I know you aren't going to take ALL the credit, Mark.. Merri helped immensely on this lol.. This was seriously awesome!! The ingenuity, which comes out of your garage/workshop is beyond my comprehension!!!
Kiss Kiss yeah, I cleaned the house, cooked for him, reminded him to eat and shower, washed his stinky laundry, which enabled him to be out there alone this time. 🤣 I also told him I pretty much hated ever idea we ever saw for mounting these...until he came up with this. 🤯 He blows my mind. 😉
Thank you! I Just made these today, took less then and hour to make all four. I even polished them on the buffer to make them shine like chrome they look amazing.
amazing video I have ours mounted to the Prinsu with just long carriage bolts but the nut on the end got seized up on one of ours one time so I like this idea so much better
Very Nice! I used some 4" 1/2' bolts and wing nuts on a flat stock steel and rigged up a saddle for the factory rack.. Yours is much cleaner! I can't wait to get a aftermarket rack!
You should be selling these pins. I have never seen anything like it and I've been researching my van almost 5 years now because I wanted to be a builder of vans.
I'm completely lost as to how this could apply to a stock roof rack. (FJ) The channel feature on your aftermarket setup is the huge difference maker. Thank you
Why not using a piece of threaded rod? This way you can save the drilling and tapping of a thread. The idea is great to mount the boards is great and cheaper than the stuff you can buy from e.g Maxtrax.
We have the holes for the clips putting a little tension on the boards so they don't move at all. I suppose a person could put a spring on each pin below the boards to provide tension too. Maybe we'll try that next time.
