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I have a question about this. I just bought a new jeep wrangler unlimited and a coworker recommended that I remove the spare wheel on the back of the jeep and
by vanattab 10y ago
I have a question about this. I just bought a new jeep wrangler unlimited and a coworker recommended that I remove the spare wheel on the back of the jeep and store it in the cargo space. He said that in the advent of a rear-end collision the wheel gets rammed through the back door panels causing much more damage then otherwise would occur. Did this happen in your case?
- macintux 10y agoI would recommend dropping by wranglerforum.com and asking that question. I've not heard that concern before.
- alistairSH 10y agoThat's a great, big "Maybe?" If the collision might have otherwise hit the bumper instead of the spare AND was slow enough to not damage the bumper, I suppose that could happen. More likely to be true if you back into a stationary object than somebody rear-ending you. Most cars are going to be below the spare wheel of a Jeep. This is definitely an issue on smaller SUVs (RAV4, etc) because they are low enough that the spare gets hit by any full size truck/SUV. In my case, I had a bike rack installed in the hitch. The rack (and bike) got bent up into the tailgate. The collision was bad enough to push my parked Jeep a full car length, bend the frame, twist the rollcage, damage the exhaust, tailgate, floorpan, both tail-lights, left-rear quarter, spare wheel, and rear window (soft-top). I was amazed the car wasn't totaled (probably would have been had it not been well-optioned and basically new). In addition to the car, a $5000 bicycle and $600 rack were destroyed. And I hurt my ankle. All by a freaking Smart Car with a driver to busy checking text messages. Grrrrr.