Looks nice. I like 80/20 for projects. Great stuff. How did you end up attaching it? Any pictures of it attached?I decided to build my own (8020.net), other options are too expensive, too heavy, too big for my needs and I want to run both my soft top and hard top (or no top) while I am carrying 2 11' x 30" kayaks.
Great question, this picture is hard to see but I think you will get the point. I bought some ( 4, 6x10) 3/16 304 Stainless plate on ebay ($15) cut a profile with a drill and cut off saw and bent it in a l shape (torch, hammer and vise), so the back looks like a boomerang with one end bent 90 degrees using existing hard top bolt locations and the front is similar ( z bend) except bolting to the existing holes used for the hard top panels. There is a hole for a guide pin and to the left (drivers side) there is an unused hole going through the sport cage structure.Looks nice. I like 80/20 for projects. Great stuff. How did you end up attaching it? Any pictures of it attached?
Great question, this picture is hard to see but I think you will get the point. I bought some ( 4, 6x10) 3/16 304 Stainless plate on ebay ($15) cut a profile with a drill and cut off saw and bent it in a l shape (torch, hammer and vise), so the back looks like a boomerang with one end bent 90 degrees using existing hard top bolt locations and the front is similar ( z bend) except bolting to the existing holes used for the hard top panels. There is a hole for a guide pin and to the left (drivers side) there is an unused hole going through the sport cage structure.
Connecting the back brackets is .750 X 3" https://8020.net/3034-lite.html going up and connecting to a 8020 dual hinge plate ( to flip it over as a shade spot if need be). https://8020.net/4356.html.. switch connects to the quarter round https://8020.net/1517-ls.html ( I did this profile thinking it would cut the wind noise down, some, jury is out on that).
Probably not the best, but structurally stronger, lighter, narrower and cheaper (buy far) then anything I have seen on the market. And I did not have to drill any new holes in my jeep or run bars down the bumper or cowling. And I will probably keep it on my M416 trailer mostly (still have to figure out that bracketing), Jeepers Jamboree does not allow trailers.
I will send completed pictures next week when I am done. I have to be done by July 30th because that is when we leave for my bucket list Jeep Jamboree.. Which will be the ultimate test for the rack, which I think will be fine as long as I remember blue locktite .
The down side was the time it took me to design it (Bill of material) and form - polish the brackets ~16 hours.
I hope that helps.
TC
Wow ! that's what i need, but nothing in Canada and cannot cross the border with Covid-19. Nice clean look !