Black Widow Roof Rack

Jeepman56 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:24 pm

Does anyone on here have a black widow roof rack? I am wondering how it compares with the coleman. I noticed it is only 4.5" tall vs. the coleman's 6.5" and if that makes a difference. I would like to see some pics too!

callaway · **Posted:** Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:15 pm

not sure what makes it different from the coleman, but I'll say this - Last night I was able to just barely fit into a parking garage in chicago (~1/2" clearance) and wouldnt have been able to fit with a deeper basket (this is with a frankenlift and ~31" tires too)

Some various pics of the basket in use...

riptricket · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:34 am

where and how much were those bars to attach your rack to your kj? i have the lack widow too!

callaway · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:31 am

riptricket wrote:

where and how much were those bars to attach your rack to your kj? i have the lack widow too!

they are the standard cross rails -> link

Cowcatcher · **Posted:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:38 am

Coleman said they discontinued theirs so you would need to find a source that still has them. Many of us picked up the Colemans at Costco this summer for $75.

Pote · **Posted:** Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:36 pm

callaway!

does the coleman basket come with all the necessary mount brackets and accesories to mount to the mopar rails? or did you have to do any make shift adjustments? thanks in advance. I have a line on both the mopar rails and the roof basket and wanted to know if I needed anything extra.
Dave

Pote · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:39 pm

Callaway....never mind the above post...i see they all come with necessary hardware. another question tho. I used your link above for the roof rails. I went on good faith from your post that they will be the same as yours. the pic on their site is so dang small and I notice a disclaimer that the rails MAY be different than what's in the pic--yeah, if I could make out whats in the pic...LOL I do notice its the same pic used on all the Mopar sites, and that this company is a Chrysler/jeep dealership, so that makes me feel better, but ya never know.

Is there a way of knowing if these will be the Mopar rails? I have an email into the company and they are supposed to arrive this week. I guess if they don't answer, and they aren't mopars low profile they can go back...I just really want the ones you have on there. about as low a rack as one can get. anyhow, have you ordered a lot of accessories from that company and has it all gone according to plan? any troubles with them? deliver what they promise and all that jazz?

thanks ahead of time.
Dave

edit to add....he guy called me from there with a funny tone in his voice. I asked him whats up and he said, well they were delivered already...not to me I said. in short, they were in another floor in my building and no one told me. anyhow, just opened them and threw them on the KJ in about 10 minutes. they rock so I am anxiously awaiting my roof basket now. thanks again for the above link.

callaway · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:19 pm

jparts.com is a great company - i've ordered a lot of stuff via them and have never had an issue.

03kjsport · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:12 pm

they still have the colemans on ebay for the same price. i paid like 98 shipped to my door. and it was shipped in like 3 days. real fast for ebay.

Pote · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:53 pm

03kjsport wrote:

they still have the colemans on ebay for the same price. i paid like 98 shipped to my door. and it was shipped in like 3 days. real fast for ebay.

saw those...$98 plus $24 shipping. thanks. costco has them for $85 with free ship. I am actually getting both the coleman and the blackwidow baskets. two people got me them for my birthday...the one Im not using is already spoken for here on the forum. btw, these mopar rails are sweet. as low profile as it gets....next to the others I've seen there's no comparison, the expensive yule or yakima crossbars look like skyscrapers next to these. glad I got the mopars...about a half inch in height above the side rails and are flat as opposed to square or round.

meh_kick · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:34 pm

www.discountramps.com has the Black Widow for $99 plus $30 for shipping.

It's dimensions are 42" x 39". Is that longer than the Coleman?

Pote · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:58 pm

meh_kick wrote:

www.discountramps.com has the Black Widow for $99 plus $30 for shipping.

It's dimensions are 42" x 39". Is that longer than the Coleman?

they are the same size on the outer dimensions I believe. The coleman is 2" taller and comes with the fairing installed already - it really is a great deal considering they are probably about the same exact construction. The Black Widow has the fairing as an "add on" that runs another $40 bucks but is shipped free.

Jeepman56 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:58 pm

Hey Pote, can you post a comparison pic or two with them side by side for us. I would like to see how they look. I am visualizing the 6" coleman on my Jeep and thinking it is too tall, that is why I am leaning toward the Black Widow.

Pote · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:27 pm

Jeepman56 wrote:

Hey Pote, can you post a comparison pic or two with them side by side for us. I would like to see how they look. I am visualizing the 6" coleman on my Jeep and thinking it is too tall, that is why I am leaning toward the Black Widow.

I can if the guy who potentially wants it (Fast_Trx) doesn't mind me opening the box and just loosely putting the halves together. My coleman arrived today and I expect the BW basket by the end of the week. If you can bare with me until then, I'd be happy to shoot a couple shots with them resting up on the roof rails. I installed my mopar cross rails yesterday in about 10 minutes and that part is sweet...nice and low profile. I'll ask the aforementioned member in a PM if he minds if I take it out of the box for a couple quick shots. Stand by and if all is kosher, I will post them up by the weekend...pending the arrival of the black widow.

FastTRX · **Posted:** Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:08 pm

Pote wrote:

Jeepman56 wrote:

Hey Pote, can you post a comparison pic or two with them side by side for us. I would like to see how they look. I am visualizing the 6" coleman on my Jeep and thinking it is too tall, that is why I am leaning toward the Black Widow.

I can if the guy who potentially wants it (Fast_Trx) doesn't mind me opening the box and just loosely putting the halves together. My coleman arrived today and I expect the BW basket by the end of the week. If you can bare with me until then, I'd be happy to shoot a couple shots with them resting up on the roof rails. I installed my mopar cross rails yesterday in about 10 minutes and that part is sweet...nice and low profile. I'll ask the aforementioned member in a PM if he minds if I take it out of the box for a couple quick shots. Stand by and if all is kosher, I will post them up by the weekend...pending the arrival of the black widow.

By all means, go for it!! It's still your basket at the current moment...

I got your PM a short while ago...let me get back to you later tonite.

SoDakJeep · **Posted:** Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:14 am

i want to see pics of both as well.....dont know which one I want haha

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