Warn tire carier
 

Hello,

On my TJ I have a Warn bumper and a Warn tire carrier. I must disassemble for painting. The powder coating is not ideal for our winter. I like my tire support, by cons, design latch system is not the best. I'd like to change prior to painting.

In your opinion what is the best latch I could install to replace the Warn.

Re: Warn tire carier
 

You'll be lucky to get many responses to this question, as I'm sure most guys don't know what the warn latch looks like, picture might help. I like the one on MrWhites TJ, it's cool and also has a provision for adding a padlock if you choose to.

Re: Warn tire carier
 

Here are two pictures I found on another forum. This system is not very well suited for our winter. It rusts quickly and become very difficult to operate.

Re: Warn tire carier
 

That looks fairly substantial to me, but I understand what you mean about the rusting problem. Best suggestion I could think of would be to install a grease fitting so that you could keep it lubricated. If you don't have a grease fitting on the pin it swings on I would install one there at the same time.