mikestewart395 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I have an 88 Pathy, I want a rear mount tire carrier but I am having no luck finding one. Anyone know where I can find one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theexbrit Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I have one sitting in my garage, it's a pity you're the other side of the country! I already checked shipping to the East Coast for someone else that wanted it & it was around $300 I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Look in the local junk yards or call around on cheap/part cars. I too have one I'd love to sell, but you are too far away... B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 If yours didn't come with the carrier, you'll need the brackets from inside the fender as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbley11 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 I ordered the parts from Rob, if you need them. http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/18653-genuine-nissan-parts/?do=findComment&comment=315059 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92Path_68CJ Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 I have one sitting in my garage, it's a pity you're the other side of the country! I already checked shipping to the East Coast for someone else that wanted it & it was around $300 I think. I have one too, I see a trend here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaklandpathy Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 i picked one up at pick and pull. it was around a hundred dollars. be sure to take a battery powered grinder or sawzall. you will have to cut open the body work to remove some of the internal brackets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestewart395 Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 On my drive back down from Michigan I studied the rear mounts of other small suv types, I wonder if I can use one off of a different vehicle. I'm buying a new welder in a month or so, maybe I can make something work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestewart395 Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 $580 on FACTORYNISSANPARTS.COM Yea, I'll just keep it on the roof for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I have wondered if the carrier from an Isuzu or something (one of them that hinges on the driver's side so you can load/unload while parallel parked) could be adapted. I imagine the brackets would require some reshaping to fit the profile of the panel, and then you'd need to make a plate to go behind, and then rig up something with the latch.How hard could it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 On my drive back down from Michigan I studied the rear mounts of other small suv types, I wonder if I can use one off of a different vehicle. I'm buying a new welder in a month or so, maybe I can make something work. If you have a welder, just make your own bumper with a carrier built off of it. A post on one end is a suitable 'hinge', just have to figure out the latch part. Maybe that could come from junk yard doners. $580 on FACTORYNISSANPARTS.COM Yea, I'll just keep it on the roof for now You could probably have a used factory rack shipped to you freight for about $100... B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestewart395 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 The one from the Isuzu will work I think. I wish I had time and access to one so I could hold it up to the Pathy and see if it will sit right.Yes I do have a welder, but it is 2 states away. The wife and I are moving in a month or so, then I can get all of my tools together here. I am going to be fabricating some custome bumpers, skid plates etc., maybe then I will try to make a carrier. Then again I am going to be making a monster Land Rover style roof rack so if I can scoop the front of it like an Xterra rack then I will keep the tire up top without worry of the air drag like it is doing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Are you moving out of Florida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theexbrit Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I say go with the bumper as B suggests, it's by far the easiest way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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