brilliant, I opted out of the factory fitted rear spare carrier as the wife could not open and close the damb thing with the bub in the hip, plus load pram ect. Also my garage is not long enough for the radius of the swing. One option to stop any "shaking" on corrugated roads would be to pull a strap against the tow eye?

I think it would be a great idea if all us keen treggers called VW to order a tow bar fitted carrier as shown in there mag, (no reference in the article to the facet that it is aftermarket?) I also suspect that If anything were to go wrong with you tow frame that there would be no sight of the great VW warranty.

 

Yeah - You are not the first person to complain about the factory fitted spare wheel carrier design. I rejected it because of a) cost & b) the fact that it had to be opened EVERY time you accessed the rear, even if only opening the glass.
There was no problem with it shaking on corrugated roads.
....and I'm not at all worried about any damage to the tow hitch, esp given the 3.5 tonne towing capacity. If the tow hitch couldn't take the load from this thing, then I shouldn't be towing my 2 tonne boat with it...!!!

Alan

 

Tanami



Nice writeup/pics in the VW mag Alan! Were you travelling alone on this trip?

 

The second point about the glass is a annoying.
Opening the carrier isn't too bad, but as a result, I always open the hatch and never the glass (with the possible exception of where the back is so full of camping gear, that opening the glass is a safety measure to avoid repacking )