</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Jeff the marmot:
<strong>I believed that rumor because when I was getting mine built, I also noticed that every vehicle that I saw that was sold in the U.S. with a stock rear spare tire rack opens with the hinge on the right.
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Funny you mention that you can't find one that opens to the left since you affiliate with so many Zu's. The 1st gen Rodeo has the tire open to the left. I can see the advantages either way.
Of course if you really take it off road, you want the tire a little higher up to avoid those ledges when going down(trust me I know from experience) So with the tire higher up in the rear window, it slowly becomes more of a visual impairment on either side.
When I get mine built, I think I want it to open to the left due to loading and unloading from the curb then again there is the extra weight I put on the driver's side already <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

Just my $.02
Steve

<small>[ June 20, 2003, 11:12 AM: Message edited by: Jonesy ]</small>