Reviews for Quadratec Spare Wheel Mounting Bike Rack

Man, this was the answer. I didn't want to add a receiver hitch to my '83 CJ7 for a bike rack. This let me add a very solid rack to the swing bar for my spare tire. I can simply remove the rack for daily driving in a minute and the only thing visibly left is the mounting bar that sticks straight out of the tire. Brilliant design, well built, perfect solution for my needs.

Exceptionally easy to install. It’s durable and efficient

Very easy installation. Product is well made . Hold bike well in cradles.

So far so good! Love the accessibility of the trunk with this bike rack.

Looks great, however a single center attach bolt holds all the weight of the bike rack and both bikes

Allows use of hitch for other things.

It looks like it is made from quality materials. I love that it folds flat when not in use. I do have some concerns that some ppl claim they can't fit 2 bikes... we will see

Nice rack and it comes with several different length mounting splines for different width spare tires, but unfortunately even the shortest spline is too long to mount snugly on my 2005 Honda CRV -- I had to shorten one of the splines (and drill new bolt holes in it) to mount the rack on the CRV spare tire. To be fair Quadratec doesn't claim to be compatible with the external spare tire CRV or RAV4, just Jeep models, but perhaps they should include a shorter spine to address that market as well (there are still a lot of those vehicles out there). The rack is perfect on the CRV.

I had this on my JK. I have since purchased a JL and wish someone would make a secure bike rack like this for the JL.

I've been using the rack for about six months now about 2 to 3 times a week. Two things to note: 1) the anti-wobble bolt works but can vibrate out while driving. Keep tightened even when a bike isn't on it. 2) The 2\4 bike adapters (the U shaped things that the bike tube sits on) come to you with them being pretty close together. I loosened up the adapters and moved them as far apart as I could and now I can load two bikes without them rubbing. There is a screw on the upper tube behind the back 2 adapters that prevents you from moving those back two adapters (closest to the Jeep) so if you take that screw out first, then you can move the back two adapters closer toward your spare tire thus creating a bigger gap so the bikes can load without rubbing on each other. There is room to move the front 2 adapters toward you too.
There are two pins with spring clips: one for to raise and lower the upper bike arm and the lower one to drop the rack away from the Jeep. They are pretty stiff and do not slide easy in and out of their holes. To make that easier, you can add a little 3 in 1 oil to both pins and then they slide much easier and make it less of a hassle to remove them and put them back. It feels like a hassle to remove the lower pin to tilt the rack away to get to your rear door. But it actually takes only 7 seconds to remove the spring bale, then remove the pin, and tilt down the rack. No big.
The cable lock that comes free with the rack is super cool. It allows you to reprogram the lock so it fits your car key. I was skeptical at first, but the dang thing works awesomely.
Lastly, the pin that comes with the rack that fits into your hitch receiver is a joke really. It screws in which provides the anti-wobble, but there is no lock that comes with it. And the hole at the end of the pin is so small that when you find a lock that fits through it, that dude could be cut off in no time. I bought a screw-type pin with lock on Amazon for about $25.00 and replaced the one that came with.