4x4YOTA

iTrader: (2)

Im lookin to put a roof rack on my toyota pick up and Im not finding any options or ways does anybody know a play or can give my ideas/pics to make my own

lr9788

Is this for lights?
If so, why not make a lightbar?
I could be wrong but i thought roof racks were for things you didnt want in the car. If thats the case just throw it in the bed of your truck

davenjai

+1 Those Safari racks on the 4R's make me jealous. I just put a topper on mine and want something for the canoe. When the topper is off, it would be nice to have a spare carrier. I'm no help

4x4YOTA

iTrader: (2)

well I want a rack on my topper cuz i sleep in my truck and dont want to movestuff around every time i get in or out

ozzydg55

Check out coleman roof rack at coscos website its $75 and its nice

notanymore

did you try a search? i remember seeing a thread like this a few months back.

Tacoma750

i plan on making a safari basket for my pickup...BUT it will be mounted on the bed. The bottom of the basket will sit at the top of the bed. So i'lll have storage under it for gear and stuff...than a place for my spare on the basket. Whatever else i have can go on it aswell.

ToyYoda

Mine is a Yakima. I've been debating taking it off tho.

davenjai

It mount's to an existing roof rack.

89red4x4yota

how about making a ladder rack type mounting sytem so the front of the basket sits on your roof and the rear of the basket sits past the top of the cab and overhangs the bed and is supported by the "ladder rack"

TC4RNR

i've been searching for a good roof rack for my 4 runner for a long while. here is some little info i gethered.

1.) rain gutter is a big + for roof racks, if your truck has them, consider yourself a lucky guy, because you can find the gutter mount towers on ebay for dirtcheap. and it's mounted on the exterior so it won't cause the troulbes on the doors and weather guard.

2.) without the gutters, you need to have 4 or 2+2 doors in order for the roof rack towers to be clamped on. except 3.)

3.) aftermarket permanent roof mounted tracks are available, and after calling Yakima few times, that's what i bought couple weeks ago. in your case, you can buy the 42" tracks and if it's too long, you can cut it down to whatever you want to. then just add landing pad and control towers, crossbars, too. downside for this application is, well it's permanent, involves drilling the roof(no biggy). i'll try to put mine on this weekend if the rain stops.

if you have four doors, call yakima see if this setup would work:

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f109...-160-a-129202/

note the coleman basket is not part of the deal. just to show how sturdy the rack is with a fullsize spare on top.