Roof Rack

JOE · Post by **JOE** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:59 pm

Does anyone know if they make roofracks for 4WD wagons anymore.
I've been looking online and can't seem to find anything. Does anyone have a roofrack on their car?

dcn · Post by **dcn** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:15 pm

I've got the factory one, but I dunno, I'd say it's maybe around 50/50 as far as the amount I've seen that have 'em. You must be able to find one somewhere..
Maybe the dealership will sell you one, but if my 'TOYOTA' sticker for my trunk was going to be around 50, then you can guess what a rack would be..

brianp · Post by **brianp** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:57 pm

There's always yakima and thule racks. Not OEM, but good racks. Someone else had a post on racks, you might do a search.

Typrus · Post by **Typrus** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:05 pm

My folks had a Yakima that grabbed the rain-gutter things on the side. It was very sturdy and handled 3 full size mountain bikes at 70mph with ease... On flat ground lol. It builds up a massive wind resistance.

Lollypop · Post by **Lollypop** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:15 pm

I'm not sure what rack you want besides the original but they have lots on ebay...the one I want ( but am going to make myself) is the safari rack that runs the whole length of the car, then you can mount lights on the front I may can get ya an OEM from a salvage car here localy but it will be a couple days before I can go by.

Hey DCN send me a close up of the "TOYOTA" sticker ya want, as some jackass paintedx mover mine, and I will get one to ya. I do comercial sign and have the equipment to make ANY decal so give me a hollar and we'll get ya one

takza · Post by **takza** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:47 am

I made a full top rack using 2"x2"s...screwed from below thru the roof in 6 places. It will hold sheets of plywood or ???...has screw eyes on the outside to tie ropes to....set back from the front some to avoid air drag. Didn't seem to harm mpg any.

dcn · Post by **dcn** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:17 am

Lollypop, I've already got one from a similar company in my area, but thanks a lot for your offer! That's nice volunteering like that.

They did a nice job, I'd recommend it to anyone who needs a new decal.

If you wanna see the job places like Lollypops can do you can see my thread here:

viewtopic.php?t=1218
DA

Mosquito · Post by **Mosquito** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:42 pm

takza wrote:I made a full top rack using 2"x2"s...screwed from below thru the roof in 6 places. It will hold sheets of plywood or ???...has screw eyes on the outside to tie ropes to....set back from the front some to avoid air drag. Didn't seem to harm mpg any.

Cletus, you got any purdy daughters????

I've got the p.o.'s Yakima bars--very sturdy. Last week, I had an 8' oak church pew up there, got some stares, but other than being a little sluggish and maybe tilting a bit more around the corners, everything was cool.

I've also used those "quick clamps" that seem to be so popular with kayakers--I have some attached to some square tubing--equally as sturdy as the Yakima bars.

Either way, be roof rack is removable, bars are adjustable front to back, and can accept all sorts of different loads. I was even thinking of trying to fab up some sort of basket to attach.

Lollypop · Post by **Lollypop** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:59 pm

No problem DCN..Glad ya got some localy

If any of you other guys need some let me know and I'll cut a bunch for folks outta some scrap I have layin' around

-----Justin-----