Buy Saris Unique B.A.T. Rack Spare Tire 2 BikeSaris Unique B.A.T. Rack Spare Tire 2 Bike Product Description:
- Mounts securely to spare tire
- Designed with 2-1/2" diameter tubing for stiffness and strength
- Upright Only
- Must order base plate AR6151 or AR6153 separately
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
Works well if you can get it on your car
By TommyG1000
Purchasing a bike rack for a 2007 Toyota Rav4 is a big pain in the a**.The rear door for the 2007 (and I believe 2006, both of which saw a significant redesign to previous models) swings to the side rather than up. The spare tire is attached to the rear door, and there's a metal bracket that the tire bolts onto.I originally purchased the Yakima Spare Joe and it didn't really fit on the Rav4 due to the bracket in the back blocking the strap that is supposed to run vertically behind the tire.I returned that one and purchased this one instead. It's a pretty good price but requires that you also purchase one of two special metal pieces that goes behind the tire and eventually gives you something to bolt the BAT to. See: Saris BAT Spare Tire Rack Mounting Plate B - 996B. For a simple hunk of metal and a bolt, $50 is pretty ridiculously expensive, making the entire product much more expensive than it initially appears.Once you get everything you have to attach it to your car. The plate the company recommends doesn't fit the Rav4 at all, as the spare tire mount (the Toyota bracket) has a metal lip that is in the way of the BAT bracket.Your only options at this point are to return everything or bust out your handy metal grinder and grind off the entire metal lip on the spare tire mount. Which is what we did and at that point I was able to attach everything and it worked fine after that.An additional annoyance is that to actually get to your spare tire in case of a flat, you need to remove the BAT, which is to be expected, but for some reason they didn't bother to make the final mounting bolt a size larger than can be removed by standard lug wrenches, so you have to carry an additional wrench around to removed the bolt.It would have been handy if the customer rep that I spoke to on the phone from Saris had warned me ahead of time that this didn't fit my Rav4.Anyway, now that everything is on it does seem to work fine.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Works great on my Jeep
By T. Southern
I bought this rack when I bought my Jeep Wrangler in 2004. I have left it on the tire the entire time and I love it. It works great with my mountain bike and road bikes. I can be hard if you have a larger top tube like my Felt bike as the straps have to be stretched some to secure it but it works great. If you are transporting two bikes be sure they aren't rubbing as this can cause scratches. Learned that the hard way.I love this rack. It is simple, looks good and is easy to use. I don't like the orange on the new ones but they can be painted easily.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Works! (2003 Jeep Wrangler)
By TN Dude
DON'T FORGET TO ORDER THE MOUNTING PLATE. I ordered the larger one, which ever size that was. The rack works surprisingly well, with little bounce (even with two road bikes). I have a 31/10.5/15 tire on the back of my Jeep, and the plate and all fit just right with the help of some open-ended lugnuts.The plastic things that you put the bike on could've been made of a more durable material, which is why it's a four rating instead of a five. I just feel that everything else that came with it seems built to last, so why not make it all that way?Once you get used to the process of how to put it on and how to slip it off, it's almost effortless. AND...I can still open my back Jeep door. Win.I also have been using this rack with regularity for a month at the time of this review, just so you know.
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