materials
8- feet of aluminum square tube
4- 5/16th (3 1/2 - 4 inch long) ubolts
8- star tooth lock washers
8- 5/16th nuts
partial can of black engine enamel
5/16th drill bit and drill
any other materials you desire for whatever attachments
1- cut aluminum into 4 foot sections
2- measure location on roof rails that you will mount the crossrail
3- center measurement length on crossrail and mark with dry erase marker
4- center span washer from u-bolt on the marks and mark holes
5- drill your holes and wallow them (could also use 1 step larger drill bit instead)
6- paint them and let them dry
7- install
8- spend the 100 bucks you saved on buying something else you want from a LOST member
photos include attachments that i added to the crossrails for mounting my cb antenna and ground plane
I bought enough stuff to make two crossbars, but I think I'm just going to stick with one since I do not plan to actually use them as crossbars, simply something to attach my antenna/ground plane to
so for one crossbar, it would have been about 20 bucks