Roof Rack Drilling

Put locking washers then flat washers onto the carriage bolts.

Roof rack drilling.

Aluminum is on average 30 lighter than steel. This means less wind noise and more clearance for parking structures. The new front runner all aluminum slimline ii patented design offers the best strength to weight ratio of any roof rack. This looks nice but was not the cleverest idea i have come up with recently.

We recommend those rack bars which will fit the vehicle by attaching into the factory mounting points. Drilling into the vehicle s roof panel is required. The all aluminum front runner slimline ii can withstand greater stresses than the best all steel roof rack at 1 3rd less the weight. Anyone seeing anything out there.

This product is designed for permanent installation. Roof rack rails decided to fit roof rack rails to my hilux last weekend. The rig is certainly comin. Really interested in getting a roof rack on my dcsb but i m not wanting to drill holes.

When i removed the covers i found lots of rust under the covers and decided to keep the covers off and fit the roofrack rails over the gutter. On today s episode of jukemods we finish fabricating a custom diy and very budget conscious roof rack tray for the jimny. On my hilux 1999 there is a covered gutter on the roof. No holes means no leaks to worry about.

Drill each mark on you panels with a 1 8 drill bit then drill again with a 1 4 drill bit and finally drill once more with a 1 2 drill bit. The rack brackets that come with this roof rack system are be arranged in three different ways and this ability is mostly dependent on the shape of the rails. Unique design and patent on the mounts. Mark out on your solar panels where they are going to land on the strut channels.

Our roof rack system does not require any drilling into the vehicle roof. Other options also include those who fit into the vehicle s roof ditch those which fixedly attach to your roof using a specialized track mount or even better those which drill into the side rails.