What I did/fixed today
Well I can’t believe I fixed a major dilemma for my 2016 Sprinter Sportsmobile.
I had a side wall tire leak while almost out of the last town on I-70 headed towards Bryce can. Friday late, of course. Good news got it fixed within a couple hours, bad it was a different brand, so thinking I need to get a matching spare since I realized I still sported the factory spare under the van, it would have been a bit of a problem had I ended up in the hinterlands. so I made sure Discount tire would give me a replacement tire under warranty, yes and they would not make me sleep with damaged one for proof! When in St. George Ut. I got my new matching tire, but alas I had the wrong size wheel on spare so, I got to sleep with my other new tire until I got home to get the right size wheel. I took it out at night fyi. Saga continues, I get my new wheel and tire install but oh s—- it wound fit under the van in the factory bracket. So now I have a very heavy spare in my van. I don’t want the spare hanging off my van, tire guy said you could haul it in van, geez or put it on top of van, pop top, bigger geeze ! So I know my innovative forum group I bet there is an aftermarket solution discussed there,nope, but I found my solution for $19.95, from Agile off road. When I got two little brackets and two bolts in a small Manila envelope, in three days, I thought,oh oh, small instruction sheet included, I had huge doubts. Well with the help of a true friend and not all that much frustration It actually worked. the exception would have been a tire over 31.5” mine is exactly that. BF 265/17 . It is snug and a tip from a review on their site said to loosen the hooks. Once I figured out how to access them since I have an Alumeness bumper, we easily turned them to the full length and it then clicked in. The bolts are under small plastic squares on the original plastic bumper piece still there. So if there are any of you that want to keep your upgraded tires under not on your Sprinter go to agileoffroad.com and find your cheap fix. So after all the grief getting there a rare easy fix. Thank you for listening and all the other good advice I have got here.
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