Hollywood Racks SR1 Spare Tire Rack 2-Bike Spare Tire Mount Rack

This is a sturdy well built rack that fits securely to the spare tire and doesn’t block the third brake light.

This worked great on my 2020 JL Wrangler Rubicon. I did not need to switch to the included longer bolts, but I did need to loosen/extend them from the shipping position. There is still plenty of thread engagement at around 11 inches of gap. I am able to install and remove it by pressing on the 3rd brake light mount. There is enough flex in the mount to do that and I do not need to loosen the spare tire to install or remove. When properly installed, this rack is very tight empty, with one bike, and with two bikes. After getting the straps situated, I cut the excess and melted the remaining end. I left about one foot extra to make sure I had enough to grab and tighten.I tested opening the rear swing door with one bike attached and it works great. There is a bit more closing force needed than without, but it still opened and closed fine. Without any bikes and with the arms folded in, it's totally transparent. There is no obstruction to the backup camera or the rear parking sensors.I can highly recommend this to JL Wrangler owners.

This rack is perfect for my 2012 RAV4 and the only rack I could find that would fit my spare tire without needing to remove the cover, expose my tire to the sun, or bolt anything on to the tire or mount. I would suggest adding some foam or rubber to keep the rack from scuffing the tire cover.I took a chance on ordering a used but "very good" condition and was thrilled when it arrived it what looked like new condition, but in a damaged box that had been packaged in a second box. It was complete with all the parts still sealed in packages and not a spot of rust or a scuff anywhere.

The rack does not fit on the tire of a 2020 Jeep Wrangler due to the size of the wheel and the third brake light above the wheel.

The rack seems sturdy enough and fits well. On my 21 Jeep Willys, the larger factory tires and the 3rd brake light left 0 clearance to get the back bar behind the tire. Had to remove the camera lock and then loosen the spare tire lugs out about 3/4" to force the back bar down past the sidewall. Not an issue if known ahead but running blind took an extra 20 minutes or so to get the tools to complete.

Jeep won’t provide a great bike rack because their lawyers are so concerned about the backup camera. This doesn’t block the camera but why beg Jeep?

The good: I have a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (JK) with factory tires. I was able to adequately adjust the bolts that provide tension to the top of the rig without getting the longer bolts. For the price it seems to be the best made that I have seen; I have seen better but the price was twice as much as this one.Could have been better: The bike that I tried was my daughters Trek FX with a step through frame so there was no horizontal top tube. I was able to mount it ok with the rear tire up higher. My jeep is somewhat high to begin with and so it was not a problem. It may be a problem if someone that uses it has a small vehicle. So my point is that the support arms that the bike sits on should also have a vertical height adjustment so that you could still have the bike horizontal. The bike cradle that the top tube sits in has plenty of cushy rubber, but the opening for them is not as wide as the width of the top tube. They do spread apart some as the top tube settles in. So this will probably not be a problem. Nevertheless I would still not cinch the frame down any more than necessary.When the carrier arrived the straps were not in the correct location to attach it to the rear tire. I tried to follow the directions which had plenty of words but was short on pictures. The pictures only show 1 side of the mount. It certainly would not have been that hard to include several more pictures that showed the opposite side rather than to have just labeled it as "Rear Straps (not shown)".I finally gave up on the directions and just used some common sense on the best way to run the straps. After I ran the straps based on common sense the directions actually made more sense.The nylon straps will probably break down after a season or two in the sun. So I would not leave the carrier attached to the vehicle except when I am using it. This should not be a problem since once the carrier is adjusted the first time it should be able to be installed and removed quickly without any readjustments.

I would not recommend this rack for a spare tire that fits flush up against the vehicle in any way (such as an RV spare that mounts with the rubber of the tire physically pressing up against the wall of the RV). Such installations make it difficult to get the rear bar of the rack to get between the tire and the vehicle wall, thus preventing the rack from sliding down low enough to allow the support bars to rest on the tire. I had to loosen the tire from the carrier enough to get the rack behind it and slid down correctly, then tighten everything back up (which was made even more difficult by the fact that there is a vinyl cover on the spare). Also, the strap that goes around the circumference of the tire is about 4-6" too short. I had to really struggle with it to get enough of it through the clamp to the point that I could finally just barely grab the end of the strap with some needle-nosed pliers and pull it trough. Once I got it through I was able to tighten it up using said pliers (because there wasn't enough there to grab by hand), but even then only ended up with about 1-1/2" of strap past the buckle. I'm not 100% convinced this is enough to securely hold it in place. I will likely replace that strap with a much longer and heavier duty one, just to be safe. The other two straps that go behind the tire and wrap around to the front were similarly difficult to thread behind the tire due to the fact that the tire itself rests against the camper wall. Nonetheless, I was able to get everything connected and tightened down. Those straps are plenty long enough to reach their buckles. The rack would benefit from some extra padding around any and all points that contact the tire, especially given that this rack will certainly wiggle over time and thus will tear a hole in any vinyl cover you may have on your spare. Given all of that, I think the rack will work well overall for our needs, which is to stop carting the bikes around inside the camper. I do really like the fact that the cradle arms fold out of the way when not in use. We have a toy hauler with the spare on the back door, so being able to drop the door and not have the rack touch the ground was an absolute must-have.