Pics of 1st gen tacoma roof racks

Hello i am looking for photos of peoples rigs who have put the prinsu rack system on their 1st gen tacomas or the smitty built rack system on their 1st gen tacoma. Just looking to see how they look and how much of a pain they were to install. Thanks in advance!

 

have you tried searching? I know I've seen tons of photos.

Also, holy crap that rack is tall...

 

Yup I've stalked the internet for these photos and cant seem to find one.

The rack is so tall so my quad can fit in the back

 

I think the Prinsus are much more popular with the 2nd gens so I guess maybe that's why it's harder to find pics of them.

I did a google images search and found a few, and there is this thread, too. If you weed thru all the 2nd genners, there are some best gen pics. Okay, there are only 2 best gens in the thread...

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/show-off-your-prinsu-rack.412729/#post-11999640

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/show-off-your-prinsu-rack.412729/page-4#post-14934115

 

Nice Tacoma man. How tall is the highest point of your basket?

 

Thanks for the link looks good on his set up

 

I think the reason you'll find most of them on 2nd gens is because you have to drill directly into the roof on 1st gens.

 

Yes exactly thats why i haven't bought mine yet because i am still wrestling with that idea haha

 

I don't fret it... I wanted the rack... I let my balls grow an extra hair or two and just started throwing holes in my roof.

Really though... use a good quality silicone to seal the rivnuts, put a little on the threads of the bolt and it shouldn't leak... I've been dry for a couple months now and it's been fairly wet here in the U.P.

 

I have the Smittybilt Compact Defender roof rack on my 04...it's a nice rack but you do have to drill the roof to mount it. So there's a certain "permanence" to it that you have to be content with.

Works well for mounting lights and smaller tools

 

Thanks hopefully you get some good years out of the silicone before it leaks

 

Nice rig. How come you didn't go for the 4'x4'

 

yeah, I cant quite bring myself to drill into my roof either but I love the look of it.

 

The 4x4 roof rack? Only really wanted it to mount lights and a couple things on the side so saved some money by getting the compact one

 

That makes sense for your build. If i go for the smitty i want the bigger one to put my gas tanks and chainsaw amd tools up there

 

I thought about that with the gas tanks, but those fk'ers are heavy and it makes me nervous having too much weight on the roof of these trucks.

I put firewood up there once because I had no room in the bed and it really killed my gas mileage on the highway lol, it's like a big air brake. For that reason I usually try and store most everything in the bed and use the roof rack as a place for lights and a place to tie down anything that needs it.

 

And exactly for that reason i almost dont feel the need to get one and just keep making everything fit in my bed. If you look at my set up i think i might just settle with finishing the pack rack and just slap a light bar on the front bar of the pack rack and call it a day. But the look of roof racks are very nice on these trucks

 

Holy cow that rack is tall! First why 2nd does a tarp or anything go over it? Could be neat

That a eBay special wrap? How hard was it to install? My bed cover has crap paint a wrap could be a cheap cover up

 

My roof top tent goes on it. I thought about making a special tarp like cover for it just havent done it as i also want to mount stuff to it

 

I didn’t wanna put holes in my cab roof like needed for the Prinsu so I got a roof rack kit and welded up my own platforms to span the truck. I can load a lot more and easily load long items now.