There is a company that now makes a spare tire spacer for the FJ Cruiser which will work very nicely on 1st gen Monty's, it raises the spare up 1" and spaces it out 1 7/8". I know this because I work for the company that makes them, Warrior Products. I do not stand to gain from any extra sales, but I would be happy to offer my employee discount to anyone that wants one. My cost is $40, yours would be $45 shipped to anywhere in the U.S. Warrior part #91635. Includes hardware. PM me. http://www.warriorproducts.com/catalog/catalog.php

Please do not try to contact me through the Warrior website, that would be bad, very bad. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />