Saris #996B Mounting Plate for BAT, 5" to 7.75" Tire Depth Review

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(More customer reviews)Had to order it with my Saris bike rack. It fit like a glove, and I didn't encounter any installment problems. I've driven with it on for about half a year now in every kind of weather and terrain, just about---still going strong. Great quality.

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Seasonal Tire Tote Review

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(More customer reviews)Snow tires are necessary (mandatory in some places) for total control in winter driving. If you live anywhere that snow falls or the temp drops below 40 degrees, you NEED snow tires. All-season tires just don't work as well. But having the tires changed over at the seasonal change ( going to a garage, waiting and having a mechanic change the tires) is time consuming. I do my own maintenance, but since I don't have tire changing equipment, I still required a shop with tire change equipment.
I started buying snow tires and either bought them from Tire Rack already mounted or buying a second set of wheels and having snow tires mounted. Now, when winter ends, I just jack the car up and change tires. Problem solved, except our house isn't big enough for two sets of tires mounted to wheels to be stored in the basement, so we store them at a family members house.
This meant picking up dirty tires and wheels ( even after I scrub them before storing them) and putting them in the clean car or trunk and getting your hands and car dirty.
Thats where the Kurgo Tire Tote comes in. Made of a strong nylon material with hook and loop fasteners (Velcro) you just wrap this around the tire, fasten it and pick-up the tire with the handle. Fast and easy and no more dirty hands.

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Saris B.A.T. 2-Bike Spare Tire Rack Review

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(More customer reviews)Purchasing a bike rack for a 2007 Toyota Rav4 is a big pain in the a**.
The rear door for the 2007 (and I believe 2006, both of which saw a significant redesign to previous models) swings to the side rather than up. The spare tire is attached to the rear door, and there's a metal bracket that the tire bolts onto.
I originally purchased the Yakima Spare Joe and it didn't really fit on the Rav4 due to the bracket in the back blocking the strap that is supposed to run vertically behind the tire.
I returned that one and purchased this one instead. It's a pretty good price but requires that you also purchase one of two special metal pieces that goes behind the tire and eventually gives you something to bolt the BAT to. See: Saris BAT Spare Tire Rack Mounting Plate B - 996B. For a simple hunk of metal and a bolt, $50 is pretty ridiculously expensive, making the entire product much more expensive than it initially appears.
Once you get everything you have to attach it to your car. The plate the company recommends doesn't fit the Rav4 at all, as the spare tire mount (the Toyota bracket) has a metal lip that is in the way of the BAT bracket.
Your only options at this point are to return everything or bust out your handy metal grinder and grind off the entire metal lip on the spare tire mount. Which is what we did and at that point I was able to attach everything and it worked fine after that.
An additional annoyance is that to actually get to your spare tire in case of a flat, you need to remove the BAT, which is to be expected, but for some reason they didn't bother to make the final mounting bolt a size larger than can be removed by standard lug wrenches, so you have to carry an additional wrench around to removed the bolt.
It would have been handy if the customer rep that I spoke to on the phone from Saris had warned me ahead of time that this didn't fit my Rav4.
Anyway, now that everything is on it does seem to work fine.

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SEASONAL TIRE STORAGE BAG (STORES UP TO 4 TIRES) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was pretty skeptical when I first browsed over this product since tire rack's tire skirt sells for $49+shipping... However, the bag is exactly what you would want to store tires or mounted tires. The product description states that this bag is zippered, which i believe is incorrect, honestly can't find a zipper on the lower or upper half of the bag. I'm currently storing 17x7.5 inch wheels with 225/45/17 tires and all four fit without a problem, plenty of room. If you have a higher profile tires I would make check to make sure they fit within the given dimensions of the product description, 27"... If you have wider wheels, tires, or both with 4x7.5" rims there is 7" of material that overlap, my stack of tires is 35", maximum height would therefore be about 42". If you are ridiculous about sealing your tires I would duct tape the overlapping section since this product is not air tight and just uses straps. Overall impression is that for the price you simply cannot go wrong.
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Yakima Spare Tire Carrier Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this bracket to hold my second spare on a Body Armor Roof Rack on my Jeep. Since this rack has thicker bars on the basket I can not use the brackets coming with the part so I have a hard time to install it. With the original brackets it would bemuch easier but that's my rack, not a general thing. My roof rack is in 8 feet height which makes it harder but it is doing its job very well. I'm still using additional straps, better safe than sorry.
I would recommend it to a friend.

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Swagman XP 2-Bike Spare Tire Mount Rack Review

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(More customer reviews)Our experience with this bike rack is rather bumpy. But with patience and persistence from Swagman and from eager customers (us) the end result is very good.
We have a Toyota Rav4 2007 and had hard time to find a spare tire mounted bike rack. As far as I know, only Swagman has made special replacement back plate to fit our car and offered it for free when we purchased a Swagman XP 2 Bike Tire Mount from any vendor. We ended up buying from Bike Nashbar via Amazon. When the bike rack (from Bike Nashbar) and the replacement back plate (from Swagman) arrived we found the rack did not have firm contact points on the spare tire as the instructions advised. We contacted Swagman again and they immediately sent two shims that solved the problem. Now we have probably the first working tire mounted bike rack on a Toyota Rav4 2007 in the United States and are very happy. I thank Swagman, especially its knowledgeable and patient contact person, for helping us though.

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Yakima SpareTime Spare Tire Bike Rack Review

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(More customer reviews)Ordered this carrier since trailer hitch carriers would not allow me to fully open my rear storage compartment on the Jeep Wrangler. Have had spare tire mount carriers before and they weren't very sturdy and the bikes "swung". This is totally different. Mounts to the same mounting point as the spare tire itself and has additional tie-downs that extend down the frame to minimize "swinging". Works perfectly. Easy to install. Company shipped quickly and product arrived in good condition. Great transaction. Thanks.

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