If the spare wheel could be mounted the other way around you could use the rim as storage for some smaller items.
This company made them for Mercedes G wagens, but the principal would be the same.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=g+wagon+wheel+cover&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=662&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil_e_89-zPAhWFF8AKHZbGCg0Q_AUICCgD#imgrc=v0NFAzR7YO2v1M%3A
(sorry I cant seem to post a link/ image in a thread)
Last edited by sailingtom; 21/10/16 10:29 PM.