DIY Low-profile Crossbars

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I wasn't thinking of building the rack out of DOM...sorry for the confusion. I was looking at two different options that would meet my 'low profile' requirements.

1. Pipe/tube crossbars that just barely clear the hump in the middle of the roof, OR
2. A barebones flat rack with no side rails.

In looking closely at some pics of the Gobi Stealth racks I actually think this might be easily converted as MUD mentioned and I could easily tweak the mounts to lower it closer to the roof if space allowed. The Stealth version seems to have removable supports along the side and appears to only need cutting in the front and rear to remove the side rail.

Hmmmm...wheels turning.

EDIT: ...or maybe they're not removable...can someone with a Gobi Stealth rack confirm whether these side braces are welded in place? They look different than they do on other Gobi racks and just want to confirm before I pull the trigger on anything.

[guruerror]

Well...I scrapped the plumbing pipe plan and pulled the trigger on a Gobi stealth rack...$700+147 shipping. It came yesterday and I dropped it off at Rudy's for a little plasma cutting and powder coating.

They're gonna cut the top bar off to convert it to a flat rack and re-powder coat it. To get the lowest profile possible I may have to have some shorter mounting brackets fabbed. It looks like it'll set pretty close to the roof as is...but we'll see.

The work should be done by Monday-Tuesday...I'll post pics as this progresses.

EDIT: in case anyone else is wondering...the outer portion of the sandwich clamp is removable once you get the Allen bolt out; but there's a metal support welded in place connecting both the top and bottom rail.