im looking for a roof rack for my truck. what kinda roof racks do u guys have? pics would be cool too.

 

Surco 45" x 60" on Thule load bars (with Thule fairing) that mount onto the OEM roof rails w/ (4) Hella 500s (2) driving (2) fog

 

thats awesome, basically what im lookin for

 

Cool pics Brian!

 

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He he he.... you start on your dual batteries yet?

 

Let me know if you want a parts list etc. and an idea of what you'll spend, places to shop etc. I went down that road before I found mine used locally.


Yep, I was having some fun! Rick took a bunch of good pics for us at Tellico!


I got too many mods to do, the parts are on my garage shelf as I type, and not enough weekends to do them all, but dual batts is definitely on my list to do in the near future!

 

yeah what roof rack would u suggest, keep price in mind

 

Surco's are nice, but kinda flimsy for heavy loads... maybe just light stuff like tents and bags and such. They make great light holders though!

See?



ARB racks are great and tough, but they're HEAVY and $$$. So are the newer aluminum safari racks...

Trademan makes a nice rack, that's tough, heavy duty, and reasonably priced. It'll probably be my next acquisition after selling my ARB rack.

 

I love my Surco 45" x 60" as it mounts to the Thule load bars or can mount straight up to the OME roof rails, either way, just requires different mounting hardware. I found the Surco online for $149, don't remember where, and the mounting hardware will run you about $40 and then the light mounts are $25/pair. I'd say count on about $250 for a new one shipped, at least. Shop around the internet for the best price and see if you can find some free shipping somewhere. The whole rack weighs less than 25 lbs, so you aren't loading up your roof w/ excess weight.

Good luck!

 

how much are u selling it for?

 

The rack I'm selling is made by Bauer. Its the AdventureRak model.

http://www.bauergear.com/

I'll have to see if I can find some pics of it on the 4Runner.

 

oh i dont really care what it looks like as long as it works, how much are u sellin it for?

 

I've got the surco as well, but you might want to check ebay. There is some guy who makes nice welded racks, the item description usually says something about 'say no to junk', so that's something to search for. They look really good, I just didn't want to mess with shipping by greyhound bus.

 

$100 without the light tabs, $130 with them.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36944

 

I'll have to add my recommendation here...

Con-Ferr!

 

IMO a steel tubing rack is WAY too heavy for a 4Runner as a comparable steel rack to the Surco(22 lb) would weigh 4-5 times as much(88-110 lbs), thus negating the ability to put anything of any weight on the roof without exceeding the 150 lb limit.

 

well what do u guys think about this
http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Trails/1261/rack.htm

 

Building a PVC basket and painting it black might be what I will do next, I think it looks pretty damn good myself.

 

BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHA! PVC!

 

Surco here too... did the same thing Waskilly did.