Renegade Roof Basket

PoorMtnKid · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2008 11:01 pm

I was looking into getting a roof basket before I head out on a camping trip. I found this one on a web site that says that cross bars are not needed for the basket. I was looking to see if anyone has this or any experience with this company.

http://jeeppartspeople.com/searchproduc ... oof+Basket

Its the second one down and it says all that is needed is the mounting kit thats just 10 dollars more.

KW AV8R · **Posted:** Sun May 11, 2008 11:34 pm

The Renegade basket has no bottom so anything put in the 'basket' sits directly on your roof. The other style basket (described with an air dam and brand logo) is the one pictured to the left on that page. I have owned both styles. I felt the Renegade style was a waste of money IMO. I now have the air dam style mounted with no cross bars and it seems to work for me. There are mony options out there and each have their good and bad points. I haven't any experience with that company.

With Renegade style basket:

With air dam style basket:

VTNomad · **Posted:** Mon May 12, 2008 9:37 am

I like my Renegade basket. It comes with its own crossbars. I did wish it had a bottom to it though. I've been toying with the idea of fabricating something for a while, but I've been far too busy.

PoorMtnKid · **Posted:** Mon May 12, 2008 9:48 am

So the one you have in the second picture is the same picture o n the web site? And how did you go about mounting it if it is? if not where did you get yours. I really want the bakset type.

KW AV8R · **Posted:** Mon May 12, 2008 10:11 pm

The basket in the second picture is the same as the one on the website. If you notice the brackets on the sides of the basket, they are clamps that attach to the roof rails. The clamps are very secure and in the last year have not worked loose. I would get you a close up picture but I'm more than 8000 miles from my KJ.

Cacher123 · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 12:58 am

Before you invest 3 bills for a basket, check around. Many of us, myself included, have been able to find decent baskets for well under $100. If you don't need something super heavy duty, these make sense. If you are gonna put something like a spare tire or other really heavy stuff up there, then go for one of the more expensive ones like above. Although even that one can be found in places like coleman (it's basically an aftermarket basket that Mopar licensed) for about $100 savings.

KW AV8R · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 9:41 am

Cacher123 wrote:

Before you invest 3 bills for a basket, check around. Many of us, myself included, have been able to find decent baskets for well under $100. If you don't need something super heavy duty, these make sense. If you are gonna put something like a spare tire or other really heavy stuff up there, then go for one of the more expensive ones like above. Although even that one can be found in places like coleman (it's basically an aftermarket basket that Mopar licensed) for about $100 savings.

I completely agree. Do your research and you'll find many other options out there and I'm sure there are better and/or cheaper ones to be found. I went with this one because I was done searching and went with easy. :roll:

PoorMtnKid · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 10:25 am

I looked around and this was the only one I could find that you don't need to buy the cross bars. All the others were cheaper for the basket its self but then I would have to fork out some more money for the cross bars. I went with it it came to 330 shipped so not to bad.

Prometheus Xray · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 6:54 pm

thats exactly what i did as well...i wanted a basket that didnt require the roof rails and this one and the garvin where the only ones i could find that didnt require the rails. the garvin was something ridiculous...460 maybe and this was about 330 shipped as u said. thats probably what im guna go with and whats nice about it is that it doesnt sit very high like the ones with the crossrails do...it looks like its more of a part of the car then a basket perched on top of the car

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2008 8:47 pm

Dang I only have 65/70 in rack and cross rails to hold it up, need to shop around some more , there are deals out there

PoorMtnKid · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 3:44 pm

tommudd wrote:

Dang I only have 65/70 in rack and cross rails to hold it up, need to shop around some more , there are deals out there

What do you mean by 65/70?

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 3:52 pm

$65-$70 spent for roof rack and the rails

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Thu May 15, 2008 11:29 pm

Many many moons ago, I did a write up on my Renegade cross bars upgrade. This is back on the old site for those of you old enough to remember that!

Basically, I replaced the factory bars with thule bars that are longer. I cut box holes into the inside of the Renegade basket so that the bars rest directly on the factory rails because the OEM clamps are NOT very strong. This way, the clamps only hold the bars in place, but they don't carry the load. I now have ski racks on my bars, plus those load stoppers from Thule. See, using Thule bars allows one to use any attachment that slides over them. The OEM bars are too thick. I had planned on putting 3/4" aluminum bars perpendicular to the cross bars to form a basket bottom (available cheaply at Home depot), but in the end didn't need them.

Only down side is I would have to remove and take apart the entire basket every time I wanted to change the ski racks out. So i just leave them on all year. They are barely visible anyway, and I often put other stuff in them like long pipes and stuff from the aforementioned Depot.

It works!

oh, and I LOVE the way the Renegade basket looks!

Cacher123 · **Posted:** Fri May 16, 2008 8:51 pm

WOW!

A voice from the past!
:shock:

Welcome back!

AdamIsAdam · **Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 9:45 am

yea yea. you know how it is... so many hobbies, so little time! I have a 68 LeMans Conv taking up a lot of my time these days.

I'm doing the Killington Jamboree in july. kids still love the off road trips.

PoorMtnKid · **Posted:** Sat May 17, 2008 3:48 pm

So I ordered the one from the Jeeppartspeople.com and they never charged my card. I called them to see what the deal was. First off the people who run the web site dont even order the parts. All the do is submitt the order to a Jeep Stealership in Olympia WA. So when I call the dealship they tell me the basket is too large to ship and they wont sell it to me because of that reason. They never called to tell me this or email me. The company sucks because there is no way of contacting the people who run the web site, you just have to call the dealer. Overall I wont do any business with this company again.

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