Alpha Foxtrot roof rack.

Blue109

Blue109

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These guys are local to me and the price on their rack is killer so I gave it a shot. Wait time was about 2 weeks. They do free shipping but I just went and picked it up. Assembly was easy. Everything lined up perfect. Pretty light. I installed it myself with a little help to guide it onto the roof. Install was cake and everything lined up no issue. Feels rock solid and I can shake the truck with no flex in the rails. Climbed on top and feels solid. Haven't had it on the highway yet but no bad wind noise driving around in town. Uses carriage bolts to attach anything you want. They sell side panels and deck panels as well. Pretty happy so far.
 

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Blue109 said:
Alpha Foxtrot
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I like that the crossbars look like they sit flush with the side rails, good design. Looks like a nice rack overall.

Any idea how you could mount stuff to the side of the side rails if needed? A lot of other racks have holes drilled in the side for mounting locations, this one looks like it has large oval slots.
 
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T4R_Canuck said:
I like that the crossbars look like they sit flush with the side rails, good design. Looks like a nice rack overall.

Any idea how you could mount stuff to the side of the side rails if needed? A lot of other racks have holes drilled in the side for mounting locations, this one looks like it has large oval slots.
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The side rails just have the open slots, but the top of the rails still have provisions for standard carriage bolts down the entire length, so it wouldn't be to hard to make a 90* bracket if you needed something hanging off the side. It's a pretty utilitarian design.
 
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Does the front deflector touch the paint at all? If so are you running a clear strip for protection?
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He provided a rubber strip with the rack to fill the gap between the wind deflector and roof
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Eventually you'll end up with a rusty groove in the paint. On my old tacoma I had the rubber boot on the shell. I didn't take long to sand right though.
 
Zlots said:
Eventually you'll end up with a rusty groove in the paint. On my old tacoma I had the rubber boot on the shell. I didn't take long to sand right though.
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You can easily not add the boot and it will sit 1/4” or so above the roof


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The front feet are adjustable so you could probably crank it up enough to keep the rubber off the roof or just remove it. The rubber is touching the roof on mine right now but I plan on getting some clear tape for it and keeping an eye on it.
Ran to the hardware store today to get some carriage bolts and found these handles. Going to make some mounts for stuff!!!
 

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Blue109 said:
The front feet are adjustable so you could probably crank it up enough to keep the rubber off the roof or just remove it. The rubber is touching the roof on mine right now but I plan on getting some clear tape for it and keeping an eye on it.

Ran to the hardware store today to get some carriage bolts and found these handles. Going to make some mounts for stuff!!!
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Those will work awesome thats how i mount my boards and a cable gun lock threw the handles and under one crossbar
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Zlots said:
Eventually you'll end up with a rusty groove in the paint. On my old tacoma I had the rubber boot on the shell. I didn't take long to sand right though.
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Freaked me out a little here so I pulled the rubber until I get some vinyl or 3M under there. No mark so far. If it doesn't make noise like this I'll just leave it off. Will report back
 

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biratley said:
He provided a rubber strip with the rack to fill the gap between the wind deflector and roof
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Decided to look into a light bar for this rack. Dumb question.. How are you mounting your light bar to it? I know there’s a cutout for one, but just not sure how a bracket would go on?
 
Update! I removed the rubber strip and it actually made the rack less noisy so I'm just leaving it off lol. The little bit of wind roar I got seems to be gone.
 
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