So I got bored and decided to build a roof rack. 80 feet of 3/4" emt conduit, some 1/8" steel and c-channels for the mounts and 4 cans of rustoleum bed liner.

It's not perfect. There's a couple of risers that aren't exactly 90 degrees and it sits to the driver side maybe 1/2" but it's my first time building anything.

 

how much does it weigh?
how do you make it attache to the roof?
what kind of welder did you use?

It looks beautiful by the way.. nice work

 

Here's a better pic of the mounts. just used a 110v mig with .025 wire. It's not very heavy. I can set it on the roof by myself. Maybe 40-50lbs

 

Very nice work, that came out great.

 

Thanks, in hindsight I should have went 1-1.5" wider, but it's done now. I may be in the market for a super clean xj in a few months. If I end up getting one I'll do another a little different, a little wider and get a tubing notcher to do the joints better.

 

Looks good. This might help if you do another one

 

So, you just bought a bunch of 3/4 tubing, bent it up and welded it? How much was the material and how did you do the bends?

Thanks!

 

 

3/4" conduit, I bought the pre-bent 90 degree elbows, and on the joints where those weld onto the straights, I hammered a piece of pipe maybe 2-3" long that was a tight fit into the conduit then slid the elbows over that, that way it made it a little more rigid instead of welding conduit to conduit.