Has anyone explored the idea of a spare tire on the rear of our HHRs?

 

It was discussed here eons ago, but the thread is hiding from me just at the moment.

What it came down to is the lift up hatch on the HHR, and the weight of a spare tire bracket, and the tire/rim combo making for an absolute gut buster of a hatch to open.

Maybe if the hatch was a swing-away design, like the old Jeep Liberty for example, then it would be doable.

 

That was the same thought I had. Is there anyone
Out there who could give me an idea what it would look like?

 

Well, you would have to relocate the license plate and the lighting for it. Plus, you would have to drill a bunch of holes in your hatch to mount the brackets for the tire holder.
Seems like a lot of work and money for very minimal results.

 

If you have a roof rack you could get a basket for the rack and put the spare in it.

 

Hmmm..a roof rack and spares up there, kind of a Mark I/Mark II/Defender "Landy" look.



Just not sure the roof of an HHR is up to the task RatRodS, but it's an interesting thought.

 

And you couldn't see over the spare if you went Landy with the hood spare.

Bonnets, Hoods, Spare Tire Mount for Series - Rovers North - Classic Land Rover Parts

Thanks Rovers North

 

A few years ago a fellow in town here rebuilt a spare tire mount from a Jeep to go on the back of his HHR.

When I asked him about it he said he had bolted heavy angle iron to the trailer hitch to mount the rest of the Jeep spare holder.

He said it was nice to have his spare there but it was a bugger to have to swing it out of the way every time he needed to access the cargo area.

 

Thinking more along the lines of what this person did, 2007 Chevrolet HHR LT

 

Wait now $6555.00 wow that's also $9,000.00 CDN
And I thought Oldblue would only bring $3,500 to maybe $5,000.00
But the roof rack and a spare tire could make it top heavy!