SixthSnail
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I guess I'll do a small review and comparison to my FrontRunner rack. Along with a "How To" fit a lightbar on the rack cleanly.
Overall, I rank both Prinsu and frontrunner an 8/10. Both are great racks.
Prinsu beats FR in price pretty handily. My full rack was cheaper than my 3/4 rack from FR.
Prinsu beats FR in style (personal opinion). I like the fairing look on a full length rack.
Both are pretty similar in customer service. FR is slightly quicker, but some of that is due to the transition to CBI.
Prinsu beats FR in modularity.
FR beats Prinsu in accessories. For some reason the T4R rack, doesn't have the awning mounts that the Tacoma has.
FR beats Prinsu in design testing (it would seem). FR doesn't release their product until it is perfect and exactly how they want it. Where I see this lacking on the rack that was just installed on the rack is the wind fairing.
First, we tried to lower the wind fairing to the lowest setting so that the light bar behind could shine through the cutout. The problem was that the fairing would contact the roof so it could not be lowered past even the highest position. My friend decided that we could cut the fairing. It took a couple of tries, but we ended up cutting 13/16" off the bottom of the fairing. Great idea, would work great but if you use the bar that comes with it, the actual bar touches the roof. So there is no way to put the bar on the lowest setting even without the fairing.
Luckily, Prinsu provides a single bar for the very back of the 4runners since the sharkfin antenna gets blocked without it.
We bolted the fairing to that bar and mounted it up. Worked fine and the lightbar just barely clears. Overall, a success!
It would be a lot cleaner if we didn't have to cut into the logo, but we had no choice. If Prinsu designs this properly, they can make it so the logo is clean and sits in a different spot, as well as allowing 4runner owners to run lightbars cleanly without having to cut their new rack or have the lightbar sit above the rack.
I'm really happy with the rack. It looks awesome and I can't wait to really use it!
I do need to grab another single crossbar from Zach since the other one now holds the fairing.
Here are some crappy pics. I have been taking shitty cell phone pics when lighting is at it's worst so sorry... I'll take better ones soon.
This one shows the pieces cut off.
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Overall, I rank both Prinsu and frontrunner an 8/10. Both are great racks.
Prinsu beats FR in price pretty handily. My full rack was cheaper than my 3/4 rack from FR.
Prinsu beats FR in style (personal opinion). I like the fairing look on a full length rack.
Both are pretty similar in customer service. FR is slightly quicker, but some of that is due to the transition to CBI.
Prinsu beats FR in modularity.
FR beats Prinsu in accessories. For some reason the T4R rack, doesn't have the awning mounts that the Tacoma has.
FR beats Prinsu in design testing (it would seem). FR doesn't release their product until it is perfect and exactly how they want it. Where I see this lacking on the rack that was just installed on the rack is the wind fairing.
First, we tried to lower the wind fairing to the lowest setting so that the light bar behind could shine through the cutout. The problem was that the fairing would contact the roof so it could not be lowered past even the highest position. My friend decided that we could cut the fairing. It took a couple of tries, but we ended up cutting 13/16" off the bottom of the fairing. Great idea, would work great but if you use the bar that comes with it, the actual bar touches the roof. So there is no way to put the bar on the lowest setting even without the fairing.
Luckily, Prinsu provides a single bar for the very back of the 4runners since the sharkfin antenna gets blocked without it.
We bolted the fairing to that bar and mounted it up. Worked fine and the lightbar just barely clears. Overall, a success!
It would be a lot cleaner if we didn't have to cut into the logo, but we had no choice. If Prinsu designs this properly, they can make it so the logo is clean and sits in a different spot, as well as allowing 4runner owners to run lightbars cleanly without having to cut their new rack or have the lightbar sit above the rack.
I'm really happy with the rack. It looks awesome and I can't wait to really use it!
I do need to grab another single crossbar from Zach since the other one now holds the fairing.
Here are some crappy pics. I have been taking shitty cell phone pics when lighting is at it's worst so sorry... I'll take better ones soon.
This one shows the pieces cut off.
The old:
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