5th Gen Aluminum Roof Rack Using OEM Siderails: NiseRack

[IASTATE01]

Wow that's crazy! She almost flipped the car. In reality, this accident with your car may have saved somebody else's life further down the road.
Did you see the comment below the video? You could be famous-ish.

Good luck in the move.

RR&BD Driving School
22 hours ago
Hi J A​,may I use this clip How is your 2020 going in my compilation of dashcam clips with credit (name on screen).any comment, update, location of the incident?

As if my life isn't weird enough already... just nuts.
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[Eitek1]

Wow that's crazy! She almost flipped the car. In reality, this accident with your car may have saved somebody else's life further down the road.
Did you see the comment below the video? You could be famous-ish.

Good luck in the move.

RR&BD Driving School
22 hours ago
Hi J A​,may I use this clip How is your 2020 going in my compilation of dashcam clips with credit (name on screen).any comment, update, location of the incident?

I didn’t see the comment. Thanks for the heads up. Yes my life is weird. My friends weren’t even surprised this happened. I was in the army for 3 years and my friends thought I was a liar when I told them about my life. They said “there is no way these things are true”. Some of them came to Louisiana when I got married and then apologized. All the folks I had mentioned were real and all the things I mentioned did actually happen.

I don’t want to derail the thread but trust me... you wouldn’t believe me. Hahaha

 

[KKD989]

Just wanted to post that I've got two sets left ready to be shipped. After those two there may be a bit of a delay. I'm trying to sell my house and get to a place where I can expand a bit on this venture and other things. This means that I can't have a manufacturing facility set up in my home. I've got everything packed up. I'm still moving forward and will continue to sell and support but there may be a delay in the near future.

Also, sometimes in life you are in a position where God or the universe or karma or whatever you believe starts dropping little hints that you need a change in your life. I was planning on selling my house after the 5 or so hurricanes and random interesting things that happened in my neighborhood. I think yesterday sealed the deal and the message has been sent loud and clear.

This is from my security camera. Yes that is my silver Scion Xb.

How is your 2020 going? - YouTube

Saw your thread in GD with that video, crazy stuff. Good luck with the move!

 

[Eitek1]

Saw your thread in GD with that video, crazy stuff. Good luck with the move!

It took me a second to get the reference. Yeah, just nuts.

 

[s13koop]

Damn, fast shipping!
Did some preliminary measuring but figured I'd wait till after brackets are in stalled and measure again before ordering the extrusions
Stoked on this, thanks again man!

 

[Eitek1]

Damn, fast shipping!
Did some preliminary measuring but figured I'd wait till after brackets are in stalled and measure again before ordering the extrusions
Stoked on this, thanks again man!

Thanks! I try to get stuff out the same day it’s ordered. Sometimes I can’t until the next day but I do my best.

 

[smeerun]

Wow this whole scenario just blew my mind, my condolences to you and I wish you the best in the move and hopefully 2020 is done throwing you curveballs!

In a side note, when the tow truck came to pick up my car he said he couldn't get it while it was against the fence. He asked me if it would start. I said I didn't know and jumped in to see. It fired right up and I backed it away from the fence.

He was having a tough time figuring out how to pick up the car. He then just jumped in it and drove it in a u turn up to the back of his truck so he could grab it. I was shocked but it drove right over there. It might not look like it but that little car is built like a tank.

I tell you what, my Grandma has put just over 500K on her xB before replacing the engine/trans. She loves that vehicle and would never give it up. Toyotanks.

 

[Eitek1]

Wow this whole scenario just blew my mind, my condolences to you and I wish you the best in the move and hopefully 2020 is done throwing you curveballs!



I tell you what, my Grandma has put just over 500K on her xB before replacing the engine/trans. She loves that vehicle and would never give it up. Toyotanks.

I looked at the current offerings out there in the new car market. I need a commuter that is good on gas. I’m a big guy so the regular coupes just don’t work. I can’t get in and out easily. I wanted to find something I liked, I really did. Nothing came close to comparing to my xB.

I bought another one just exactly like my old one. This one just has fewer miles. I’m flying across the country Tuesday to go pick it up.

There just aren’t a ton of these on the market. People aren’t selling them at all.

 

[s13koop]

You are correct... mostly. On my original rack, I measured between the rails backed out the thickness of my brackets and used that distance for my bars. What I found is that it's a perfect fit. This means if I want to loosen the bars and slide them back and forth they're a bit "sticky" and hard to move. An additional 1/16" provides enough room for free movement if you choose to loosen them and slide them.

The crossbar bar should be Total distance between rails - 1/8" - 1/8" - 1/16".

Ok 2010-2013 dudes here's how it stands. There is indeed a taper in the rails as mentioned earlier in the thread. Measure accordingly and subtract as needed per the quote I referenced above. Worked out great for me.
Also the sliders that go into the rails are a bit tall for us. I had to cut 1/8" off, making the total height about 1-1/8". No big deal
So the sizes I ordered were
38-1/4"
38-11/16"
39-1/8"
39-9/16"

I added some Tnuts w/spring ball, 1/4" eye bolts, and quarter turn drop in studs for future use.
I still recommend doing your own measurements as I noticed these rails flex a bit.
Overall I'm very happy with the outcome and this added some strength to my newly added Ironman awning. Super big thanks to [MENTION=176262]Eitek1[/MENTION] & [MENTION=200736]ElectroBoy[/MENTION] for posting & making this happen.

 

[ElectroBoy]

...
Overall I'm very happy with the outcome and this added some strength to my newly added Ironman awning...

Good job. I’ve been considering an awning but I thought it wouldn’t stand so high off the roof. How’s the awning bracket holding up to wind and vibration at highway speeds?

 

[s13koop]

(Not my pic)
Well my awning came in Friday so I had to crudely rig it up similar to this for my weekend camping/wheeling trip.
Fine on the road but on the trail it would wobble pretty bad. The L brackets are stout but just on the one rail isn’t that stable.
Now attached to the new setup it’s night and day difference. Doesn’t wobble at all. 70mpg no noise although I’m going to have to come up with a wind deflector. These bars are howling pretty loud. Tilted my sunroof open and it stops.

 

[ElectroBoy]

70mpg no noise although I’m going to have to come up with a wind deflector. These bars are howling pretty loud. Tilted my sunroof open and it stops.

I made an aluminum wind fairing. Go back to post 88 for an idea. It works well except I need to make a little brace at mid span. It vibrates a little at high speed. Right now I have a little rubber bumper between wind deflector and the front bar to dampen it.
Eitek has a fairing design in the works but he’s a busy guy right now, as we’ve seen in his posts.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3541137-post88.html

 

[Eitek1]

I made an aluminum wind fairing. Go back to post 88 for an idea. It works well except I need to make a little brace at mid span. It vibrates a little at high speed. Right now I have a little rubber bumper between wind deflector and the front bar to dampen it.
Eitek has a fairing design in the works but he’s a busy guy right now, as we’ve seen in his posts.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3541137-post88.html

Great to see the recent posts. That looks really good on top of your 4Runner.

I think I’m finally getting caught up. Barring another catastrophe, I’ll be putting some work into the faring this weekend. If everything goes well, I’ll be prototyping next week.

I’ve prototyped the second generation bracket and it came out perfectly. I’m really happy. It’s looking like I’ll be ready to start shipping in a few more weeks. Sorry for the delay but like Electroboy has mentioned my life lately has been a bit of a “wreck”, LOL.

 

[s13koop]

No worries man. Life happens and you gotta take care of yourself.
Posted up in the TX4Runner FB group. Seems a few are interested as well.
Keep up the great work, really appreciate it :thumb:

 

[sleepsontoilet]

No worries man. Life happens and you gotta take care of yourself.
Posted up in the TX4Runner FB group. Seems a few are interested as well.
Keep up the great work, really appreciate it :thumb:

Have you bought one already? I've been wanting to see one in person. I have also shared the link several times in the group.

 

[Eitek1]

Have you bought one already? I've been wanting to see one in person. I have also shared the link several times in the group.

[MENTION=534002]sleepsontoilet[/MENTION]

What group is it specifically? I’ll join and answer any questions that come up.

 

[sleepsontoilet]

[MENTION=534002]sleepsontoilet[/MENTION]

What group is it specifically? I’ll join and answer any questions that come up.

I'm assuming he is speaking about this one.

 

[s13koop]

Have you bought one already? I've been wanting to see one in person. I have also shared the link several times in the group.

Yes, I bought one and installed it all a week ago. My pics are on page 10 of this thread.
I posted in that Tx FB group too. If you're in the Houston area or at Hidden Falls this weekend lol you're more than welcome to check it out
Edit: Just noticed your location. I'm in Summerwood lol

 

[sleepsontoilet]

Yes, I bought one and installed it all a week ago. My pics are on page 10 of this thread.
I posted in that Tx FB group too. If you're in the Houston area or at Hidden Falls this weekend lol you're more than welcome to check it out
Edit: Just noticed your location. I'm in Summerwood lol

I live in Pinehurst around Lake Houston Parkway and Kings Park. I'd love to check it out sometime, as I've been leaning this way vs full rack since I don't really need one.

 

[nickeltitanium]

I am looking at getting a hard shell aluminum tent like the roofnest, alu-cab, etc. The standard low profile tents have "weak" crossbars and they are at or below the height of the shark fin.

Would the niserack work on aftermarket side rails? It seems like the factory side rails will not be long enough for a full length aluminum tent.