Home made cross rails.

kj924 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:01 pm **Posts:** 103

I made myself some cross rails the other day. I needed to carry something the other day and realized I couldn't carry anything on the roof

They cost me about $7.00 total to build. The 1" steel square tubing was free, paint I had lying around, the u-bolts $5.87 and the stylish end caps $1.99 So for $7.00 they will do the job just fine. I just need to modify the u-bolts and paint them black. :shock:

"Jeep" is just photo-shopped in, I hope JeepUSA don't mind.

Local fishin' hole

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03kjsport · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 3:47 pm

nice. i like that they are low. are you going to put some type of support in the canter to keep them from bowing?

kj924 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:01 pm **Posts:** 103

naw, it's 1" square steel tubing, they are pretty rugged, I would worry about the stock ones giving before these bend.

Sport · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2008 3:56 pm

Looks great, where did you pick it up and what did you use for the tips?

kj924 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:01 pm **Posts:** 103

Pick it up? I built them at work the other day( while on my coffee break of course

) and painted them last night, then installed them today.

The end caps are 7/8 plastic beveled chair leg feet. I bought them at a hardware store.

Out on the highway the rails make alot of noise at 60mph

snowsport · **Joined:** Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:52 pm **Posts:** 1211

That looks great. I did the same thing a year or so ago with 1 1/4" square tubing. I just cut some square pegs of mahogany and glued them in with urethane glue. My racks have had lumber and other junk up there many many times....

Mine howl a bit if I'm driving into a headwind, but I just turn up the Pink Floyd, and I don't notice it anymore... :lol:

Jeepman56 · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2008 10:34 am

I did something similar with another LOST member's idea but instead of foam where the u-bolts grip the rails I used a thick rubberized elctrical tape from the Depot ($3). Stick it on and it prevents rubbing. I can post more info once I get back home about brand name and such.

Outdated pic, I have trimmed the length and primed and painted a textured black since this was taken.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Thu May 08, 2008 9:15 pm

Can you stand on them?

I figured the mopar rails would be kinda weak but I stood on them(~160lbs) no problem. I think the limit on them is 150lbs but Im not sure if thats for both or just one.

kj924 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:01 pm **Posts:** 103

I know I can stand on mine. 1"steel tubing is very rigid. If you need more strenght than what these rails give, then I think you need to rethink putting such heavy load up on the roof. :shock:

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