Dee Zee rack for Roof Top Tents

[REDCOMETJLUXR]

Just got mine installed today. I like the look so far. Will be testing it out on a road trip tomorrow. I did hop on top for "testing". I weigh 170 so I was not expecting any issues.

Not sure why everyone is complaining about it sticking out. It barely sticks out about an inch from each side.

I got the Besttop rack for my parents this past Christmas, did you return it because of the humming abound 60 mph?

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[unknownsolo]

For people that haven't used any Loctite, how has it been holding up for you? I am wondering if I need to re-do everything with loctite or not.

 

[GrayWolf.Overland]

I shortened mine by removing the caps and cut a bit off from the side to have it be the same width as the top, then put the caps back. Helps with not getting it snagged on trees or large rocks when off roading.

I actually like that it does the branch whacking and not the hard top corners and rain gutters. For me that longer cross bar was a win-win :D

 

[WhereRU_A-A-Ron]

For people that haven't used any Loctite, how has it been holding up for you? I am wondering if I need to re-do everything with loctite or not.

I’ve had mine on for a solid 2+ years at this point and I’ve never used a drop of loctite. I suppose if mine needed it, I would do it, but mine has been rock solid.

 

[unknownsolo]

I’ve had mine on for a solid 2+ years at this point and I’ve never used a drop of loctite. I suppose if mine needed it, I would do it, but mine has been rock solid.

Curios, how tight did you bolt everything on? I noticed if you go too tight the nuts start eating on the Aluminum.

 

[unknownsolo]

I got the Besttop rack for my parents this past Christmas, did you return it because of the humming abound 60 mph?

I wanted something light, and the besop rack is, but the mounting brackets are almost as heavy as the rack itself. I wanted something I could easily lift with my toplift pro (which I've confirmed with them that it can lift the top with lighter racks on). Dee Zee is super light for what it offers. Without the front portion, the whole thing is like 40 lbs only.

I understand wind noise can be mitigated with a fairing or some DIY hacks, but because of the above and worrying about fixing wind noise, I wanted to try Dee Zee and so far I like it a lot more. The included tiny fairing with Dee Zee works great, and you can barely even notice it there.

Dee Zee is a lot lighter, no noise with included fairing, looks nicer (subjective), and is cheaper from Amazon (got mine for $470).

 

[Firecracker JL]

I actually like that it does the branch whacking and not the hard top corners and rain gutters. For me that longer cross bar was a win-win :D

The bars that clamp onto the gutter rails provide some protection against scrapes too so I waant worried too much about having my top scrape. Just didn't like the look of how much overhang there was on each side.

 

[REDCOMETJLUXR]

I wanted something light, and the besop rack is, but the mounting brackets are almost as heavy as the rack itself. I wanted something I could easily lift with my toplift pro (which I've confirmed with them that it can lift the top with lighter racks on). Dee Zee is super light for what it offers. Without the front portion, the whole thing is like 40 lbs only.

I understand wind noise can be mitigated with a fairing or some DIY hacks, but because of the above and worrying about fixing wind noise, I wanted to try Dee Zee and so far I like it a lot more. The included tiny fairing with Dee Zee works great, and you can barely even notice it there.

Dee Zee is a lot lighter, no noise with included fairing, looks nicer (subjective), and is cheaper from Amazon (got mine for $470).

yea I'm trying to figure out how to minimize with humming noise, ill look up some of those vids thank you.
The dee zee rack i’m familiar with, we actually have it and love it as well. At one point was on my jeep but swapped it over to the wife’s and went a different route. The time I used it was on a 800+ mile road trip with the pelican filled and thing didn’t move at all, did a few trails with it and I did loctite everything.

 

[WhereRU_A-A-Ron]

Curios, how tight did you bolt everything on? I noticed if you go too tight the nuts start eating on the Aluminum.

I have a torque wrench that I use on the bolts so that I have a common reference for how tight everything is. I typically set it at about 30 in/lbs and have never had anything come loose.

Any time I noticed the bolts digging into the rack I just added a washer, used a different bolt length, or just ground off the end of the bolt to make it work.

 

[erickdiaz019]

For people that haven't used any Loctite, how has it been holding up for you? I am wondering if I need to re-do everything with loctite or not.

I actually decided to replace all the nuts with lock nuts. Has worked amazing and I don’t need loctite

 

[Tracy the Robert]

Has anyone thrown on some yakama or Thule kayak racks onto this? Looking at getting it for kayaks for the summer since I don't trust just using the rain gutters alone.

 

[timetogetway]

Has anyone used just the rear with a sky one touch so they can still open one touch above the driver and front passenger?

 

[Firecracker JL]

Has anyone used just the rear with a sky one touch so they can still open one touch above the driver and front passenger?

I was wondering the same thing and called DeeZee to see if it would work. They didn't know and said they would call me back....that was months ago and no response yet.

 

[timetogetway]

Looks like with a measurement someone posted earlier in this thread Ikampers wont fit this because the clamps are about 2.5 inch high.

 

[Dillythekid]

Hello hello all,

I have a 2drJl that I’d love to get the deezee rack for. Not putting a tent up top, just some storage boxes likely.

do you think two 24 inch racks would work well? Is it viable?
the total length of the gutters is 65 inches so you can even use the 60 inch if it’s okay to go on the freedom panels.

I haven’t seen anyone mention using this rack for 2 doors but was curious if anyone’s tried

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