So I’ve had several requests each from both Instagram and Reddit, to make a build post about my custom roof rack. So here goes: I found the ‘foot’ design everything rests on to be the most critical, and I took inspiration from GOBI’s foot design. However I also beefed up their concept significantly, with larger upward supports, & I laid on the foot welds in layers all along that longer vertical beam, to make thick & burly welds. I offset my upwards foot plate 7 degrees inward from center, which follows the roofs natural curve on the bottom, and presses all the rack weight into the rain ridge on the roof. I used 1/8 thick plate steel for that foot, and drilled three holes, to slip under each factory roof mounting grommet, then a spacer washer as thick as the grommet to bolt down to. The top portion was simpler, however the rear end grommets are factory placed narrower than the front. My rack dimensions ended up as front = 45” wide, rear = 40.5” wide, and the total length being 73”. The frame and cross supports are all 3/16 thick angle steel. The frame is 1.5” angle, and the cross supports were 1” angle. The expanded metal sheet came as 4’x8’ like plywood, and is about 1/8 thick (closest I can measure with my caveman eyeball, I think it’s a tad thinner). #Roofrack #roofracks #customroofeack #custommetalworks #diy #Jeep #JeepCherokee #CherokeeKL #Cherokee #Trailhawk #Mopar #Colorado #JeepLife #4x4 #Offroad #MFCoffroad #TheBeardedBastards #USA #America #ARMY #veterans https://www.instagram.com/p/BzBw9OHH_lt/?igshid=s90b7g9kzka2
