Has anyone figured a way to move the racks's front bar forward? I tried and the oval bar stock isnt long enough. It would be great at the front for tying down long lumber and such. How about a source for the bar stock? Could you make it by pounding down some pipe?
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Re:Roof Rack
Date: 2007/01/23 03:20
By: Robotchef
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I've got 10' of pipe and I'm not pounding one inch of it! How about considering either the Roof Rack Light Bar (Part #PT278-35071-LB ) or Cross Bar, Long (Replacement Long Cross Bar for roof rack) #PT278-35061-CB. You can check this list for a Toyota parts shop near you.
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Re:Roof Rack
Date: 2007/01/23 16:42
By: fanatic
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what I've done with other vehicles, for putting up drywall sheets or long lunber on the roof rack is this. Cut a 2x4 as long as you need it for the cross member, then drop a U bolt through the 2x4 that fastens it to your roof rack. now you can lay whatever you want up there, and take it off when you're done. You'll have about 6 bucks in the whole set up. If you can't or don't want to buy 4$ for the U bolts you could use Zip ties to secure the 2x4........
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Re:Roof Rack
Date: 2007/01/24 15:23
By: Robotchef
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Interesting workaround fanatic... But I still think Toyota's designers missed the "function" part of the roof rack and went for the "form". It erks me as much as the back door opening right-to-left, instead of left-to-right.
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Re:Roof Rack
Date: 2007/03/10 01:03
By: EugeneFJ
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Can the toyota rack (which is rated at 150lb.) and get an ARB.
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