Custom receiver for Erik's bike rack

A good friend recently picked up a Suzuki Swift to run from Seattle to Bellingham for the next year and needed to carry some bikes with him. He'll still be able to get his rides in after work and will be getting great mileage in this little car.

Last night after work we went through the brakes and found the front pads we're almost gone so we changed those. The rear pads still have some life left and the fluid looked good so that was an easy brake job.

Then we got to work on a custom 2" receiver for this little car. We set the receiver up with quite a bit of angle to compensate for the suspension sag and to improve ground clearance.

The car is all uni-body so I came up with a large fish plate behind the trunk area and tied into the rear a-arm mounts. The receiver is very stout and will probably stiffen this little pop-can thing up some too in the corners.

Next I plan to swap in a smallblock V-8 with a four-link 9" rear-end. Not really. Well, probably...