Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

Hi everybody, its me again, thanks for all your past help, this is the quickest most knowledgeable Delica site. I'm off to Australia again prospecting 28 sep and so I need to pic your brains please.

I'd like to fit a spare wheel holder to the back door, i like the freelander 1 with the light, and wonderd if it is possible to fit 1 to my delica l300? Will it be alot of trouble? should i choose differantly?
Thanks Paul. All ideas welcome. will post lots of pics when i return.

The problem with fitting a tire carrier to the rear of these vans is that the rear gate goes right out to the sides of the van. There is no 'pillar' to mount a tire carrier to, like on a Toyota 4Runner/HILUX or a Ford Bronco (don't know what those were called Down Under).

If you mounted a carrier to the rear gate, the gate pistons would not be strong enough to hold open the gate. They tend to struggle when a ladder is added. Also, structurally, there isn't a lot inside the door to mount anything to. You'd have to add something inside the van as well as to the outside.

There is a fabricated solution that some of us in Canada have opted for: replace the bumper completely and have a tire carrier on a swing arm (and a jack-holder, and a fuel-can carrier on swing arm). Looks like it works like the hot damn, but not for the thrifty-walleted owner.

Thanks sleep well!!..........................(Inland Tiapan,,,,,nasty)