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 Post subject: homemade roof rack....continued. Just needs primer and paint
PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:47 pm 
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I put this aside for a month to work on zj but finished welding today.

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 Post subject: Re: homemade roof rack....continued. Just needs primer and p
PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:07 pm 
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nice job thats looks awesome,

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 Post subject: Re: homemade roof rack....continued. Just needs primer and p
PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:48 pm 
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Thanks! It was actually pretty easy. And all it cost me was about $30! I had some old bed frames and I bought 1" emt for crossmembers ($5) and some angle iron from Lowe's ($20)and misc.hardware.

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 Post subject: Re: homemade roof rack....continued. Just needs primer and p
PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:38 pm 
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Looks good! That is the exact same idea i had in my head with the bed frame angle and conduit.
How are you going to mount it?

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 Post subject: Re: homemade roof rack....continued. Just needs primer and p
PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:58 pm 
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Well I made it just as long as the factory roof rails so I could drill through the ends where it mounts to the roof because those are more sturdy then the rails themselves. And I'll weld a nut on the inside of the rack so all I have to do is slide the bolt through the factory roof rail ends and into roof rack and tighten her up. It will also make for easy removal. Its very strong as well,I actually drove my zj over it and it held it yep no problems. I'm happy with it. The only thing I'll add is a antenna mount and a mount for 4 lights up front.Thanks for the compliment,I'm surprised there's no haters yet.lol

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:17 pm 
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finished!!

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Nice and low good job

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 Post subject: Re: homemade roof rack....continued. Just needs primer and p
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Thanks. I have self tapping screws ill drill from the inside of bottom cage into rails. I didn't know that the rails were reinforced through the whole middle until I started drilling ,which was a nice surprise . I plan on welding in a light bar and cb antenna tab as well,just want to run it for a week or so and see how wind affects it on the highway. I might have to put a "xterra" like rack fabbing on the front. We'll see. Thanks again for the props.

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