Roof rack project
 

My son recently convinced me that I needed a Cherokee, and frankly my Mark VIII stinks in winter.. So I picked up a nice 2001 XJ. Once I sorted out a few things, like welding the spindles, new front brakes, along with other odds and ends it was time for the first project. So what else.. A roof rack.

Hit up the local new/used steel yard and came home with some 1" 14ga square tube and expanded steel sheets. Some quick sketches and measurements later I came up with the following.

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Whipped up some gutter mounts at work.

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Test fit.

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Added some light tabs. Rolled on some Rustoleum, then overcoated with Rustoleum spray bedliner.

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Mounted up the lights. All light wiring is internal.

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Now just to finish up the harness and onto the something else. :D

That turned out pretty sweet, nice job!

Thanks! Not my first fab project by far. Nice to build something "simple" for a change.. lol

how did you deburr the expanded metal? most of it I have seen has a lot of rough edges and I've cut myself working with it a number of times. I really like the look but personally would be concerned about what I'd put up there getting cut or scratched up.

Looks great.
love the lights.

Do you have a close up picture showing the mounting?

I'm not seeing where you actually bolted it to.

Looks good.

There is a stamped side and a burr side. I put the stamped side up.

Just a gutter mount. Some cut down angle iron.

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