Landrover soft top roof rack project

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• Mar 12, 2016

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Thanks Jam,
Yeah on reflection i think chequer plate is wrong. I wonder how i can finish that to keep it from corroding/rusting. I was gonna have it all powder coated but with use will the finish come off the eges of that mesh? Perhaps stainless steel mesh is the answer?

 

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• Mar 12, 2016

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Looking good Legscrane,

Makes me want to start looking at something similar.

What pipe bender are you using? and what steel are you using for that .



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• Mar 12, 2016

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Legscrane said:

Thanks Jam,
Yeah on reflection i think chequer plate is wrong. I wonder how i can finish that to keep it from corroding/rusting. I was gonna have it all powder coated but with use will the finish come off the eges of that mesh? Perhaps stainless steel mesh is the answer?

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Why not use stainless mesh and bolt it into place, then if you damage it , it is easy to change and would not need to be powder coated with the frame.

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• Mar 12, 2016

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Good thinking neilly. Ta
The tube bender is a Pro-tools 105. I'm using 1.25 inch 16 swg erw tube.

Ta

 

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• Mar 12, 2016

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Legscrane said:

Good thinking neilly. Ta
The tube bender is a Pro-tools 105. I'm using 1.25 inch 16 swg erw tube.

Ta

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Oooh, nice kit,

A little more than I want to spend on something I will nto use that much, LOL

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• Mar 12, 2016

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Legscrane said:

Thanks Jam,
Yeah on reflection i think chequer plate is wrong. I wonder how i can finish that to keep it from corroding/rusting. I was gonna have it all powder coated but with use will the finish come off the eges of that mesh? Perhaps stainless steel mesh is the answer?

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i wonder if when its finished you take it off and get the whole lot galvanised?

 

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• Mar 13, 2016

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Yeah agreed, galv it and leave it bare

 

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• Mar 13, 2016

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Yeah deffo, would be more durable. But probably quite costly will have to look into it.

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• Mar 14, 2016

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Legscrane said:

Yeah deffo, would be more durable. But probably quite costly will have to look into it.

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You may be surprise, it's bright steel, all it needs is a quick acid dip and the hot zinc dip. Cheaper than powder cost I reckon

 

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• Apr 22, 2016

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Well hello all. Been too busy just lately and haven't done much on the roof rack but here's a couple of up to date pics.

 

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• Apr 22, 2016

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Looking good that is going to so suit being galved
Decided what you are going to do with the load area yet?

 

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• Apr 22, 2016

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Thanks. Yer, gonna go the expanded mesh and glalvanise route i think. Gonna make a tubular access ladder combined with swing away spare carrier too.

 

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• Apr 23, 2016

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Looking really smart great job

 

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• Apr 23, 2016

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Thanks tomhop, hopefully will look better when all galvanised.

 

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• Apr 23, 2016

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Fair play that is brilliant bit of work you've done there, very impressive

 

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• Apr 24, 2016

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Thanks liam_italian. I wonder if there's a market for selling them?!

 

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• Apr 24, 2016

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I bet you there is

 

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• Mar 20, 2018

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Any updates on this? I'm looking to build a mount for my 109 exMoD (already have a roof rack it came with, but set up with gutter mounts which I obviously don't have unless I got to hard top). I was thinking of using a set of rear ladders to attach to the cross member, the side antenna mounts and then a windshield frame mount similar to what you have. Just not sure if the rear ladders would be high enough to clear the soft top and not interfere with the rear flap at all.

I like how you're mounting the rear but I guess it would require a reinforced (new) rear hoop to hold it, where maybe the ladders wouldn't.