Homemade Tiedown Rails
 

Developed these "tiedown rails" for the storage area of my 2008 X Unlimited - took about 30 minutes do make the rails, plus the time for the paint to dry
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Picked up a couple of 36" long 1-1/2" slotted angle pieces from Home Depot trimmed them to 33-1/4" in length, then did some light grinding to smooth the edges and corners
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Grabbed my T40 torx and removed the roof bolts from one side of the rear cargo area...
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... and centered the rails holes on the middle roof bolt hole
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Marked where the outer roof bolts need to go and and removed the materials as needed to let the outer roof bolts pass through the rails. My cut was kinda rough (the second one was better) but it's hidden under the bolt anyway.
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More to follow...

The rail should line up nicely between the pin just behind the back door and the rear of the JK
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Double check fit by installing the roof bolts and making sure nothing is out of place
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Paint to your preference and install - i used Rustoleum "truck bed liner" the textured black looks good in my Black X Unlimted
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COST - about $25 including the paint

CAUTIONARY NOTE - the slotting is different on each face of the angle so, if your as anal as I am double check your setup. I'm going to have to redo one side. Not sure which yet.

Very nice. It's simple, and functional.:thumbsup:

I like it! Thanks for the write up!

Looks good man I will do it next week. :clap:

Thanks guys

I try to tell my wife that wandering around home depot is not a total waste of time:bow:

I did it last night! Woohooo!

Great idea, gonna do it this weekend. Thanks.