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I am building a roof rack, any suggestions or ideas?

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Old 03-05-2010, 09:52 PM
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EVO made a sweet rack for SEMA this year that bolted to the cage. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that EVO is working on a way to use the same rack with the top up/on. Maybe interchangeable mounting systems of some kind? EVO builds some amazing stuff...and they seem to really think through the engineering. Are you listening EVO? If you build it, I will come!
Old 03-05-2010, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by warlord
i thought the hard tops were very weak and fragile.

would it shatter the top when weight is added
yes this is true. the one being discussed was designed with brackets that mounted to the JK's roll bars through the roof effectively transferring the load from the rack to the roll bars...not in prouction though
Old 03-05-2010, 10:13 PM
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too bad these jeeps werent built like the classic military ones where the seats where much higher in comparison and we would be able to make racks for the hood
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I just got the steel tubing today so im gonna start some time soon on it
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Yea iv made one of them, but i haul kayaks.



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