91_XJ_Dude

took a page out of windsoreights book and built my own conduit roof rack. came out pretty good.

projectmayhem

nice, throw some paint on it

91_XJ_Dude

That's probably goin to be tomorrows plan. Along with mounting and possibly wiring the 4 lights on the front and maybe 2 on back. I just haven't managed to figure out how to mount the rack to the jeep itself. My gutter mounts seem to have come up short for some reason.

CRoading

Nice craft man! Paint it black so it would look better...
Looks like your jeep just got off the mud by the time you installed that roof rack...

91_XJ_Dude

Lol. My jeeps never seen a bath. Plus because of the fact that my jeep is all herculiner on the outside the mud just sticks. Lol. Eventually I'm gonna give her a bath.

hitstick8

looks good. are you gona hit it up with some bedliner, or what are your plans to finishing it? nice work

91_XJ_Dude

well for now im gonna flat black her until i have time to mess with that bedliner crap. today my goal is to have it painted, mounted, and get all my lights mounted and working.

***More Pics To Come***

PolarXJ

I'd use some of that zinc spray paint that they use when welding/making fences. Then paint it the color you want.

91_XJ_Dude

***UPDATE***

well she's mounted, painted, and lit. haha.

made new custom gutter mounts. the ones i picked up at the junkyard came up short and the rack woyld have been sitting on my roof.








got the mounts tightened and clamped into place. just waiting for my mechanic to weld them up for me.






mounts are all welded. waiting for the paint cans to warm up s it sprays evenly.


lighting up the whole dam world now. hahaha.






fresh coat of flat black. finally looks presentable.








finally got my Hi-Lift mounts i ordered.




now shes really starting to look good.


pain in the *** wiring all these lights. haha.








finished product. looks pretty dam good if i say so myself.

windsoreight

Looks great, almost like you stole it right off my roof .I like the hi-lift mounts. I went with 2 hella rounds and 2 kc rounds on mine. The dupli-color spray bedliner works great and dries real fast.

91_XJ_Dude

Haha. Thanks man. All my buddies keep asking me where i got the idea and how much it was for all the materials. It really is a great touch to the once bare roof of my XJ. I think I'm going to wait for warmer weather to hit it with the spray on bedliner.

windsoreight

They are cheap to build but is sucks to weld the galvanized metal. Here is mine complete with lights:


Next step is front bumper with winch and rockers.

91_XJ_Dude

looks good man. i'm more into the square lights cause they match the stock headlights. plus the Blazer lights from walmart are 20 bucks a pair which is perfect for if they break. haha. and if your gonna make your own winch bumper dont worry im not gonna steal that from you. i have a winch bumper already. hahaha.

esteem

I've never seen the high lift tube mounts, pretty cool.

91_XJ_Dude

thanks man. yeah they are easy to mount and its reall easy to get the jack off in a hurry. plus they werent that expensive. just had to search ebay for the cheapest price.