Roof rack DIY

More progress. Looking good so far

 

Got one side rail all bolted up.

 

Looks good! You’ve done an amazing job!

I might swap the bolts for some hex head just for ascetics. Regardless, impressive work!

 

I'm pretty sure these are hex heads, unless there is another type that I'm unfamiliar with?

 

My fault.. hex button head

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This is just an opinion and no attempt to take away from your project. It’s seriously impressive!

 

Ahh I see. Yes very good suggestion. I will mull this over with a few beers tonight and then make a decision.

 

This might be my favorite diy prinsu yet... looking forward to the final result!

 

Another brother from another mother. I'm getting ready to do the ARB bull bar bumper knock off. It's going to kick my ass but I'll save $1,300.....Ya know? LMAO........can't wait to see your's
Zim

 

Looks great. I made a similarly designed rack for my 3rd gen 4Runner. Was a fun project!

Building a Roof Rack - Measure Once, Drill, Swear; Measure Twice...

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With a "cupin" 139 of them.
Zim

 

Both side rails up and mounted. Time for cross bars and wind fairing

 

Looks good! Once yours is done, might need to have you make one for me and send it on over to Kauai

 

Cross bars cut to length but still need to be drilled along with mounting bracket needing to be made for those.

Wind fairing cut to shape and I decided to use a piece of 3/4" angle iron to bolt behind for reinforcement. Will also need to fab mounting brackets for the wind fairing as well.

7 hours of work today. Done for now.

Will update on Sunday when I hopefully finish fabricating everything before paint next weekend.

 

I appreciate a design that fits the user’s needs rather than the market's desires.

 

To do list:

- Trim cross bars to avoid roof line
- Rear cross bar needs cut out for fin
- Fab cross bar mounting brackets
- Fab wind fairing mounting brackets
- Drill holes for road shower
- Drill holes for mounting hand grips

 

Very clean. I've been mulling over something similar. How'd you match the roof contour so well? Try to scribe it?

 

Looking great.

 

I got the line close and then dropped it into the channel on the roof and traced the contour. It was actually easier than I expected.

 

did the random spacing/location of the roof bolt holes give you any grief? on my roof they're a little off, had to design a little more tolerance into my brackets.

 

I used to have an oem roof rack and even though it was built by the factory and meant for our truck it sucked getting that thing on. So when I fabricated my brackets for this project I drilled very generously oversized holes to allow for play. It worked out well.