remove the luggage rack

[Kevin777]

how would i remove the luggage rack and the lengthwise pieces from the top of my first gen '94 Xlt

 

[Joe Dirt]

Slide the bar to free up access to the screws holding down the brackets., unscrew and remove.

 

[Kevin777]

what about the plastic pieces in the middle of the roof that look like they're pop riveted on?

 

[Joe Dirt]

That's a whole lot more work... Drill, fill, paint... Are you customizing?

 

[Kevin777]

That's a whole lot more work... Drill, fill, paint... Are you customizing?

Yea i guess you could say that. I Just wanted to know what it would take to get it done soon so i can scuff and prime it for paint in the near future. do you know If theres anybody on here thats done this or of any build/how to threads or any specific knowledge of how to do it?

 

[Joe Dirt]

Not right off hand. Lots remove the crossbars and side rails, but not the center rub rails. IIRC, a few people have used a (I think) Chevy Tahoe roof rack delete kit to cover the inserts left by removing the side bars. (They stick up above the sheet metal under the rails)

 

[flamingX]

I'll will be doing my '97 (same roof and rack) within the next month or so. I'll be welding up all the mounting holes and eliminating all the grooves in the roof at the same time.

But if you dont want to do all that work you can do what I did the last time i painted mine, I just removed the cross bars, left the all the lengthwise ones and painted the plastic ones body color. Still looked 10x better

Sorry couldn't find any better pics of the roof and right now everthing is stripped off of it so I cant take new ones.

 

[Kevin777]

i gotta remove the plastic pieces cause they're all cracked up and have sections missing out of em. urrgggghh looks like im waitin till christmas cause im recovering the headliner then. so ill bust out the welder while im at it and patch up the holes

~~So bring it on old man winter cause ill be waitin for ya with a beer in one hand and my welder in the other

P.S thats a smiley some one needs to make