Hey all.

I've got an 89 2 door 2nd gen 4runner.
It's had a roof rack on it for years that was bolted through the roof in 4 spots, 2 front and 2 back (where the outside roof rails used to be).
However, since fitting a roof top tent and doing some pretty hectic corrugations and tracks in general, it has cracked the roof at 3 of the 4 mounting points.
Rather than just cut in new roof metal and weld etc to replace where the cracks are, I'd like to mod a better solution.

I was thinking of building internal mounts under the headlining so the weight is on the top edge of the body where it's much stronger, rather than directly on the roof.
Or possibly external bars coming up from rear bar and side steps so the weight is on the chassis not the body, but unsure of legalities and also work involved.

Any thoughts or mods you've seen that got around this issue?

Cheers!