Quote:
Originally Posted by tamerunner
The rack and body shouldn't flex independently. What you have drawn out is basically a Baja Stealth or Gobi Stealth rack. I can speak from my experience with the Gobi that what you speak of is exactly how it mounts. Uses the factory anchor points and has two feet that rest on the body up front. I would suggest maybe using a dense foam instead of rubber. I think it would have less of a tendency to scratch. Or you could just put clear 3m underneath. By the time you make this you'll prolly just wish you would have bought a rack.
|
Good points. Probably worth clarifying that I intend to use 6 brackets to attach the thing, but then use footings elsewhere to give extra strength to the rack.
I'll have to experiment with foam - hadn't thought of that yet.
I'm itching for a bit of a project, so the effort is I hope its own reward, and the key things I want to add vs. the commercial stealth racks are a traversable deck while retaining the factory rails and crossbars. So sort of a hybrid rack
thanks for the cautionary advice