Full length roof rack build

[tS_kStin]

Ignore this, woops.

 

[tS_kStin]

Nice rack! Haha. That's pretty much exactly what I'm going for in design on mine, except I'm going to slightly radius the tubes so it contours to the roof for an even lower profile. I like the mitered corners too. Maybe I'll do that instead of buying dies for the bender. A bit more cost effective. Well done though!

Thanks haha! I do wish I would have done a slight radius, but it sits pretty good still. In my mind doing the corners the way I did was easier in nearly every way over trying to bend them so that is what I went with.

 

[tS_kStin]

Guys! I got it back from powdercoating and it is mounted! The 30" lightbar is on as well however I did not wire it today, thats for next week.

 

[Unner]

That looks sooo good! How much did you spend on just the metal if you don't mind me asking? I'm contemplating teaching myself to weld somehow and making one myself haha

 

[Range]

I envy you guys with the skill to do this. If I knew how to weld my truck would probably look like the Millennium Falcon.

 

[tS_kStin]

That looks sooo good! How much did you spend on just the metal if you don't mind me asking? I'm contemplating teaching myself to weld somehow and making one myself haha

Thanks! Its fine, I think the total for the metal alone came to about $250ish I wanna say. Would have to look back at the receipts to know for sure but it is close to that. I would say do it, it is amazing knowing how to weld. MIG or wire feed is the easiest and what i used for this build even though I know stick and a bit of TIG (well not good enough at tig to use it on a project yet). Find yourself a MIG welder or someone that has one and will let you use it, start out on some thicker metal so you don't burn through and go from there.

 

[tS_kStin]

I envy you guys with the skill to do this. If I knew how to weld my truck would probably look like the Millennium Falcon.

Hahaha :lmao: You should totally learn to weld at least with MIG. It is not hard at all compared to the other forms of welding (stick and TIG... TIG sucks but is fun) I am not planning out a front and rear bumper and also a Hitch mount for a grill cuz why not right?

 

[tS_kStin]

That looks amazing! I wish I would have taken a welding class when I was in high school. It's much harder to find an opportunity like that once your out. If I could weld I would have all kinds of goodies for my 4Runner haha. That looks like a nice shop you have access to there as well.

Thanks! Man yeah I am so glad I took that class! I am also very lucky with who I know for that shop, that helped a lot with getting it squared up.

 

[ranbar02]

That looks great. Good job.

 

[Diesel_Dog]

What sized tube did you use? If you were to do it again, what would you do differently? Any pictures of the mounts?

 

[Myrunr2010]

All said and done, what'd you spend on material?

 

[tS_kStin]

What sized tube did you use? If you were to do it again, what would you do differently? Any pictures of the mounts?

The tubing is 1" 16 guage. I would really only want to be able to get a slight bend in the pipe to fit the roof line but that is being picky. Otherwise it came out how I wanted it to. As for mounting, on the front 2 feet I put Right Stuff under the feet so it would just stick to the roof and not shake and rattle, then there are 3 bolts on each side that go through some gussets and into the stock side rail nuts.

 

[tS_kStin]

All said and done, what'd you spend on material?

Not sure where my invoices are, however I want to say it was around $250ish for material and then $125 for powdercoating.

 

[HammerHead]

Looks great

 

[tS_kStin]

Looks great

Thanks! :thumb3:

 

[Jon]

Personally, I can't stand any of the big name roof racks out there. They stick up way to high and just look dumb.

You've got the right idea. Full length and keep it low profile. Turned out real nice man. I'll probably be attacking that project after I finish building my rear swingouts. So far, you and Whitson have the best racks I've seen. Roof racks.... Whitson Metalworks |

What's the next project you've got planned?

 

[tS_kStin]

Personally, I can't stand any of the big name roof racks out there. They stick up way to high and just look dumb.

You've got the right idea. Full length and keep it low profile. Turned out real nice man. I'll probably be attacking that project after I finish building my rear swingouts. So far, you and Whitson have the best racks I've seen. Roof racks.... Whitson Metalworks |

What's the next project you've got planned?

Thanks! I did actually base my design off Whitson/ Gobi. I just didn't want to spend that money for those pre built ones.

I think I am going to buy rock sliders from 4x innovations, then build a front and rear bumper hopefully. Just have to see how timing works out if I get the time.

 

[wslytoy]

That is so effing sweet. Definitely some good work.

 

[tS_kStin]

That is so effing sweet. Definitely some good work.

Thanks man! I am super happy with how it turned out.

 

[RockenAlex]

I like this a lot more than the curved designs It doesn't match the lines of the car but there's something sexy about angles. This is what I'll be basing my design off of for sure! Outside the box is always better to me.

Thanks for sharing man!