Garvin Roof Rack with custom Hi-lift mount and custom RAM GPS Mount Installed
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Garvin Roof Rack with custom Hi-lift mount and custom RAM GPS Mount Installed
Here's my new Garvin Wilderness Roof rack with custom hi-lift brackets. This is a nice rack and was a breeze to install (except it was ten below zero with the windchill when it put it on).
I also recently fabbed a bracket to use my RAM GPS mount. This is a slick set-up because I use the same mount on my motorcycle.
Next on my list are air compressor, suspension, and front bumper/winch . . . . All I'm waiting for now is the weather to warm up a bit. Damn I wish I had a heated garage!
I also recently fabbed a bracket to use my RAM GPS mount. This is a slick set-up because I use the same mount on my motorcycle.
Next on my list are air compressor, suspension, and front bumper/winch . . . . All I'm waiting for now is the weather to warm up a bit. Damn I wish I had a heated garage!
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Nice rack and install!
I can see you have big plans for your 4Runner if only I wasn't a broke college student! How much did that cage run you? I'm just wondering as I just got the yak and was wondering how they compared in price. How "custom" are the mounts you used. Did you order them from GW or did you have them made?
I can see you have big plans for your 4Runner if only I wasn't a broke college student! How much did that cage run you? I'm just wondering as I just got the yak and was wondering how they compared in price. How "custom" are the mounts you used. Did you order them from GW or did you have them made?
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Originally posted by turboale
How much did that cage run you? I'm just wondering as I just got the yak and was wondering how they compared in price. How "custom" are the mounts you used. Did you order them from GW or did you have them made?
How much did that cage run you? I'm just wondering as I just got the yak and was wondering how they compared in price. How "custom" are the mounts you used. Did you order them from GW or did you have them made?
I made the hi-lift mounts from 1" angle iron and some grade 8 bolts with spacers. Cost less than $10 or so. It puts the hi-lift along the side of the rack rather than above the rack like the garvin mount. Plus I made a couple extra brackets for the other side to mount a shovel or axe or whatever.
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Hey Transalper-
I just checked out your website, and I had wondered if your user name had anything to do with a Honda Transalp...LOL. I actually use to have NX 250, either '88 or '89, can't remember. I bought it used in my first summer home from college. I put on a Supertrap, made a small custom rack on the back and drove that thing everywhere around the southern NM desert. I sold it two years later for what I paid for it. Too much fun...
I just checked out your website, and I had wondered if your user name had anything to do with a Honda Transalp...LOL. I actually use to have NX 250, either '88 or '89, can't remember. I bought it used in my first summer home from college. I put on a Supertrap, made a small custom rack on the back and drove that thing everywhere around the southern NM desert. I sold it two years later for what I paid for it. Too much fun...
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Looking good! Everyone should have a highlift.. they are lifesavers on and off the road! I am hoping to get my Yak installed when I get my Runner back on US soil in September!!
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Originally posted by UKMyers
Everyone should have a highlift.. they are lifesavers on and off the road!
Everyone should have a highlift.. they are lifesavers on and off the road!
NX250 . . .
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