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Offline Jluck

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roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« on: May 30, 2011, 10:15:53 PM »
I need to mount a roof basket on my 92 kick and am wondering how others have mounted rails to the pinch weld/seam. I don't have any factory rails and don't like the idea of drilling holes in a roof. is there any handy-dandy kit out there?



oh yea.....I did a search already and had no luck.

thanks  :)
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Offline honkey_2.0

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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2011, 10:39:23 PM »
 alter ego has a roof rack set up for four door kicks...
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2011, 07:06:50 AM »

Jluck, I'll post about my rack setup here to.  They are PerryCraft, although they requiring drilling holes through the roof.



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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2011, 02:36:19 PM »
I mounted mine to the pinch joint. I used 1/8" steel plate on 4 corners and 2-1/4-20 bolts and nuts per plate. PM me your email and I will send you some pics.
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« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2011, 04:33:14 PM »
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2011, 06:06:38 PM »
Quote from: jeff1997 on May 31, 2011, 02:36:19 PM
I mounted mine to the pinch joint. I used 1/8" steel plate on 4 corners and 2-1/4-20 bolts and nuts per plate. PM me your email and I will send you some pics.

Almost the same setup i did. Plates, crossbars welded to plates, .25 bolts through pinch welds. Trim to fit moulding and it almost looks factory, almost. ;) seal the holes after you drill them, paint, glue, whatever and let it set before you run the bolts in permanently and you'll be golden. I think mine ended up costing about 20 bucks for steel and a can of paint.
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2011, 09:41:59 PM »
I used rivnuts worked great.
here is the tool.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200308963_200308963
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2011, 10:00:08 PM »
thanks guys and double for the pics Jeff. I hackenbutched something together this eve but will do something better if I have time before this weekends wheeling/camping trip.....time to wheel it!
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2011, 12:26:09 PM »
Yup, I heard the same thing.  The pinch seams are extremely strong.  When I was looking at building my own roof rack before I gave up and abandoned all hope, I was going to mount it that way too. 
PM incoming to you, jeff.  Curious about the pics.  I recently acquired some nice round aluminum tubing that may have resurrected the idea of building my own (just need a spool gun for aluminum now $$$).
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2011, 01:35:56 PM »
jeff, if you want too just post them on this thread. it seems to be pretty warm.
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2011, 03:22:03 PM »
Here's a couple of shots of how I did mine. One with the Elcheapo ebay basket I got, which turned out to be pretty damn good.
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« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2011, 03:38:19 PM »
as always.....very nice! I wont even show the cobbled mess I have going! :laugh:


your the only other one I have ever saw with a ceiling fan it the shop. (maybe a geographic location thing) I put one out it the party are of my shop.
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2011, 06:05:17 PM »
Quote from: Jluck on June 02, 2011, 01:35:56 PM
jeff, if you want too just post them on this thread. it seems to be pretty warm.
I am having trouble posting them, could you Jluck?
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2011, 08:01:28 PM »
you betcha.
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Re: roof rack mounting? 4 door kick.
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2011, 01:05:26 PM »

Hmmm, interesting just bolting onto the pinch weld.  Looks like it works out nicely.
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