Originally Posted by jonmcginnis

You bring up a very valid point. There is that small vulnerability...at that adjustable slide mounting bracket. I never thought about this until yesterday. SSO doesn't address this. I never had it leak in 2 years on my other 4runner. But I think it could certainly drink a small amount of water at those 4 spots -- not to mention, snow & ice?! I think I will definitely torque those back out and put another of those same washers on the top, before the mounting bracket goes on top. That should do the trick. Good point, indeed. Much appreciate all the insight.

Update: So I literally just went back out there and undid those bolts, placed another of the same silicone washers on top of each of the aluminum spacers. I also put a little bit of the butyl tape around the bolts -- like a lock-tight concept. It's as good as it's going to get now! Hopefully I haven't taken those OEM bolts in/out so many times to create a problem. But it *should* be good and weather-proof. Only issue to address now is some of the little rust points showing up all over the rack (threaded grommets mainly) .

Originally Posted by silverslug

I have a set of mounting pins for 2 MaxTrax and trying to figure out the best way to mount them to my SSO roof rack. Does anybody have thoughts (and/or pictures) of how best to mount them? Thanks!

Originally Posted by choochoo

I have a writeup if what I ended up doing on my website/blog MaxTrax MKII and Custom Roof Mounts — Sheldon Chu Photography using aluminum flat bar.

Sherpa Equipment Co sells a mount that should work with the SSO’s 10-series crossbars as well; think it’s $90 though.


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Originally Posted by silverslug

Thanks, choochoo! I saw your blog post on how you set yours up. Looks great, but I was hoping to avoid the fabrication work involved with a DIY set up like that ;-)

I have also looked at the Sherpa option, but just wasn't sure if the holes would line up exactly with the SSO cross rail slots. For the $60 plus shipping, that option seems like it would save me a bunch of time. Thanks for the tips!

Originally Posted by choochoo

Yeah, to each their own. A few years ago the only pre-fabricated options available were >$120 which I thought ludicrous. Thanks for clarifying price on Sherpa.

If you get the Sherpa option, would you mind testing the fit to see if the MaxTrax will mount perpendicular to the crossbars (current setup is parallel as in photos). I’m hoping to free up some rack space by mounting them in between my two gun cases, but am unsure if the crossbar spacing will accommodate.


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Originally Posted by Alpinst

Getting ready to pull the trigger and have a question for those experienced driving with this rack in cross-winds. I drive from LA up the 395 into the Eastern Sierra ~20 times a year. That drive across the desert is always cross-loaded with moderate to heavy winds, always! Given how perferated the SSO side rails are I have concern that will induce a lot of wind noise on this already tedious drive. What are other people's experience with the SSO rack in heavy cross winds?

Thanks

Originally Posted by choochoo

Sorry to revive an old thread, but to anyone looking to install scene lights... I recently installed these Sylvania flush mount LEDs. They fit perfectly into the existing holes drilled into the rack, and are so much cheaper than most other options out there.

Originally Posted by NotaTRD

I like that the Greenlane mounts provide additional threaded holes to secure the rack to. It looks like silicone is still required though for proper seal.