I have seen other custom crossbars and just wanted to share my project. I got a Yakima road warrior basket from a friend for $20. I ordered some cheap crossbars and they did not fit my 05 crd very well. So I made some bars out of 1" square tube from lowes and some stainless u bolts from Mcmaster. http://www.mcmaster.com/#u-bolts/=zq0a3k The bolts fit tight and I had to shave some of the rubber coating off. They also have 1-1/4' u bolts that might be better.




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2005 Liberty CRD Limited, Tommudd Econo Lift, General Grabber AT2'S 265/70r/16, GDE ECO tune.

Looks good.
I did pretty much the same thing using StrutBrace that I bought from Lowes.

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U.S. Army Retired

Years ago on my 04 this was the way I mounted a roof rack
All Thread 1/2 inch bolt went side to side, between the rails was one inch black gas pipe, nut on inside and outside of the rail kept everything tight
Kept the basket down nice and low

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

I like the low mount! So you drilled right through the factory rails? My setup is a tad temporary.. I want to get an offroad rack that replaces the factory rails... This setup cost me about $50 since I got the basket for $20 from a friend that got it from a friend for free.

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2005 Liberty CRD Limited, Tommudd Econo Lift, General Grabber AT2'S 265/70r/16, GDE ECO tune.

Yes drilled right through them
I've had that one and also two different other ones as well.
Both bolt on racks
first one after the one above

then next

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited