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Old 03-04-2014, 04:02 PM
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There's a guy on ebay that sells great quality steel Molle stuff for jeeps. I've bought some of this stuff and had my eye on an overhead rack he makes.

However I really want a LOT of attachment area so I'm considering buying the Black Epoxy Coated Deluxe Grid Panel for Retail Display 2' x 4' Priced 3 Per Carton from Amazon for $52 delivered.

I measured the width of the Wrangler and see 3 areas where I can span this by securing to the roll bar padding.

This gives me aaaaallll that space to attach stuff, cables, electronics etc and maybe even my CB.

I already have tons of velcro, so my thoughts are to just use plastic wire ties and velcro to secure so it can't slide or bounce or rattle.

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I can't help but think that no matter how you secure this, and secure things to it, this will rattle like crazy.
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Yup, I would need to super secure everything for sure or it will come tumbling down in the mountains.

I wouldn't want it to touch anything other than the roll bar pads and the stuff I attach to it needs to be cinched down tight.

Hey if you know some good wheelin and camping spots North of you, feel free to pass it on. When I head N I usually go to Canada.
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I usually go to Walker Valley, right near Big Lake. There's also all kind of old forest service roads along the Mountain Loop Highway that lend themselves to a good time.
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Thanks for that, I'm not overly familiar with anything North, but I love to primitive camp away from the state parks and camp grounds. I went out of Darrington one night, intend to go back and see how far back I can get.
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Do you have a link or pictures of it so we can see what it looks like?
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I actually did this project with some MOLLE fabric panels, plasti-dip, plexiglass, and some zip ties. I'll post pics soon.



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