MidnightRebel07
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- March 6, 2010
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- City, State
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2003 Explorer Sport Trac
I used to have a Yakima MegaWarrior mounted on my ST with my spare tire, offroad lights, shovel, etc... attached to it.
I had it mounted to the crossbars that I bought from ebay (I mounted l.e.d. marker lights to them). The only thing I didn't like about the setup was that it sat up so high above the roof. I talked with other members from here and the mysporttrac.com about how they mounted their's , some of them used the upper Yakima mounting brackets and bolted them directly to the ST's factory roof racks for a low profile look (I like this look but never got around to doing this since I had lights on my crossbars and sold the basket).
Over the years I've had many members ask how to mount a rooftop basket, most recently was Govna47. I told him I'd post pictures of how I had mine setup and the low profile way.
So for those of you that have or are thinking of getting a basket this should help. This is with the Yakima MegaWarrior...
Low Profile setup
I had it mounted to the crossbars that I bought from ebay (I mounted l.e.d. marker lights to them). The only thing I didn't like about the setup was that it sat up so high above the roof. I talked with other members from here and the mysporttrac.com about how they mounted their's , some of them used the upper Yakima mounting brackets and bolted them directly to the ST's factory roof racks for a low profile look (I like this look but never got around to doing this since I had lights on my crossbars and sold the basket).
Over the years I've had many members ask how to mount a rooftop basket, most recently was Govna47. I told him I'd post pictures of how I had mine setup and the low profile way.
So for those of you that have or are thinking of getting a basket this should help. This is with the Yakima MegaWarrior...
Low Profile setup