Quote Originally Posted by superacerc View Post
Here's an option perhaps. I have the defender roof rack and it mounts directly inside the rails on the XK that run front to back. I don't use the factory cross bars at all. Then you could mount the box to the defender rack and not be as high up off the jeep as a box on a basket on crossbars. You can see how low my basket mounts to the xk in my garage pics if you want. It has 6 brackets that bolt the basket to the factory roof rails so is pretty sturdy.
x2 I have the welded 1 piece rack and four lights on top. It is a sturdy rack, oh yeah full size spare on top.. 295/70/17