Roof racks!?

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jaydee911
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My tercel:: 87 t4wd

Roof racks!?

Post by jaydee911 »

:lol: Roof racks who's got em and how hard is it to install?
Thinking about camping and summer time fun wanting to be able to get my tinner or maybe a few kayaks up there.

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87 tercel wagon
87 toyota pick up 4" on 33s flat bed
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GLet71
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My tercel:: '87 6-spd SR5 4wd Wagon
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Re: Roof racks!?

Post by GLet71 »

Go aftermarket gutter style racks, I've had the stock Toyota ones, and they're flimsy as hell.
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Majorette France Tercel 4WD - Fini
Formerly:
'87 6spd SR5 4WD modified Wagon (Ron, the post-apocalyptic summer ride)
'87 6spd dlx 4wd Wagon (Pinkman Got Nuthin', aka Pinky)
'87 Auto dlx 4WD Wagon (Otto, temporary parts car)
'88 6spd SR5 4WD Wagon (Perry, the parts car)
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helipilot77
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My tercel:: 1984 SR5 wagon
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Re: Roof racks!?

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This is mine. Yakima gutter clamps with custom cedar cross bars.
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Petros
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My tercel:: '84 Tercel4wd w/extensive mods
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Re: Roof racks!?

Post by Petros »

you can get a great deal on used Yakama or other similar high priced roof racks that use the older gutter mounts, none of the new cars have rain gutters. So people want to clear them out of their garage, closet,etc.

I have found them in Good Will stores, garage sales, or on craig's list for $10-$20. new they are many hundreds. I think the last one I bought with all kinds of attachments (for skis, bikes, etc) with the whole rack assemblies for $20.

Just make sure they adjust far enough down to fit the width of the rain gutters on the car (sometimes you can cut them down too).
'87 Tercel 4wd SR5 (current engine swap project)
'84 Tercel 4wd (daily driver, with on going mods)
'92 Mazda MPV 4wd (wife's daily driver)
'85 Tercel 4wd DLX auto(daughter's daily driver)
'01 Honda Civic (other daughter's daily driver)
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T4WDgambler
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My tercel:: 1985, Toyota, Tercel, manual, 4WD, SR5, stock,

Re: Roof racks!?

Post by T4WDgambler »

So I just bought a set of roof racks and the towers are too short to reach the gutters... what did I do wrong? Are there taller towers? Ok update found out I need Yakima 1A towers for it to work...
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