Roof Rack!! now with PICS!!
 

Me and my uncle built a roof rack today! 48''x48'' 6'' sides 1'' square 1/16'' thick. will get it on later this week.

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thanks guys all fixed

Lookin' good.:thumbsup: Post more pics when its painted and installed.:cheers:

will do, im trying to get it done by this weekend

looks good :thumbsup:

good job should look great on your xj

that's sexy!... defiantly post some pics when it's done and painted on the car!...

Looks Tuff, wheres the tabs for the offroad lights?

never call your jeep a car, its one of the rules:brows:

I've never been tempted to call it a car, but I usually end up calling it a truck. Just a habit since I've always driven trucks.

yeah guess truck is ok, but CAR just makes it sound like its a sissy:hang:

looks cool but how do you plan on mounting it to the roof?

That looks really nice, could probably sell alot making those.

I wonder how your going to mount it to the roof as well

Are you mounting it to the gutters? They ( gutter mnts.) can be purchased seperatly if so. I plan on doing so with the one I made.

nah truck sounds too tuff... deffinetly still a station wagon:thumbsup:

I call mine a truck too.:cheers:

ok so for attaching it to my jeep, i am gonna get 1''x3''x1/8'' flat stock, and 1''?''x1/8in flat stock. So i am gonna right above my door pillars on the roof next to the gutter i am gonna drill 2 holes and bolt the 1''x3''x1/8'' to the roof figure out how high i want the rack off the roof, then pull it off and weld the bracket together then drill holes and attach it to the rack and bolt it to the roof. and seal it TIGHT so no water gets it. and as for the lights i have a couple KC lights i am planning to put on it :)

awesome, can't wait to see it on :)

thanks guys i cant wait either!! im gonna try to this week!! gotta get bolts, paint, metal, and free time, going campin this weekend i would like to use it. :)

Nice rack...:thumbsup:

How heavy is the roof rack?
With all that tubbing, it looks very heavy.

Thanks, and who moved my thread?????

Hey - Nice looking rack. I have one in mind using 1" square tube as well. I saw this picture on a site for mounting and I am doing the same. If you get some small channel iron you can make these cool clips that grab the gutters.

http://www.jcroffroad.com/Merchant2/...age1mounts.jpg

yeah i like that mount system looks easy to make as well

Yeah the radius on the channel seams to help grab the rail if the position is not perfect. I am looking for a scrap piece since I am not going to buy 20 feet of it! I did find this place called metal depot online that sells cheap & odd sizes (length) if you don't have access to a steel yard:

http://www.metalsdepot.com/products/...LimAcc=$LimAcc

TH

yea ill go over that design with my uncle and see what he says, the only reason i am bolting it to the roof is so it wont move or break off the gutter.

Technically it is a "vehicle". But, a car cant go 4x4'n and ya dont wanna jus let yer "Rig" jus tool around at the night clubs in the city!...so All that energy I spent readin the psosts on the Jeep called a CAR! #@^%*!(!! I prefer to call it a "rig" :) ...and it aint yer aunt's station wagon ayether! ;) ...of course yer aunt may be drivin a nicer rig than mine, THEN its...well you kno'.:rockon:

Oh, I posted cause I wanted to know how yer gonna mount it. But I see a nice mount pic so I can make my own. nm. :)

I just stick to "JEEP". To call it a rig I feel like you gotta have a buggy, or exo cage or 44 super swampers. Mine's the "JEEP".

this brackets came with the roofrack and they are strong enough to hold 3 drunk guys and the sparetire for 15 miles in the beach and they look easy to build.

wow cool yea i just gonna bolt it to my roof lol wont be able to get her done for camping this weekend :(

so i have it almost painted it got dark lol so i will finish it tomorrow and try post pics.

i think i can build those just need to make a bender or buy a vice :thumbsup:

where are the pics?

i like those mounts, i have a rack that i got off an old van that bolts to the roof but id rather put it on the rails like that.

Looks cool,
I did something similar to mine, im planning on adding 4 spots on the front, just not sure how im going to run the wiring yet, I was thinking down the side with the snorkel, and then pop thru into engine bay same route as snorkel.

holy crap that rack is HUGE.

sick rack and killer front grill gaurd man

yip that is is! lol I was going to go for the 3/4 look, but man, with a wife and 2 daughters....when we go camping....theres not alot of space left ;-) Im thinking of building one of those cargo rack things in the back (a man needs SOME space to store his crap!) Anyone know of any good threads showing the storage build?