StuRox said:
Makes you think of the amount of profit in the Safari snorkels at £260.00 odd pound :eek:

At least mine is solid 3mm Steel so it ain't going anywhere, unlike the plastic ones....
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They're all made of moulded ABS plastic though so theres probably a slightly lower profit margin due to the manufacturing process :p

But still at £260 I assume they're making a minimum of £150 + on it
 
So what's the progress with the baja style rack? If you can get a low slung (he he) one so that I can sort of fit into some sort of car parks then I'm in the market for that baby!

Good work altogether stu! very inspirational.
Time to buy a welding kit :)

Cheers

Chris
 
Sheeprus said:
So what's the progress with the baja style rack? If you can get a low slung (he he) one so that I can sort of fit into some sort of car parks then I'm in the market for that baby!

Good work altogether stu! very inspirational.
Time to buy a welding kit :)

Cheers

Chris
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It is getting there....honest...but my new springs have landed this afternoon :D so that's now top on my list, as does seem every other job I am finding lately...

To be honest, not sure if you would fit in a multi story with any sort of rack on, as they normally only just fit as standard...but pics will be posted as soon as its on the disco ;)
 
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This is very true, I struggle with most multi storey places, when I have my rack on I'm a shade over 7 foot so it's a nightmare.
Good luck with that, my Diff Lock is stuck and won;t engage so that's next on my list :)

Cheers

C
 
Well, Mark II version is done...well I think - got it all sorted at the weekend, flappy disc sanded down etc ready for powder coating.

Would have liked to get it on to make sure brackets etc all fit snuggly but my mate who lives around the corner was working so never got a test fitting...but here is how it looks now...

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As I said previously, I took off the wind deflector as I couldn't seem to get the weld spot on, plus it seemed to be noisy when I was moving it about, so reckonned it would be even worse on the roof....best thing with a 'work in progress' job - changes all the time.
 
Mate!
That looks really good. (missing a few lights for you though is it not?).
Can't wait to see it on.

Cheers

C
 
The lights are still fitted on my light bar etc, no point taking them off until its been powder coated etc ;)

But don't worry - there will be lights :D
 
Looks ace that. ;)

Have you worked out how many hours you've put into it? It certainly looks like you've cared about it rather than just making a rack on a production line .. ;)
 
Cheers mate.

As my old man used to tell me - 'if you are going to do a job, do it proper, if not don't bother at all'...and I guess it stuck!

As for how many hours, I think not as much as I thought, as I have spread this one out in between other jobs etc (replacement sills, new suspension, homemade snorkel, breathers the job list goes on...), so although it seems to have taken ages, in reality, if I had worked on it every night for around 3-4 hours, probably maybe a week?? as I only ever seem to do short bursts so I don't get bored or fed up and then make a hash of the job.

Looking forward to actually getting it out of the garage and on the roof now its almost done.
 
ITS ON!!!!

Well at least till tomorrow as its on ready to take to the powder coating place to get finished properly....

enjoy :D

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And you can see how low it sits - couldn't really get it any lower ;)

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And here is one showing it sits flush with the current bars, just how I planned it...

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Will put up some pics once back from the powder coating place and all the lights have been mounted
 
I thought, if I just bought/made a half roof rack, I could still use the rails to put maybe a half roof box.
So you end up with half the roof with a rack and half with a lockable box. Well that's my plan for my expedition next year. :)
 
KoshkaMusic said:
I thought, if I just bought/made a half roof rack, I could still use the rails to put maybe a half roof box.
So you end up with half the roof with a rack and half with a lockable box. Well that's my plan for my expedition next year. :)
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All I did was make sure my roof box still fits on the rack, and then if I need it, its there, and if not I still have a full length rack ;)
 
Enjoyed your posts, inspired to build one now. Congrats.

Post a final powdered, fitted, lights pic please.
 
Should be getting it back wed/thus this week, so will need to get the lights all wired in, then pics will be forthcoming :D
 
The wait is over :D

Finally picked up the rack from the local powder coating place...

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Really chuffed with the finished product....so as you will guess, spent no time in getting it on the roof and the front lights all wired in.....

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Not bad since I had never welded since this year and never used a pipe bender - Inspiration to you all ;)

Now back to another project that has been on the back burner for some time - new LED upper rear lights....as its sometimes nice to do things that arn't 'necessity' for a change
 
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