Roof Rack Sizing

[IamJEEP]

Just FYI we have a mesh floor on our baskets which means we can never get rid of our cross rails with out replacing the floor.

Technically we can but, just for looks. If you put any weight up their, it will surely fail. I wonder how difficult/easy it would be to put solid floors on our racks?

[CmmdrDan]

Technically we can but, just for looks. If you put any weight up their, it will surely fail. I wonder how difficult/easy it would be to put solid floors on our racks?

After my trip next week I gonna make an addition 2 rails. That way the floor has max support.

[Matt]

this is what I have & I like it.
http://4xguard.com/Product/RoofRack.html
the size is 66 x 37.5 x 4 inches

Hey man... random thought popped in my head today (I had a 6 hr drive, alone... tend to do a lot of thinking at times like that). Do you know if you have enough room on either side of the rack to mount a fork-mount bike rack to the crossbars next to your rack?

Also, if you can, throw up some pictures.... i haven't really seen a lot of pics with the Rola on an XK- they're mostly distance shots.

[pjmjr508]

I will go out & see how much room I have on both sides and put that up. I will work on getting pictures up this weekend for both this & also for my garage because I know I have to get them up. I have done a lot of work on the XK and need to share pics of it. If you have FB and you can add me as a friend and you can see the pic's I already have up there already.

[pjmjr508]

have about 6 1/2 " on either side to the roof rails.

[Matt]

Awesome man, thanks!

That's definitely enough room for a fork mount bike carrier up there (mtb is my most active sport... its easier to escape for an hour or two for a ride after the kids go to bed). I'll have to check a few things out when I get home..

[IamJEEP]

Awesome man, thanks!

That's definitely enough room for a fork mount bike carrier up there (mtb is my most active sport... its easier to escape for an hour or two for a ride after the kids go to bed). I'll have to check a few things out when I get home..

Food for thought.........you might get tired of reaching up there to mount/unmount your bike every time you go riding. I thought about the same thing and if you ride like I do, the last thing you want to do is stuggle putting the bike on the roof....

[Matt]

I already have my hitch carrier. Its more of a PITA to install/remove that every time. I had roof mounted racks on my lifted explorer, it wasn't a big deal. I kept my bike gear in a crate in the back and used the crate as a stool to remove/install the bike.

[Matt]

... nothing will beat the setup I have on my GMC though! Thule sidearms mounted above the bed. Bikes mounted/unmounted shoulder height in 10 seconds.

[IamJEEP]

... nothing will beat the setup I have on my GMC though! Thule sidearms mounted above the bed. Bikes mounted/unmounted shoulder height in 10 seconds.

Perfect highth(sp?) set-up right there. My buddy had that same thing in hid Ranger back in the day.