Roof Baskets

djformi · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:49 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

I have the Rock Lizard Gecko basket rack,steel rails with intergrated basket.Lower profile then any rack on the factory rails and much,much stronger.I've stood on my rack(190lbs) with my spare on the rack(90lbs) and it didn't even budge any.

To see more pics and prices click on link in my sig.

I so want that rack........ :lol:

PaU-MWolverine · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:28 pm

meh_kick wrote:

Note the basket sits between the rails, but I'm not sure how he's got the thing supported (if at all) from under the basket.

Paging tommudd...

Please, sir, I'd like you to chime in on this!! Thanks!

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:53 pm

djformi wrote:

tjkj2002 wrote:

I have the Rock Lizard Gecko basket rack,steel rails with intergrated basket.Lower profile then any rack on the factory rails and much,much stronger.I've stood on my rack(190lbs) with my spare on the rack(90lbs) and it didn't even budge any.

To see more pics and prices click on link in my sig.

I so want that rack........ :lol:

Me first, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dgeist · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:26 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

I have the Rock Lizard Gecko basket rack,steel rails with intergrated basket.Lower profile then any rack on the factory rails and much,much stronger.I've stood on my rack(190lbs) with my spare on the rack(90lbs) and it didn't even budge any.

To see more pics and prices click on link in my sig.

I dig that rack for the low profile. I want to get a lift buy need to clear the garage with the bike racks on. Will a standard Yakima rack fit on the tubular front and rear cossmembers on there (i.e. what diameter are they and what's the length of the basket section)?

Pote · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:37 pm

another +1 for the Blackwidow basket with wind fairing....great looking, holds more weight than the mopar cross rails allow (150 LBS FOR the Mopar cross rails and 200 lbs for the basket.) Nice low profile at 4.5 inches high in conjuction with the really low profile crossbars.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:04 pm

PaU-MWolverine wrote:

meh_kick wrote:

Note the basket sits between the rails, but I'm not sure how he's got the thing supported (if at all) from under the basket.

Paging tommudd...

Please, sir, I'd like you to chime in on this!! Thanks!

Had to be in the main office today in Columbus and come home to find my KJs pictures all over the place!

So here you go.....You know my saying, (ITS NOT YOURS TILL YOU DRILL THAT FIRST HOLE IN IT) so I drilled a half inch hole through the side rails, right where there already is two small holes on either side, shoved some 1/2 inch all thread through the side rail, then heater hose on the all thread so no metal to metal contact, then through the other side, have nuts and washers on the inside and outside of the side rails to hold it in place. Works pretty good , now with me and 2 MTRs on Moabs up there, it did bow down some but other than that works great. Have two across by the way. Rack is held on with small u bolts. I do have another plan in the works which will keep it as low or maybe lower and stronger, although I think the rack bowed more than the all thread did.
RL does have a sweet rack and I keep looking at it, but I only have like 50/55 bucks total (basket and mounting it) in mine, so hard to change and spend the extra.

no one even asked about my homegrown wind deflector or where it came from, and no its not a road sign this time :wink:

Tom

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

These weekend I am going to see what I can do to get mine lower. It does sit about 3-4 inches off the roof, due to the mopar cross rails. I would like to get it lower...............hmmmmm

If I figure something sturdy and interesting out, I will most definitely do a write up

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:36 pm

What really messes up everything in getting them down nice and low is the curvature of the roof. If they were like the Cherokee then its no problem.
I think I have it fiqured out but need a few more days when I have time. I want it a little lower and then also to hinge at the rear so that you can take two wing nuts off the front and flip it up to wash underneath it. Mines good the way it is really, but as those that know me well all say that I like to play with my toys and I keep changing them all the time :roll:

03kjsport · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:34 am

csukco78, i love your jeep. that is perfect. looks like mine yet 10x better. that is the look im going for. job well done. i love the grill. did you paint it yourself or just buy a grey one. awesome job man. terrorific. saaaweeeet. dont mean to sound like a groupee but im in love. can i have your #. lol. jk.

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:47 am

03kjsport wrote:

csukco78, i love your jeep. that is perfect. looks like mine yet 10x better. that is the look im going for. job well done. i love the grill. did you paint it yourself or just buy a grey one. awesome job man. terrorific. saaaweeeet. dont mean to sound like a groupee but im in love. can i have your #. lol. jk.

look out I think someone may be in trouble, need to start looking behind the seats when you get in csukco78, may have a stalker :wink:

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

03kjsport wrote:

csukco78, i love your jeep. that is perfect. looks like mine yet 10x better. that is the look im going for. job well done. i love the grill. did you paint it yourself or just buy a grey one. awesome job man. terrorific. saaaweeeet. dont mean to sound like a groupee but im in love. can i have your #. lol. jk.

Thanks....as far as the grill goes, its all stock, part of the Freedom Edition package.

I like my Jeep too.... :wink:

PaU-MWolverine · **Posted:** Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:56 am

tommudd - Thanks for your reply and info on your low-profile basket. Very informative & interesting. Anyway, what IS the deal with the basket's wind deflector?

csukoh78 · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:34 pm **Posts:** 501

Im working on a mod now that will allow for a low profile Black Widow basket with Mopar rails

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