Building your own roof rack.

[97Mounty97]

Okay well its pretty much finished I just need to put a few more cross braces and it will be complete

 

[97Mounty97]

Here it is just sitting on my mounty

 

[Campoli]

Looks good

 

[97Mounty97]

Looks good

Thanks!

 

[Georgie]

this is the one im building for my explorer...it should go on once I fix my ####ing transmission...


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[N1YDP]

How were you able to bend that large conduit?

i cut the pipe 45 degrees and welded them together

 

[X~FACTOR]

i cut the pipe 45 degrees and welded them together

No, not the one you cut and weld. I mean the one with a smooth 90 degree bend.

 

[97Mounty97]

this is the one im building for my explorer...it should go on once I fix my ####ing transmission...


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Oh thanks gonna look awesome! Post some pics when you have it all done, I'd like to see it.

 

[97Mounty97]

Got it painted

 

[4rd4life]

came out nice. much better looking in black! im a fan of the lower looking racks myself. i didnt find many under 5.5 or 6 inces, so i made mine as well from conduit.

 

[97Mounty97]

came out nice. much better looking in black! im a fan of the lower looking racks myself. i didnt find many under 5.5 or 6 inces, so i made mine as well from conduit.

Yeah it Definitely looks better black and I'm not a fan of the taller ones either. I believe I made mine 3inches tall

 

[03Sport]

Looks good! How is it attached to the roof? I wouldn't mind building one in the next few weeks.

 

[4rd4life]

Looks good! How is it attached to the roof? I wouldn't mind building one in the next few weeks.

for mine i used some carriage bolts, flipped them upside down and ran them through the factory rack channel then i drilled holes in the cross bars that sat over the rail. then put the matching nut on. i can take pictures if your interested.

 

[03Sport]

Pics would be great! I don't have crossbars currently, do you think I could make it work without them? Thanks.

 

[4rd4life]

Pics would be great! I don't have crossbars currently, do you think I could make it work without them? Thanks.

i took my cross bars out, so its just the factory side track rails. ill post pictures tomorrow to show you what i mean.

 

[97Mounty97]

Looks good! How is it attached to the roof? I wouldn't mind building one in the next few weeks.

I just bolted it to the existing roof rack I know its not the best but it works for me

 

[03Sport]

Any pics or details would've greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[97Mounty97]

Any pics or details would've greatly appreciated. Thanks!

When I get some time ill post pics of it

 

[03Sport]

I'm hopefully going to buy the conduit soon. How many feet did you use? It looks like you had 8, 90 degree elbows.

 

[97Mounty97]

I'm hopefully going to buy the conduit soon. How many feet did you use? It looks like you had 8, 90 degree elbows.

post some pics when you do yours I'd like to see what you come up with and I'd say I used about 40 feet of 1/2inch emt conduit and 8 90degree elbows