Yea I was thinking that also because its lightweight, pretty strong and you can buy 90 degree elbows. You think it should be secured to the rain gutter, the stock mounting lugs or both ?

 

People do it both ways, distributes weight better then just the racks... Check out the fab section. There's atleast 100 threads about them, and they are all similar, but different at the Same time.

 

Other than the rollover, I had no trouble with mine. I made mine out of 1" and 5/8" tube with no bends, all straight cuts, 45s, and a drop at the rear. Some expanded metal on the front, and 6 gutter mounts I made up at work. It started out as just a tire carrier only 40" then morphed into the entire top. The halo on my cage weights more than the rack and tire ever did, but I only had a 33x10.5 on alloy on top. The 35s weight quite more.
After the roll, the gutters took a beating and the front tube was bent down from the lights, I cut off the mounts, stood on the tube to straighten it and made up new mounts. This is the best shot I have of it. Hi-lift and shovel with a basket for gear up front.





Ironically, this was the day before the rollover.

 

Dude I've seen quite a few xj rollover videos and its incredible how little damage your roof took ..I thought it'd be a convertible after watching that

 

Yeah I'm going to do the electrical conduit...where can I get the gutter mounts?

 

These guys would know. At the junk yard I found 4 brackets for a ford e250 van for the pipe rack on top. I was going to try to use those. They have plates on the bottom that clamp together and they are about 6 inches high. I could cut them down and bend them .. I'm sure they'd work and its inexpensive

 

Well I'd say my e fan is broken now... It didn't work since I bought the truck and now I break it a few days after I wire it up. I swear it runs better without the fan even in the engine compartment

 

You know a guy who has a ton of them and has the video that shows they work. Lol

 

Me too lol. Those would work better than modified ones from a work van.

 

How much man?

 

Bob I have quite a bit of different size conduit in my basement. I'm not going to need nearly all of it so before you spend money on some ill show you what I got.

 

You want four or six? Pm me. These are still unfinished, I'll let you do that.

 

Sounds good let me know a good day to get my leafs fixed and I'll take a look at the conduit..

 

i have a couple like the one u have gonna get one.hopefully I get to start my longarms 2mrw
http://s1282.photobucket.com/user/xlxdizzy/media/image_zps9c432ae5.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

 

Who's going to Rausch on Saturday?