Review on Surco Chevy Van Tire Carrier 🚐 for the Driver Door: Convenient and Reliable Accessory by Viswanath Lopez

I bought this for my 1995 Chevy G20 Van and it fits perfectly. All hardware was in the box and was easy to install. Good that the installation is self-explanatory, because there was no documentation. Mounting hardware includes two 1/2" x 13" x 1.5" carriage bolts, two lock washers, and two 3/4" nuts for attaching the spare tire (wheel) to the luggage rack. Also included: two 5/16" x 1.25" screws for door hinge brackets. They thread into nuts welded to the back of each bracket. Finally, the kit includes: two screws 5/16 screws x 3/4" and two nuts 5/16" to fix the door handle from the side. Holes need to be drilled in the edge of the door for these last two bolts. I simply hung the tire stand on the door hinges, lined it up (by eye) and marked where the two holes should be drilled. I then removed the jamb, punched a dent in the middle of the two marks, drilled a 5/16" hole for the first stud, then put the jamb back on the hinges and put the first (top) stud through the door ( from behind (on the inside of the door) so that the nut was on the outside - you'll see why) and the nut fastened. I then put the rail back on the van (over the hinges) and then drilled a second hole through the post hole (to make sure it lines up perfectly). I then pushed a second bolt through the door through the jamb (again from the inside of the door) and tightened the nut. Insert and tighten two screws for the top and bottom brackets from the hinge side. Finally, insert a bottom bracket into the top square hole of the post (on the back) and screw in the lock washer to secure the bolt. Repeat the same with the other carriage bolt through the bottom slot to allow it to slide. The lock washers allow you to hang or remove the spare tire without the carriage bolts falling to the ground. Now take the spare wheel (or better yet, have a neighbor take it), lift it up and hang it over the top carriage bolt (through the spare wheel eyelet at 12 o'clock) and tighten the nut to hold the wheel in place. IMPORTANT STEP: Make sure the second (bottom) carriage bolt fits into the lug at 7 o'clock! This allows you to fully open the door after the spare wheel has been mounted on the trunk. Otherwise (if you use the 5 o'clock hole for the bottom carriage bolt) the spare tire will hit the driver's side taillight lens, preventing you from fully opening the driver's side tailgate (and possibly breaking the taillight lens). . Now tighten the nuts on the carriage bolts and you are good to go.