Reviews for DV8 Offroad TCSTTB-01 TC-1 Tire Carrier for 07-18 Jeep Wrangler JK
It looks great. The materials used are good. The construction of it is not quality. The actual carrier is well built but the hinges are ill fitting. You will end up doing a lot of grinding and the receiving bracket will need to be left hastily fastened in order for this to work. Contrary to what some say, it is not a powder coating issue. It is a tolerance issue with manufacturer. In the end, I would not have purchased this carrier if I had known the issues with it.
While it may be a bad batch, this is not an isolated issue either. Other customers experience the same thing. YouTube has examples of this. The instructions are also poor. Videos from suppliers are misleading. I noticed they installed things wrong in the videos and corrected them but did not tell the audience.
For the amount of dollars this costs, customers shouldn't have to do so much work to it in order for it to fit. I did, and it still doesn't fit right. but I made holes in the jeep so now I am committed to this sub-par product.
Installation was great. Looked great when new. 2 years old and covered in rust. Terrible finish
This thing is terrible, after 6 months and only a couple thousand miles the coating is flaking off and rusting. Terrible product.
Ordered October of 2017. As of today it’s rusted all over!! Extremely unhappy with the powder coating on this.
The install was horrible and still dealing with problems. Instructions were not great. When it came time to place the carrier in the hinge bracket, the arms did not fit or slide in properly. The arms were too close together by about 1/2 inch. Removing the pins from the original hinge took quite a bit of work as well. Once it was installed after many hours of fighting and rigging to get things to fit properly the carrier looks good, but still caused problems with one side scraping on my bumper. I had to grind part of the hinge bracket to get the taillight reinstalled. I would have sent this thing back if I hadn't already destroyed the original hinges for the install. I would not buy this again because it caused 2 days of headaches to make it work.
This took over 2 months to get here and when it did, it had chipped powdercoating. Also, the instructions are not well written.