Awesome video. The only missing information is the plastic bracket over the rear of the pipes. You have to remove the 3 etorx to allow it to lift ever so slightly.
This rack works and looks better than any of the commercially available options. You can purchase prepainted super struts from Grainger. They also come in 304 stainless steel. You can also get them solid without all of the predrilled slots. Do yourself a favor and use a step drill bit for drilling the holes. Another youtuber provides links to some other parts that make some nice finishing touches, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aJ5Aev5vtu8.html
YOU ARE MY HERO!! THANK YOU!!! Just changed the starer on my 2006 Cayenne Turbo S and your trick and detailed description of easy removal and install was amazingly helpful. It was not easy but the only way to do it without having to remove the coolant lines.
YOU ARE MY HERO!! THANK YOU!!! Just changed the starer on my 2006 Cayenne Turbo S and your trick and detailed description of easy removal and install was amazingly helpful. It was not easy but the only way to do it without having to remove the coolant lines.
Hello! Thanks so much for posting this. I bought a Naturenest RTT which will arrive in four days. I just ordered the clamps which you provided the link for. My question is about the width I would cut the strut channels? The tent is 51" in width but I am mussing over this... do not want them to stick out at eye level if the tent is off for the winter!
Vibration Damping U-Bolts on McMaster-Carr www.mcmaster.com/products/u-bolts/vibration-damping-u-bolts/ Rubber lining was just laying around my garage, and something similar can be found at your local hardware store.
Awesome video! Saved my day seeing this. I have a 2023 pathfinder rock creek with the tubular rack and I couldn't fit my roof box since the cross bars were wider then the mounting bolts for the box. Looks like this is my fix! Thanks
Good idea, looks like it works good for you. Curious why did you choose to use solid wood instead of plywood? I would think plywood is going to end up being cheaper and lighter than solid wood. Any reason why you went this route?
There's certainly room to use more plywood than what I did. Generally speaking, I wanted it to be overbuilt, so that was the main reason I leaned into the solid wood. Also, I did not want to drill into the side of plywood.
Nice design - did the 10" depth of the platform turn out to be optimal as far as accommodating bulkier gear while still allowing adequate room to sleep on top without noses rubbing the roof liner? or could you have reduced that depth to 8" and still accommodate the gear you store inside the boxes giving a little more head room?
Personally, the 1x10 as the main height is good for our usage, and I think a 1x8 would be too short. While the 10 gives plenty of space in the forward compartments, I think the drawers would be too shallow to hold enough gear. Let me know what you end up going with and we can compare notes.
@@Down2Fly Thanks for the reply, I'll let you know what I end up doing. Starting out my goal for my setup is simplicity and low weight and preserving as much head room as possible. I already have a 2-piece(chair and foot stool), 6" thick single bed/chair futon mattress that is super comfortable (and multi use). If I sit straight up on it my head hits the ceiling of the "X". (I'm 5'10" with normal torso height). With the front passenger seat back pushed all the way forward and angled all the way forward, I can recline against it with my back and have a fairly upright comfortable "recliner" for reading in bed. Adding a full length deck with 8" - 10" of storage height will have an adverse effect on the recline angle. Everything is a trade off in the design of this tight space between comfort and storage/organization. I'm at the very start of it all with no experience camping in it yet so I need to figure out that balance as I go. I'll probably build some kind of deck eventually, sacrificing the up-right recliner and when/if I do that, I will look into fiberglass board....a very rigid (like plywood) sheet with foam in the middle sandwiched by a very thin fiberglass layer on each side for a super light weight and strong material. The stuff is expensive and using fasteners on it not as easy as plywood. Hope you are getting lots of use out of your camping set up.
Absolutely brilliant -- just got a 2013 Pro4x and am driving up to Inuvik NWT from Ontario and hope to use it for other road trips -- would love to do some of these modifications! Such well-thought out design
Just a plane ole GoPro Hero 7 Black. I started on the original Hero, then the 3+, and now the 7. Likely time to start thinking about upgrading, but the 7 still does such a great job!
I appreciate the high praise! Enjoy the X... it's done us well. I just picked up a old Cayenne Turbo that I'm about to try to make a camping vehicle too. Stay tuned
