Toad! Isn't this a little far out of your area?

 

You know she's all over the place, getting in everyone's business

 

I think TOAD saw the words JEEP AND GREAT RACK and thought we were talking about her!!!!!!

 

Too true

 

Scouter,

Been looking at that rack myself. Would love to see it 4 real. Could I come take a look?

 

If it ever comes in, sure. I'm still waiting for it. Going camping all next week and was hoping to have it, now I have to haul a heavy ass trailer instead, ugh. Hopefully it will be in by the time I get back.

 

Well finally after 2 months of waiting I finally got the rack in and installed. It's a bit of a pain to install, but once it's done, it is very solid and I like it a lot. The most difficult parts are the 2 rear forward supports as you have to drill large holes inside to get the washer and nut in there, however, the bolt it comes with is so shrt you can't get the washer and nut on as they fall off before they get to it, I have a couple of each now sitting in there somewhere.

Front support bar installed, notice it has light tabs. I will not use these as I got the air dam which blocks these, no biggie, don;t need the extra lights.


The front support attaches to the windshield mount, so this was very easy and took all of 10 minutes to install. I reused the the existing bolts as they were longer and being back looked better.


Another view of the front support. It looks like it's way above, but the low angle of the camera added to the affect, plus you'll see in a few pics that it needs to be high. Also notice, you can not see it at all from inside, so it does not block any view.


Here she is with the full rack on. I've noticed a very slight shimmy on the freeway, but absolutely no noise. I'm very glad I got the air dam.


Here's a close up of the front of the rack. Notice the light tabs are blocked, but at the same time add support to the dam so it doesn't bend under a heavy head wind.


There has been a lot said about how high this rack sits, but on all the others I've seen it was on a hard top. This is why it sits so high, the clearance between the soft top and rack is only about 2".


Here is a shot of the rear mounting. Yes you have to drill, but I used RTV on the back of the supports and around the holes, so I should not have any issues with rust. I'm planning to get the corner guards later this year, which will add more support to the rear most bracket, but it reall does not need it, I sat up on top, sorry no pics, and it did not move at all. It's rated to hold 400lbs, so I'm half that.


Last note on it. I've been driving with it on for about 4 days and saw a slight drop in mpg's, but only about 2/10th a mile, so it may stay on most of the time as it really will need 4 people to get it off the easiest way.

 

Nice Joe!!

Cool pics!