They have a kit for the hard top that looks more stable than others I’ve seen. Waiting to hear back from them about static weight limits and availability. I used to have a Gobi on my FJ Cruiser and loved it, but it seems like a lot of metal on a JL...
They have their own rails and support pieces for the center of the express rack which makes it a lot stronger looking than the molar rails for sure. That said, the TBD part makes me worry as well. Wish Rhino would hurry up.
Just checked the website and it now says "Coming June"...
It's always wise to remove snow from the roof of your vehicle before driving, you're setting yourself up for disaster if you don't. I doubt a night or days worth of snowfall would exceed the limit of static weight.
I spoke with Rob at Rhino-Rack today, and he pointed me to the same video. He confirmed June was the expected time frame as @James_a mentions above, and he shared that they had made some adjustments to ensure the setup would work well with headliners. Not sure why that wouldn't have been an issue with the JK, but I take what he said at face value. He also said that there would only be one size system for the JL (I think he said 72x56, but I'm not sure if those were the exact measurements), and that the freedom panels and the hardtop are each removable without having to do anything to the rack/internal substructure.
Thanks for sharing. If RR isn't doing a short rack, then only Maximus would work with my sunrider so maybe I won't wait for new platform.
Not sure about the sunrider, so you may want to check with them yourself. I did explicitly ask about which size rack would be best and he was explicit that there would only be one size.
From this shot of the video I'd say using the RR and SR together are probably out, but since the video clearly shows you can strip the rack down to the brackets along the roof line that'll be good enough for me. I wont mind too much not being able to open the SR when I have the rack fully in use, but I'd love a shorter rack option to allow both.
