Well I decided to mount the tire inside. I like the "slick" look of not having a spare tire carrier or spare on top.
Luckily I messed up copping the tube Friday night for it which allowed me to realize that mounting it off set on the passenger side was dumb because if I turned around to back up I would just be looking at the tire. This allowed me to shift everything over and mount it on the drivers side.
I ended up doing two tubes to the mounting plate because one just made it seem extremely springy. I had a good amount of difficulty getting the second tube to sit touching the plate, main tube and the second tube clamp. On the third attempt I just got the gaps as small as I could and welded it. The two previous mess ups were from me trying to get them perfect. I used all scrap material I had laying around besides the tube clamps. Majority of the weight of the tire is still sitting on the floor board. The mount is just holding it in place.
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As I was waiting on the paint to dry I went ahead and fixed my exhuast hanger that got tweaked at the ranch. The tail pipe was vibrating and rubbing on the leaf spring.
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How the jeep is currently packed and how it will be packed with a back seat. I've decided to ditch the milk crate of fluids and just carry a quart of oil, trans, brake and power steering fluid under the seat. With a gallon of coolant behind the tire. Instead of a gallon of oil and trans fluid.
