Quite a while ago I did a post about removing my rear seats to make an open bed to use my B as a work truck. Well now I have built and installed a roof rack and thought you may want a look.

It is made of schedule 40 oval section anondized aluminium, all TIG welded with the welds painted. It weighs about 22 lbs.



Mike

 

Looks nice, but is there any reason you went that route instead of just getting Yakima stuff and strapping things to the bars??

 

I found the Yakima system to be not to my taste. It hooks under the door openings and is real noisy at all speeds even with the air dam. This one is quiet up to 80 right now and I'm putting an airflow dam on in the next few days.

Mike

 

i like it.

is that thing screwed or bolted through the roof?

 

Looks Clean , nice work

 

Currently the rack is on with SS screws, bedded w/5200 sealeant. I will be thru bolting in a while, however, on concern over uplift forces. I am going to be putting my kayak on the rack and don't want anything to pull out..these roofs are thin.

I am going to cut 4" holes in the headliner, put in a plate and thru bolt as required. The holes will then be covered with white plastic twist to remove round access plates.

I put on my airflow dam mock up last night (made of cardboard and aluminium tape) and the results were great, sounds as if there is no rack up there at all.

Mike

 

cutting holes in your roof and headliner? screw that . ruins the resale , lets rust have the chance at consuming yur car.


that's a heck no from me.

 

I understand your viewpoint Hotbox but that doesn't apply in this situation. This is the company truck and will be run until it isn't worth spit.

It is amazing how not being concerned about resale frees up your life.

In many ways it has already paid for itself in the first year on the job in fuel savings alone. It is driven by any one of three guys and is strictly a "worker B".




Mike

 

Even if you do plan run it in to the ground I would still just pop out the headliner, put the plates in and them slap it back in. It's really not that hard to do. Scions are built like Lego's.

 

werd on not cutting up the headliner.

i like the look so much but i just can't see punchin holes in my roof. i don't ever see me selling this thing except to an insurance company. that being said i hate rust.

and for a moment i was so excited.

 

looks good

 

Could anyone give me a quick lesson on how to pull the headliner?

Mike

 

you just called it your work "truck" made me giggle like a little school girl.

 

Inside; no rear seats, flat diamond pattern bedliner, rack for R-22 bottles, onboard inverter for running power tools off the grid, rack for handtruck for moving tools and equipment to the job site, etc, etc, sounds like a truck to me! (especially when you hit a bump )

Mike

 

thats cool and all but everything is enclosed in the cabin. So i would probably call it a utility van or sad to say SUV.....whatever floats your boat, but good job on the rack.

 

Legos! weeee! I love the rear decked and no back seats.

 

Find out where the roll bars are in the roof and mount into those.

There is one where the dome light is.

 

Nice Rack!!! Like it much better than the OEM. And even though mine is not a "worker B", I will have it until it just completely rusts apart, or is wrecked. As far as any holes: Can anyone say "spoiler". I will be doing this mod in some way or another in the future, and realize it will take four holes. Again, very Nice Rack. Another DIY job, and a great one at that. Frpm a fellow HVAC.

 

Thanks for the kind words Steve. After looking at your Box I know you are no stranger to mods.

Hot as hell out here this month..great for income.

Mike

 

I just need to get off my rear and get going on the mods again. The Rack is definitely in my Box's future, but it will probably be a while off. 110 last week, and it keeps us busy.