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| fernweh Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Calabasas, CA - Centenario, BCS - Luebeck, Germany Vehicle(s): Few Mercedes-Benz, a Toyota Amphibious and a Vespa  | Spare Wheel Cover for larger tires.... Ok, guys it's the 4th today and I have a few hrs before the German-Italian Fussball game (may the better team win!) to unveil the secret of my spare wheel cover. A very simple solution! Take a piece of plywood, I used a piece of 1/2" thick baltic plywood and cut a circle out of it to fit your wheel. I liked and used the dimension of the rim, but you could also cover half of the tire, I guess. Drill a 3/8" hole in the center before you cover your wooden "wheel" with paint or any material you fancy. In my case, I used a piece of black vinyl cloth (to match my seats  ) and some good (3M) spray adheasive. Pull it evenly over the edge, so it doesn't distort the finish outside. The original G-wagen spare wheel mount center support has two small holes opposites from each other for a locking device or so. Through these two holes I fastened a sheave of thicker plywood (laminate 2 x 1/2" together) with two small Phillips head screws. The trick is to use a screw with a small enough head so it doen't protrude out of the center support - your wheel has to slip still over it! The plywood sheave is cut to fit inside this steel center support, has a drilled 5/16" center hole and features a 1/4" x 20 "Tee Nut" (hardware store). Now use a correct lenght of 1/4" x 20 threaded rod, cut a piece of 1/2" PVC as inside spacer, so the new cover is mounted flush & flat and not being sucked in to much when fastened. The finished outside fastener could be just a washer and a 1/4" x 20 nut, wing nut or......I choose a flush nut with an allen key (hardware store) as a small theft determent. Karl BTW The original G-wagen spare mount has been redrilled to raise (1 1/4") the spare wheel on the rear door - to gain more access/clearance to the rear towing hitch. With my larger tires I barely get mt hands in there to lock the trailer's coupling device. (IMG_2260.JPG) (IMG_2261.JPG) (IMG_2265.JPG) (IMG_2266.JPG) (IMG_2259.JPG) (IMG_2257.JPG) (IMG_2267.JPG) (IMG_2268.JPG) (IMG_2256.JPG) Attachments ----------------  IMG_2260.JPG (112KB - 13 downloads) IMG_2261.JPG (68KB - 9 downloads) IMG_2265.JPG (66KB - 9 downloads) IMG_2266.JPG (78KB - 10 downloads) IMG_2259.JPG (71KB - 9 downloads) IMG_2257.JPG (102KB - 9 downloads) IMG_2267.JPG (64KB - 9 downloads) IMG_2268.JPG (66KB - 9 downloads) IMG_2256.JPG (127KB - 9 downloads) | |
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| Braingears Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: St Petersburg, FL Vehicle(s): G320 & ML320 Posts: 1450  | ||
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| gwagen460swb Extreme Veteran Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Vehicle(s): 280GE SWB, Toyota Highlander, BMW530i, RR HSE Posts: 513  | ||
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| fernweh Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Calabasas, CA - Centenario, BCS - Luebeck, Germany Vehicle(s): Few Mercedes-Benz, a Toyota Amphibious and a Vespa | Re: Spare Wheel Cover for larger tires.... Thai - 7/4/2006 10:09 PM Very nice...if only i have the skills.... What tire size and rim size do you have?? I have 285/75R16 mounted on a standard 16" G-wagen rim, tires are by Firestone, all four turn when I hit the throttle and all four stop turning when I hit the brakes - works for me all the time  | |
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| Loki Laufeyjarson Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: 66°N, 19°W Vehicle(s): | ||
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