Landrover soft top roof rack project

Thanks Jam,
Yeah on reflection i think chequer plate is wrong. I wonder how i can finish that to keep it from corroding/rusting. I was gonna have it all powder coated but with use will the finish come off the eges of that mesh? Perhaps stainless steel mesh is the answer?

Looking good Legscrane,

Makes me want to start looking at something similar.

What pipe bender are you using? and what steel are you using for that .



Cheers

Legscrane said:

Thanks Jam,
Yeah on reflection i think chequer plate is wrong. I wonder how i can finish that to keep it from corroding/rusting. I was gonna have it all powder coated but with use will the finish come off the eges of that mesh? Perhaps stainless steel mesh is the answer?

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Why not use stainless mesh and bolt it into place, then if you damage it , it is easy to change and would not need to be powder coated with the frame.

Cheers

Good thinking neilly. Ta
The tube bender is a Pro-tools 105. I'm using 1.25 inch 16 swg erw tube.

Ta

Legscrane said:

Good thinking neilly. Ta
The tube bender is a Pro-tools 105. I'm using 1.25 inch 16 swg erw tube.

Ta

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Oooh, nice kit,

A little more than I want to spend on something I will nto use that much, LOL

Cheers

Legscrane said:

Thanks Jam,
Yeah on reflection i think chequer plate is wrong. I wonder how i can finish that to keep it from corroding/rusting. I was gonna have it all powder coated but with use will the finish come off the eges of that mesh? Perhaps stainless steel mesh is the answer?

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i wonder if when its finished you take it off and get the whole lot galvanised?

Yeah agreed, galv it and leave it bare

Yeah deffo, would be more durable. But probably quite costly will have to look into it.

Thanks

Legscrane said:

Yeah deffo, would be more durable. But probably quite costly will have to look into it.

Thanks

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You may be surprise, it's bright steel, all it needs is a quick acid dip and the hot zinc dip. Cheaper than powder cost I reckon

Well hello all. Been too busy just lately and haven't done much on the roof rack but here's a couple of up to date pics.

Looking good that is going to so suit being galved
Decided what you are going to do with the load area yet?

Thanks. Yer, gonna go the expanded mesh and glalvanise route i think. Gonna make a tubular access ladder combined with swing away spare carrier too.

Looking really smart great job

Thanks tomhop, hopefully will look better when all galvanised.

Fair play that is brilliant bit of work you've done there, very impressive

Thanks liam_italian. I wonder if there's a market for selling them?!

I bet you there is

Any updates on this? I'm looking to build a mount for my 109 exMoD (already have a roof rack it came with, but set up with gutter mounts which I obviously don't have unless I got to hard top). I was thinking of using a set of rear ladders to attach to the cross member, the side antenna mounts and then a windshield frame mount similar to what you have. Just not sure if the rear ladders would be high enough to clear the soft top and not interfere with the rear flap at all.

I like how you're mounting the rear but I guess it would require a reinforced (new) rear hoop to hold it, where maybe the ladders wouldn't.