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Old 12-26-2011, 11:01 PM
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A buddy and I got a start on my emt roof rack today. Sorry for the dark pics but we got a late start.

Borrowed the idea from a guy on naxja with a few of our own tweaks. Hope to finish it up tomorrow night or the next day

Let us know what u think
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Looks great. Imo small lights will look tacky with that huge guard. Put some big ba ones in.
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They are 6" with 1/2" clearance top and bottom then there will be dividers between each light
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Nice work!
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Thanks. No progress today. Had to do an emergency axle swap
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Thanks. No progress today. Had to do an emergency axle swap
On yours?
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I'm making one of these right now let me know what u do for the insides. Inside I put 3 6 ft lengths of conduit and welded 5 the opposit it's not as strong as I want it to be
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On yours?
My buddies 99. Did a burn out and grenaded his rear diff
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I'm making one of these right now let me know what u do for the insides. Inside I put 3 6 ft lengths of conduit and welded 5 the opposit it's not as strong as I want it to be
Im running 4' sections side to side for more strength
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I'm making one of these right now let me know what u do for the insides. Inside I put 3 6 ft lengths of conduit and welded 5 the opposit it's not as strong as I want it to be
Im running 4' sections side to side for more strength
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A little progress today. Got the dividers in for the lights and fully welded everything up to this point. Tomorrow we will get the floor in and roof mounts. Going to mount it where the factory rack was mounted
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Yeah I ran 5, four foot sections and it's not as strong as I would like it to be
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how are you mounting it to the stock mounting? im building one now as well, but im having trouble figuring out how to mount it. only way i can see is tying it to the stock crossbars. build looks good, cant wait to see the finished product!
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I actually bought gutter mounts I was going to weld on but I'm thinking I may
end up bolting it to the stock rails for more support. We'll see! I was Thinking u bolt over on of the tubes and drill through the stock rail in two spots and bolt it to it
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Originally Posted by EVILXJ
A buddy and I got a start on my emt roof rack today. Sorry for the dark pics but we got a late start.

Borrowed the idea from a guy on naxja with a few of our own tweaks. Hope to finish it up tomorrow night or the next day

Let us know what u think
is that a dayton with blue spokes??


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