First up - I'm a brand new poster so I'm not fully around all the forum etiquette. Feel feel to give me a kick in the arse and point me in the right direction if I'm to far left of field.
On to business.
Mid 2015 after nearly 10 years behind the wheel of a cruiser I made the switch to Nissan a brought a 2003 4.2 GU3 Patrol. Couldn't be happier with the choice. After some research (forums mostly) on common problems, people pointed out that the rear door carrying the tyre has a tendency to crack from the weight of the spare wheel. I decided I wanted a rear bar but was too cheap to pay the thousand something dollars for a pre-built one.
I found a thread on here, liked what I saw and went from there. Credit to Fletcha for the inspiration and good work, thanks mate!
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...h-Tyre-Carrier
I took a whole bunch of pictures throughout the build and would be happy to continue the thread step by step as I built it if people are keen to see it.
Either way here's a few pictures before/mid/after some abuse/use. Let me know what you think/how you could have done it better
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