It did work great. We had 3 people sitting on the rack watching the mud drags one day. It worked great!

as always.....very nice! I wont even show the cobbled mess I have going!


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.

Ceiling fan helps somewhat with heating and cooling since there's no real air management other than gas heater for winter and big window AC for summer. So hot and humid here it makes it unbearable in the summer months working out there. You have a " party area " My shop IS the party area!

Quote from: Jluck on June 02, 2011, 03:38:19 PM

as always.....very nice! I wont even show the cobbled mess I have going!


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.

Ceiling fan helps somewhat with heating and cooling since there's no real air management other than gas heater for winter and big window AC for summer. So hot and humid here it makes it unbearable in the summer months working out there. You have a " party area " My shop IS the party area!

I have a ceiling fan in my shop also. The only reason I have it is, it got kicked out of the house. It is painted black and yellow to match Matt Kenseth's DeWalt Ford. I agree with bentparts, it is unbearable in the summer, 95 deg and 90% humidity!!

Yakima's Q-Towers for the Sidekicks attach via a mounting bolt/hole on the pinch joint. Here's what they look like installed.





Man, sometimes I wish I wouldn't have SAS'd it. It looked pretty... tits there. Oh well... gotta work on the GV now.

Looks good everyone!
I LOVE the OEM racks as they look so nice, but its much easier and cheaper to just make your own and be happy.
Thanks for all the pics... I'll be doing mine soon.

I went ahead and built mine, similar to others, with the pinch seam mount.  Only thing I did different was the instead of mounting the vertical plate steel feet directly to the seam, I welded them to 3/4" square tubing sections, and bolted that to the seam.  Going for improved weight distribution.  Also put thin rubber strip under the square tubing to avoid metal to metal contact.  The rack is just a platform (42" x 76"), with 6 central cross bars, and mounted 3/4" above the peak of the roof line.  I crawled up there and it feels very sturdy.  Will mostly be used for mounting a Thule rocket box and/or carrying camping gear for weekend trips...

 

 

One more pic to better show how it mounts:
(Getting new mounting bolts soon, then will mod the rubber trim piece back onto the seam)

I know you guys have different mounts than mine, but the Garvin rack mounts perfectly with the OEM tracks on my 01 4 door.  Mine has what I like to call coefficient drag accessories or air brakes with all the crap mounted on it, truth is you can't get anything over the sides without a small step stool. I like darnold87's rack, the way it angles out, they all look good. 


Here are more pics of the Garvin rack
http://photobucket.com/roofrack

Also look at Alteredegomotorsports.com, their racks look good!!

One more pic to better show how it mounts:
(Getting new mounting bolts soon, then will mod the rubber trim piece back onto the seam)

That there is some nice work. Looks stout and I like the 1x1 along the seam. How much weight you puttin up there anyway? These things are already slow enough 

Quote from: darnold87 on September 26, 2011, 11:16:38 AM

One more pic to better show how it mounts:
(Getting new mounting bolts soon, then will mod the rubber trim piece back onto the seam)

That there is some nice work. Looks stout and I like the 1x1 along the seam. How much weight you puttin up there anyway? These things are already slow enough 

Thanks   It's super lightweigh but I wanted it to support a rooftop box or 2 adults...

So what are you guys using to trim the rubber seal that covers the pinch seam?  There's a spring steel center inside that isn't all that easy to cut... I tried dikes but that did't really work.  Suggestions?

Quote from: bentparts on September 26, 2011, 09:09:32 PM

Quote from: darnold87 on September 26, 2011, 11:16:38 AM

One more pic to better show how it mounts:
(Getting new mounting bolts soon, then will mod the rubber trim piece back onto the seam)

That there is some nice work. Looks stout and I like the 1x1 along the seam. How much weight you puttin up there anyway? These things are already slow enough 

Thanks   It's super lightweigh but I wanted it to support a rooftop box or 2 adults...

So what are you guys using to trim the rubber seal that covers the pinch seam?  There's a spring steel center inside that isn't all that easy to cut... I tried dikes but that did't really work.  Suggestions?

Chop saw... windows open!

-Eric

Chop saw too big!   Gotta leave the rubber connected to go around the rack mount.

Chop saw too big!  Gotta leave the rubber connected to go around the rack mount.

I got one side done.  Used a razor blade, needle nose pliers, tin snaps, and a 4" angle grinder... Looks much better with the rubber back on! 

Here's how it turned out... much better with the rubber. 

Well, I came across an OEM factory rack and decided I liked it better that the one I made... 
The mounting is well designed and easy.   It's all steel with a grippy rubbery coating... and its very strong.  I'm pretty confident it can handle some weight if need be.  I plan to add more crossbars (maybe flat instead of arched) for more usability and even more support.