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Old 07-15-2012, 04:43 PM
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Default Re: DIY Low-profile Crossbars

There are about 4 gobi racks under $600 on craigslist right now. If that is an attractive enough price for you. Probably get it shipped freight for $175 or so. If your interested, PM me and i'll give you first dibs on the link.
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why not use some square DOM tubing or round?...
I sent some feelers out for quotes on a custom tube with the bends I need. I'll be interested in seeing what kind of prices come back. I now completely agree with you about the DOM tube...that would look SO much better.

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There are about 4 gobi racks under $600 on craigslist right now. If that is an attractive enough price for you. Probably get it shipped freight for $175 or so. If your interested, PM me and i'll give you first dibs on the link.
Even the Gobi Stealth racks add more height then I want...if I could find a rack that was completely flat; no side rails at all, that would be damn near perfect for me.
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Old 07-16-2012, 03:48 PM
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I sent some feelers out for quotes on a custom tube with the bends I need. I'll be interested in seeing what kind of prices come back. I now completely agree with you about the DOM tube...that would look SO much better.


Even the Gobi Stealth racks add more height then I want...if I could find a rack that was completely flat; no side rails at all, that would be damn near perfect for me.

Yea so take a rack for $600, cut the sides off How much is your time worth screwing around trying to come up w/ something you like. 10 Minutes w a torch and your set.

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Yea so take a rack for $600, cut the sides off
LOL...yeah...that idea's been floating around in the back of my mind. Let me see what I get quoted on the DOM first.

EDIT: Something along these lines would be the kind of 'rack' I'm talking about; although I still think the DOM cross bars would look better.
http://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-te...roof-rack.html



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well i wasnt talking about building a rack on top with DOM tubing...
im not sure how much it would cost, but i think it might/would rival just buying a cheap one when you factor in bends, cuts, and welds.

plus the down side would be the weight of DOM tubing.
maybe if you went with aluminum DOM tubing instead of steel, but that might add to the costs for welding.

i was talking about the simple luggage cross bars.

thinking about it, i think square DOM tube would look nice. have the corners cut and welded instead of bent.

looking at the pics of what you were thinking,

i "think" it wouldnt be difficult to build something like that if you have a good welding machine. you could do simple square cut corners to eliminate any bending.

to have someone build that though... IDK..

also, you dont need real thick tubing as i doubt you will be putting alot of weight up there. 1 inch tubing @ 1/8th i think would suffice. build that in a low profile just barely above the sunroof visor
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I wasn't thinking of building the rack out of DOM...sorry for the confusion. I was looking at two different options that would meet my 'low profile' requirements.

1. Pipe/tube crossbars that just barely clear the hump in the middle of the roof, OR
2. A barebones flat rack with no side rails.

In looking closely at some pics of the Gobi Stealth racks I actually think this might be easily converted as MUD mentioned and I could easily tweak the mounts to lower it closer to the roof if space allowed. The Stealth version seems to have removable supports along the side and appears to only need cutting in the front and rear to remove the side rail.

Hmmmm...wheels turning.

EDIT: ...or maybe they're not removable...can someone with a Gobi Stealth rack confirm whether these side braces are welded in place? They look different than they do on other Gobi racks and just want to confirm before I pull the trigger on anything.

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Well...I scrapped the plumbing pipe plan and pulled the trigger on a Gobi stealth rack...$700+147 shipping. It came yesterday and I dropped it off at Rudy's for a little plasma cutting and powder coating.

They're gonna cut the top bar off to convert it to a flat rack and re-powder coat it. To get the lowest profile possible I may have to have some shorter mounting brackets fabbed. It looks like it'll set pretty close to the roof as is...but we'll see.

The work should be done by Monday-Tuesday...I'll post pics as this progresses.

EDIT: in case anyone else is wondering...the outer portion of the sandwich clamp is removable once you get the Allen bolt out; but there's a metal support welded in place connecting both the top and bottom rail.

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