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Model Y Hitch Spare Tire Carrier
- Thread starter Resist
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There was a post on Reddit with pictures from someone who did just this.
Watts_Up
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I wonder if using a platform to hold the tire would be more efficient against the drag and would avoid hidding the license plate?
Watts_Up
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FSD will not work.
Same problem than with a bicycle carrier: Because of the rear camera obstruction,
FSD might make a sudden jump left or right thinking of a possible rear collision.
I have this problem every time I try using FSD when I carry bicycles. This is not fun
and even dangerous, especially if you have a car coming in the opposite direction.
I had wondered about FSD not working.
One idea had me flipping the tire around so the camera could look through the spare tire's wheel disc web holes. I still think the obstruction would be too much. It might take a more sparse web like Martian wheels has.
My other idea was to mount a second camera on the tire holder, then make a wiring harness splitter that I can use to switch between them. That would require camera calibration after each switch. Might muck with FSD some. The electrical side is the easy bit for me.
Watts_Up
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I had a similar idea, but with the sensors on the bumpers, by adding new Tesla sensors to my bikes rack,
so when I was in reverse I could still know how far I was fom any obstacle. But the Tesla sensors and harness
that I found on e-Bay were quite pricy, also there are quite of few wires to switch and the wires are very thin.
I think, in your case, it would be simpler to have the spare horizontaly when driving, so the camera will not be obstructed,
and when you park, you will move the spare vertically.
I put my spare easily in my rear subtrunk by removing the subtrunk foam piece. No cutting, easy removal, and the spare fits under the floor with no modification.
As for issues with a hitch mounted spare (or bike rack) causing rear collision sensing, shouldn't turning on trailer mode resolve this?
As for issues with a hitch mounted spare (or bike rack) causing rear collision sensing, shouldn't turning on trailer mode resolve this?
Yeah, here’s the link -
You just remove some clips, pop the sub trunk out. Then just push the foam liner of the forward sub trunk forward a little bit. Fits perfectly, and nothing I can’t just put back as it was.
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