Wats up Pirates? Well this'll be my first post here "cheers!"..First of all I got a 95 D1 in the process of being built up...I'm looking forward to sharing tales of adventure with some mates!! ARRRRGG!!... you'll be hearing more from me in the future so i'll just get to the point..

We've built a few bumpers and want to get into fab'n up some roof rack for the Discos... I'm wondering if anyone would be kind enuf to supply some close up photos of how these racks fit/attach to the gutters...???

l8r

"this ain't no jeep thing."


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http://www.northwestparts.com/voyager_rack_more_pics.htm hope that helps if not i'll take some pics of mine if need be.

also for the rangie http://www.roversolutions.com/therack/

Thanks for the links... I've seen the NWP pics before but the Rover Solutions are a little nicer... Still can't really get a good veiw of the mounting design... Its the back side of those feet I want to see...

let's see some of ur bumpers!

I'll try to get some pics up soon... do I need to upgrade to extreme member or something? and if so where? I'm looking now so hopfully i can figure this electronic typewriter internet thingy out myself..

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/announcement.php?s=&forumid=26&announcementid=24

ok cool I'm a red star! ...remember him when you look into the night sky....red star!! ....oh?.. thats the night rider? ...Rollin on down that road to freedom baby...

anyhow...do I need to have my pics hosted some where else before I post em?? This is more complicated then the lower case torqued bindle bearing assembly on my ferrari enzo??

Heres a little test pic... of my rover with the proto-type bumper.. no roof rack feet??

i seen that on d-web before right?:flipoff2: i'll try and take some pics of the feet if i get some time later.

yeah I've been on Dweb for awhile... "Discoanywhere" ...you might bump into me here and there rallying all over the net..lol

That would be super sweet to get some photos of the rack attachments... If your ever near Toronto Canada we'll hit some trails!

l8s

Rover Soultions rack for the Rangie is nice!

Here is a closeup pic of a thule rack that was on ebay. Still probably not whatcha want though.... :(

I think they are standard gutter mounts.....pop on down to your local ski or bike shop that sells thule or Yakima racks and examine them first hand. Used sporting goods shops tend to have them cheap.

Depending on how much weight you intend to put up there, and how many attachment legs you're going to have, its a good idea to use wiiiiiide legs on the inside of the drip rail so as to spread out the contact area and take less chance of bending the lip.

A good cheap way to do this if you are going to fab you're own feet is to simply roll the edge of the inner foot then flatten it somewhat so as to give as much contact as possible. Easy to do assuming you have metalworking machines on hand. Once you get going you can cut/stamp and roll them out for peanuts.

I've used a lot of the thule racks and for general purposes they are fine, but for heavy expedition racks, you're going to want more security in the rack.

Also, if you're going to build a BIG rack, you might make the outside tubes a bit wider than the roof . If its 'expedition' quality, it will save some of the upper sheet metal as it acts as a 'skid' against inopportunely located trees on off camber turns.

I like the proto bumper alot. How much does it weigh sans winch?

seer :beer:

Take a gander here, at least for the concept.

http://tawayama.com/%20dreamlab.cc/rangie_roof_rack.html

Im not sure if he still has the rack, but he was selling it.

-Jeff

Rack is sold.

That tawayama.com sites pretty cool... do you drive your own wheels or do they supply? Sounds a little pampered for me but definately a vacation thought! .. that rack looked sweet .. I might go with a combination of round and square tubing..and definately build the rack a touch wider... I've already got my gutter banged up by those tricky trees you mentioned Seer.. I'll take the bumper down the street and have her weighed in a weeks or so... I'd like to know myself... I know its much lighter then an ARB I tried to lift but that thing seemed like it was built to bash into bank vaults... or hitting trees on the trail if you were traveling at over 100mph... anyhow I'll post more info as we get moving on em...

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Newbie - take home some extra homework before you turn up to school tomorrow or you will be held back....:flipoff2:

Originally posted by Disco-Kings

I'll take the bumper down the street and have her weighed in a weeks or so... I'd like to know myself... I know its much lighter then an ARB I tried to lift but that thing seemed like it was built to bash into bank vaults... or hitting trees on the trail if you were traveling at over 100mph... anyhow I'll post more info as we get moving on em...

hmmm! well those of us who are sportin' an ARB bumper are pretty hapy with it's strength, despite the weight! :flipoff2:

mine has served me well so far, and it's nice to know your bumper will NOT be falling off or bending like others out there...your bumper does look pretty cool though....likew it's better approack angle on ends, but are you sure it will e strong enough when needed? how is it built? are you planning on adding any recovery loops up there or just using teh winch? I'd suggest to add a couple well reinforced right where teh mounting plates are welded to the actual "skin" of the bumper...you did bring them right up through the whole profile, didn't you?

oh! and regarding roof-rack feet.....the more and the wider the footprint the better! My gutters are proof of that...while at the dealer back in '96 or so, they "accidently" drove it into the bay without thinking of teh height of teh rack! :mad:
...of course that did enable the purchase of a custom Safari-gard roof-tack designed for teh roor-top tent, ...and the wavy gutters just blend in now with all teh other beauty marks it has earned over the years.....

Paul (thinking about that for when we build a rack for the LWB.....will prolly contour a 1/4" rod to fit in the gutter, and than weld teh rack feet directly to that....multiple places so the weight is more evenly distributed! I designed this rack to be built outa aluminum back in '95, but just never got my welding skills up to snuff to do so with AL...soon....)