Where to find roof rack?!

[PandaMan]

We have a 2000 T4R sr5 and my wife decided to drive into the garage with our yakima load warrior and bike on top ripping the factory rails off the car. The sliders on the roof are salvageable, but I need to find some factory rails that go across the car and attach to the roof if that makes sense. I'm looking to buy really soon! I've been looking on craigslist and around on ebay and all, any good sites for buying a roof rack?


Thanks in advance!


Scott

 

[Blanco]

Ouch. How did the Yakima basket make out?

There seems to be a lot of people looking for OEM rails on the forum lately, including myself up until recently. There really isn't a viable aftermarket option for rails that I know of (other than gutter mount Yak or Thule), although if you do a search of the forum on 'roof rack rails', someone mentioned one potential alternative when I was looking less than a month ago. Another member also said that you may have luck at a Toyota dealership, however the 3rd Gen roof rack assembly has been discontinued. Scrap yards and part-outs seem to be your best bet. I managed to pickup the rails, the bars and everything in great shape about 90 kms from where I live for $80.00 a few weeks back. Good luck in your search.