nicholasm40

I've searched high and low for a decent roof rack to mount to my baby, and I just couldn't find one.. So I took it upon myself to make one of my own.. Sad thing is never had mounting rails so i'll be drilling and mounting with well nuts.

Materials Used:
4 sections of 21' Round 3/8" solid bar.
1' of 1"x1/8" to make mounting feet
8 1/4" well nuts w/stainless steel bolts(won't rust :b)
6"x6" section of rubber pad to go between roof and feet..

nicholasm40

Its not mounted at the moment but as soon as the sun comes up it will be.

MaK92-4RnR

whats the dimensions of a 2nd gen 4Runner roof? are you making one that fills the whole roof?

nicholasm40

Im not sure of what the dimensions are for the size of the roof, but I made mine 42"x48" by 6" tall.. the next few weeks i'm gonna be chopping the back and didn't want to re-do the rack. haha

MaK92-4RnR

Yeah, Im thinking of going 42 x 60 x 4" with a light bar. so it'll be a little longer than that.

nicholasm40

Yeah if I was gonna keep the back I wouldve stretched it out kinda like a Gobi rack w/light bar at the front. Be pre sweet on an ole 2nd gen.

MaK92-4RnR

you shoud look up offroadunlimited.com thats where im buying my rack from.

nicholasm40

Shewww expensive place for a college kid like me.. i've roughly got 40bucks in mine.

nicholasm40

Had to rework my mounting system.. The rubber well nuts weren't worth a sock full of pennies.. Went with a riv-nut design that was pressed into place. Also made two bars that go across the roof, to mount the basket too. While I was piddling I also made some limb risers that go from the basket to the front bumper.

Swimmerboy2112

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That looks awesome!

michael1963

Nice looking rack buddy. Are you going to mount any lights on it?

rhill

rhill

my bad...my computer was messing up looks really awesome, great work!

nicholasm40

Thanks fellas!! and yeah gonna mount 4 up top. Not sure on what brand yet. lol

michael1963

Yep, I have 4 100watt KC's on mine which are plenty bright but, I would like to change them to something in the same shape as my rectangular head lights, just to keep with that type of profile.

nicholasm40

yeah I think imma go with some 6" off-road lights from harbor freight and switch the bulbs out to a higher wattage.. but at 11 bucks a pop its affordable.

runnermedic

wait,,, the chickens will scape trough the squares,some chicken wire to the sides and top and it will look better

revenantdead

i bet that rack will hold damn near a ton. solid 3/8 is no joke. i just finished mounting my shovel to my yak rack. also, if theres a swap meet in your area you may find a good deal. i found the 4 hellas i have on my rack for 90 bucks total.

Mattie12

That's cool! I want to make one for my Tee Pee poles. Thanks for the ideas.

Gt808

like ur roof rack were did u get ur front bush bumper from im lookin for on for my 95