DIY prinsu style shell rack

thats the best part, a 10buck angle grinder from harbor freight and a drill and you can make it.

same as how its mounted to the cap. two bolts that are in the cross pieces. little captured bolts. it was a bit tricky getting a wrench in there to tighten down the rack to the bracket, but its doable.

exactly.

 

Cool, thanks man. I appreciate the response. I wish I would have thought of this before making my unistrut rack, as this seems a whole lot sturdier and lighter, and about the same cost.

 

They have a simple bent aluminum bracket.

 

Wanna build another one ? Lol

 

What's your opinion on making one of these for the front? Feasible? As I read more I see how easy it sounds to cut the aluminum.

 

The hardest part for the front is the curve of the roof. You could definitely do it (that's how prinsu started in the first place) but I'd imagine it'd be trickier.

 

its not bad, you could do most of it yourself. but i can help if you need.

so thats still doable with some basic tools. on my old first gen i made one. you first make a template out of wood then bolt up your alu to that and use a table router to shape it.
for me the harder part was making the mounting feet. but with the 2nd gen it would be a lot easier as there is holes already.

 

@bjs045

DIY solution for your shell.

 

Well done sir.

 

This is awesome! Would this work same if i try build for top rack?

 

Oh shit. This is sweet!

But if anyone is interested in a real one, I have one for sale for a short box shell. Had it for 2 years, but just sold the shell and went with a bed rack instead

 

yea, you would just need to make the bracket to fit to the stock mounting holes in the roof.

 

I did the same haha, was wandering if someone else did it
What did the aluminum cost, not the cross bars

 

the side pieces just for the raw alu were around 20 bucks

 

Dude, you just saved me $400. Did you just round off the ends with an angle grinder?

 

angle grinder and a belt sander

 

Awesome. Ordered seven 47” bars. Will report back.

 

I'm impressed. Thanks for the info, I will be trying this now.

 

Very cool. Great Job. I'm thinking of giving it a try. If if turns to crap, I,m only out $20.00 and some time. Thanks op.

 

that's a great diy and money savings.