Roof Rack Pics

[DRTYFN]

It looks kind of like one of those racks that would be up on an elephant for a safari. Are you going on safari?

[DRTYFN]

That thing is $2000?!!! What's the extra $1750 for? The beer they have to drink to help them forget they made that thing?

[Adam in CO]

That's the rack that is copied from GOBI's design, only upside down. They didn't have any in the booth at SEMA, I guess out of fear of being caught.

No surprise you've got one.

Adam P. Smith
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[Buckeye Hummer]

I don't know guys, $2,000 for a roof rack is too much coin. I just saw one of these racks get eaten by a tree with 3 MAJOR bends down one side. IMO, the rails on the sides should be strong enough to lean against a tree without bending (a common sense design feature for anyone who drives off road). After they get bent they really look like crap.

[DennisAJC]

Cranky! Ma Man!

Naw, we're all just takin turns! It's all goooood.

[Detonate]

LOL. What a joke.

Let me guess, if the pipe didn't have the bend for the lights it would be a copy of a Wilderness rack right?

HAHAHA!!!

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2003 Red H2 equipped with Tough Country Heavy Duty Armor Series Front End with Winch, Rear Bumper, Brush Guard, and Roof Rack.

[This message was edited by Detonate on 12-01-03 at 06:28 PM.]

[Detonate]

Newest Pictures of my H2.

Got a new Roof Rack, hadn't put the tire up top when the pictures were taken.

The Roof Rack is a 3 piece design with spots to mount up to 6" lights in the front, and some Fogs in the Rear.

The rack has a spot to mount your spare tire as well.

The Sun Roof Insert is removable for those with a sun roof.

These pictures are also the first I've taken since I got my winch installed. Everything is coming together nicely!

The Rack, as well as the Front and Rear bumpers are made by an Off Road Shop here in Texas called Tough Country.

http://www.toughcountry.com/

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2003 Red H2 equipped with Tough Country Heavy Duty Armor Series Front End with Winch, Rear Bumper, Brush Guard, and Roof Rack.

[DennisAJC]

Detonate,

Mabye you should look for some used Roof Bars.
Wouldn't your weight limit be lowered without them?

I imagine it's suppose to rest on the Roof Bars to dissapate heavy loads?

Still, Looks good.

NAWCE poser shot in front of the lake . Had it waxed huh?

[Detonate]

It's just personal preference in my opinion.

I think the Gobi "looks" more elegant design wise. But having seen both in person feel that the TC one is more functional.

It's just the little things. Like the tire carrier. Or the Sun Roof insert. Or the way that on the sun roof insert there is a bar that protects you from sliding anything up against the lights.

/shrug

You are right though. The pricing is similar enough not to sway one person from one rack to the other.

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2003 Red H2 equipped with Tough Country Heavy Duty Armor Series Front End with Winch, Rear Bumper, Brush Guard, and Roof Rack.

[Detonate]

Not from me. I don't own Tough Country. :P

Besides. I think the forum members here are smart enough to realize that there are only so many ways to put a rectangle on top of a rectangular vehicle.

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2003 Red H2 equipped with Tough Country Heavy Duty Armor Series Front End with Winch, Rear Bumper, Brush Guard, and Roof Rack.

[Detonate]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DennisAJC:
Detonate,

Mabye you should look for some used Roof Bars.
Wouldn't your weight limit be lowered without them?

I imagine it's suppose to rest on the Roof Bars to dissapate heavy loads?

Still, Looks good.

NAWCE poser shot in front of the lake . Had it waxed huh?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I was thinking about putting up 4 roof bars to fill some of that space, but really I don't care that much. I still like the look of it.

The rack actually doesn't tough the bars at all. If anything, they simply provide a spot to anchor tie downs. I had 500lbs up on that rack and it wasn't sinking at all.

And although that was certainly a poser shot by the river, the truck was hardly clean. I had put at least 800 miles on the truck since it's last wash and it was covered in dust on bug guts.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Wussy! I'll have to find my pics of jetskiing in a february snow storm a couple years ago. A stand-up jetski no less. 3mil full suit didn't help much....<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
God damn right! There is a reason I live in Texas. I friggin HATE the cold!

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2003 Red H2 equipped with Tough Country Heavy Duty Armor Series Front End with Winch, Rear Bumper, Brush Guard, and Roof Rack.

[Detonate]

Actually these racks have been around longer than the Gobi ones have. Go figure.

But then again, I guess it's not too tough to copy a rectangle, huh?

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2003 Red H2 equipped with Tough Country Heavy Duty Armor Series Front End with Winch, Rear Bumper, Brush Guard, and Roof Rack.

[Detonate]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PhilD:
Great stuff Jim.

BTW What sort of ballpark $ are we talking about for their racks? For some obscure reason they keep this info secret on their site, which usually means expensive <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>The rack I have is $2,000. Seems to be on par with others.

Not sure if the new rack will cost more or less...

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2003 Red H2 equipped with Tough Country Heavy Duty Armor Series Front End with Winch, Rear Bumper, Brush Guard, and Roof Rack.

[Buckeye Hummer]

If you really believe in the strength of your rack than go do a serious lean against a tree and see what happens. I'm talking about a lean where a majority of weight of the truck is tossed in to a tree at the top. It won't survive with this much force and the way they are currently designed.

[HappyJack]

There are 1/4-20 thread inserts put into the bottom of the steel tubing. The crimp kind, see the Thread Setter on eastwoodcompany.com. The aluminum is counter bored from the bottom for SS cap head screws.

There are other ways to connect the feet. You could weld on a flange and just bolt through it into the aluminum. That is how many of the rack companies connect there feet.

Cheers

[Detonate]

First of all, they are Roof Racks. Not overhead nerf bars.

However, assuming it does bend. I'd take the 2k loss in my rack over the damage that would happen to my roof without the rack anyday.

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2003 Red H2 equipped with Tough Country Heavy Duty Armor Series Front End with Winch, Rear Bumper, Brush Guard, and Roof Rack.

[ZeroTolerance]

Detonate:
I like that rack man, what does one of those cost? I think they look better than the others, personally...

[RIC-H0]

I really like the tough country stuff! Being from Texas, everything is a little bigger than most. I happen to like the higher sidewalls on the roof rack.
I am currently designing my own roof rack, and plan to incorporate the best of everyones designs.
Is that breaking the rules?
I guess we wouldn't be driving the awesome vehicles that we do, if the best ideas of different makers weren't incorporated into one.

Can't we all just get along!?

Ric

[Cranky Steve]

Hey, with how deep all the BS is getting around here, ya need a rack up top just to get up high enough to save your watch .......

Founding Member of RCRC 4wd Club Scaramento, CA www.rcrc4x4.com
Pirate4x4.com Vendor & Toyota Truck and 4Runner Talk Forum Moderator

[Detonate]

Side Shot

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2003 Red H2 equipped with Tough Country Heavy Duty Armor Series Front End with Winch, Rear Bumper, Brush Guard, and Roof Rack.