That looks awesome. Nice work! I’ve been reading some reviews on this DeeZee rack and had a few questions for you:FOLLOWUP...The custom rack is fab'd up and ready for powder coat.
Bump!That looks awesome. Nice work! I’ve been reading some reviews on this DeeZee rack and had a few questions for you:
1. how has your painted hardtop held up? Have you noticed any scratching, scuffing from installing / uninstalling the rack?
2. How’s the wind noise? (I wouldn’t have the basket, more so curious what it’s like cruising at highway speeds with just the rack. Is it tolerable or would you advise just taking it off when not using it?)
It's hard to see the back of the Jeep.I have LOD sliding roof rack. Exoskeleton rack like Gobi's, but much quicker to ship and also slides out.
It mounts via brackets inside the taillight space. The only thing is you will need to dremel part of your taillight housing to put it back in with the brackets in place.It's hard to see the back of the Jeep.
Where or what does it attaches to?
Thanks
Nice rig.I have LOD sliding roof rack. Exoskeleton rack like Gobi's, but much quicker to ship and also slides out.
I have LOD sliding roof rack. Exoskeleton rack like Gobi's, but much quicker to ship and also slides out.
Oh the story with wind....I battled a lot with it honestly. Originally I had the soft top, premium version. With the rack unloaded, with nothing on top, the top flapped like crazy about 45+ mph. I bought foam insulation piping from home depot or lowe's, and wrapped it around the crossbars and put the bars on the lower rung of bars, and that helped a bit with the flapping as the foam would be kind of braced against the top. But still, on windy days the noise is loud, especially if it blows the side of the soft top off the rails. After a long time, when it was finally time to pick up my tent, I mounted my Roam case in front of it beforehand. And holy crap, it fixed 95% of the flapping, and really that is the most annoying part. The wind noise is a bit worse, but it's the flapping that was the issue. So I was annoyed at myself for not doing it earlier. Then I put the tent on, and it was ok on nonwindy days, but on windy days the noise is quite loud, and this time really due to the wind and not the flapping.Nice rig.
How has the wind noise been over the stock setup. A little worse or a lot?
What ended you having you going LOD vs Gobi?