Gary j · Feb 15, 2018

Managed to pick up a decent roof rack off Gumtree. I'm thinking of put mesh inside, so all my camping gear doesn't fall through the gaps. Any suggestions on the type of mesh would be great.

Job tonight is to attach my led lamps onto it. I'm using motorbike mirror clamps bolted to the lights to attach to the rack, as it's 20mm tube.

I've test fitted the rack using u bolts, on to the rails of my 3 door and it looks gruff!!

As I said it's for my camping gear and another wheel, but whats the max weight you'd carry?

Cheers

Gary j · Feb 16, 2018

Geodark · Feb 16, 2018

Looks good - be good to see it on the FL

baptista · Feb 17, 2018

manual says max weight 75kg

Nodge68 · Feb 17, 2018

baptista said:
manual says max weight 75kg

Correct. 75 KG is the manufacturers load limit, which would also include the weight of the rack and anything bolted to it.

Is to wether the OP wants to stick to that, or exceeds it is up to them. I've had 250 Kgs of timber on my roof many times and I didn't notice much difference. It did lean more on roundabouts, but otherwise felt fine for the 8 miles I drove with that weight on top.

GrumpyGel · Feb 18, 2018

Nodge68 said:
Correct. 75 KG is the manufacturers load limit, which would also include the weight of the rack and anything bolted to it.

Is to wether the OP wants to stick to that, or exceeds it is up to them. I've had 250 Kgs of timber on my roof many times and I didn't notice much difference. It did lean more on roundabouts, but otherwise felt fine for the 8 miles I drove with that weight on top.

Blinkin Ek that's a bit overloaded

I was a little concerned when I stuck 40kg of gazebo on it today. Mind you I was more concerned about putting a big dent in the bonnet if I broke to hard than doing damage to the chassis

Yodaman · Feb 18, 2018

Hi I use pallet racking on my roof rack .you can buy it on eBay cheap theirs a place in Blackburn selling it I went to pick it up and the where really friendly and let me try a few different sizes then I used heavy duty cable ties to fit it after I painted it satin black they are strong light and galvanized
It looks like it was made from the factory now its fitted

Gary j · Mar 28, 2018

Finally got a bit of time to fit and wire the roofrack. I've wired the fronts to my full beams, bit still to wire the rear work lamp up.

Geodark · Mar 29, 2018

Looks good matey

rob_bell · Mar 29, 2018

How have toured the cable into the car? Rack looks good!

Gary j · Mar 29, 2018

I took the plastic cap off the factory rails at the front, removed a bolt and routed the cable down the hole. Then took it along the roof lining and down the window pillar, then down the dash to the bonnet release cable. Which goes to the engine bay then into a relay. The rear lamp follows the same route but will be wired to a switch I've installed in the dash.

rob_bell · Mar 30, 2018

Thanks

Yodaman · Mar 31, 2018

This is the pallet racking it comes in different sizes and its light strong galvanized and cheap

Gary j · Mar 31, 2018

That looks like the stuff I need. I'll check it out ta!!

Yodaman · Mar 31, 2018

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Its strong I have it on my safety devices rack

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