Here's my issue with the Prinsu. I'd always really liked it, still do, but the cut quality on the cross bars sort of stinks. Working with metal is my hobby, and I've done a fair amount of plasma cutting.
My first Prinsu on my Land Cruiser had some rough cuts, but didn't seem too bad, so I just slapped it on there and was fine with it. It was most noticeable around their logos, that the cut was not clean or treated after it left the plasma table (aside from the dross being knocked off).
Well when I got the one for the 4runner the first thing I noticed was the ripples in the crossbars in spots. This tells me old consumables in their machine, or inconsistent cut speed. I'd go with the cut speed and maybe something in the axis of the cnc because there are parts of the bars that the cut quality is just fine.
On top of this, there is a fairly sharp edge to the bars in places as well. When you plasma, a little amount of material is left on the edges. You can knock it off easily with a straight edge, but depending on the quality of the cut, it can leave a sharp edge as well as an uneven edge. This can all be fixed with under a minute of a flap wheel on an angle grinder, but they (or their fabricator) is not doing this.
I emailed them, and they just said all of their racks go out like that. Well, I've got a bandsaw stand from SWAG off-road that has better cut quality, and you can see where they cleaned up the backside of their cuts.
Combine that with the wrong sized washers and oddball assortment of hardware left over, I'm kind of over the Prinsu name and design. I should have gone with the Victory.
Some of you may look at this and think I'm being nitpicky, and that's fine. But I shouldn't have to sand a sharp edge off a $900 powder coated roof rack, and the response from the company should have something other than "yeah they all look like that". If I was selling a steel planter box, I wouldn't let it leave my garage looking like the prinsu crossbars do.
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