Extending tailgate spare tire rubber bumper?

[Heckler]

You can DM me to purchase. Mine are different than the Barns design as they fit precisely over the stock bumpers, the Barns design replaces the stock bumpers. Mine look more like the stock bumpers and you do not need to completely remove the spare to install them, just slide the spare back a bit. Mine are a bit more expensive at $45 a set but that includes USPS Priority Mail shipping.

Where do you sell them?
Are they better than barnes4x4 solution?

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[hollapm]

Measured what I needed which was 3/4” and went on e-bay and found a rubber 2” x 3/4” . Added it to the Ford rubber

I went on Amazon and was able to find the rubber bushings to extend out, great suggestion. Question was how did you secure the factory bump stop to the rubber bushings to the tailgate? I was thinking it would be a longer screw but these are those plastic push pins and there isn’t a nut on the end to screw it into.

 

[Ducati1098]

I went on Amazon and was able to find the rubber bushings to extend out, great suggestion. Question was how did you secure the factory bump stop to the rubber bushings to the tailgate? I was thinking it would be a longer screw but these are those plastic push pins and there isn’t a nut on the end to screw it into.

https://www.brokeninnovation.com/broncoproducts/p/spare-tire-bushing-extension

This doesn’t help with what you bought, but I went with these. Didn’t even have to mess with removing the factory bushings or finding a new way to mount extensions. Just fits right over the factory bushings.

 

[redone17]

https://www.brokeninnovation.com/broncoproducts/p/spare-tire-bushing-extension

This doesn’t help with what you bought, but I went with these. Didn’t even have to mess with removing the factory bushings or finding a new way to mount extensions. Just fits right over the factory bushings.

Damn. Hadn’t seen these and just spent $30 from Underground Graphics which are made by Valor 3D. Same concept except they fit inside the OEM bumper.

https://www.undergroundgraphics.com...-bumper-extension?_pos=1&_sid=ea10206f7&_ss=r

 

[hollapm]

https://www.brokeninnovation.com/broncoproducts/p/spare-tire-bushing-extension

This doesn’t help with what you bought, but I went with these. Didn’t even have to mess with removing the factory bushings or finding a new way to mount extensions. Just fits right over the factory bushings.

I thought about those but was concerned that when I need to change the tire that bushing could fall off and I’d forget to check on it. The other way it would be secured, but I would need to find a better way to secure it than I have so far. Lol

 

[Brian_B]

Question was how did you secure the factory bump stop to the rubber bushings to the tailgate?

You can use a plastic wall anchor

Just find the size that fits the hole on the tailgate, and then use a bolt/screw into the sleeve through both your bushings. I had some laying around the house from various stuff. Works great.

 

[hollapm]

I was able to solve this by using a blind rivnut (M5 fits well in the factory hole) and then a 60mm bolt when adding a 1” spacer to the factory bump stop. Appreciate the ideas.

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