Roof Rack On Pop Top

You must remember while the fiberglass roof can handle weight it was not intended to have a rack on it.

Roof rack on pop top. Round crossbars supply the backbone of your roof rack system and work with all yakima towers. Roofnest was raised in colorado and makes the best hard shell roof top tents in the world. Using yakima aluminum tracks on the top surface of the pop top. The best info i found came from the vw adventure crowd who like to set up roof racks for hauling toys on the top of their westfalia conversions the common technique seems to be mounting artificial rain gutters made by either thule or yakima by drilling.

So i upgraded the struts to 2x 750 newton force struts. Roof racks on a pop top. Reimo sca bilbo and eco skyline roofs can all be upgraded with rails and crossbars which come with a variety of costs features and carrying capacities. This video is about how i fitted a roof rack to my vw t5 camper van reimo roof.

I m looking to do the same with my fiberglass high top ford e150 conversion. With the extra weight of the roof rails and roof bars the standard gas struts 420newton force per strut only just hold the weight of the pop top when it s up. I purchased all the parts but haven t done the actual work yet. What where and why 1.

The new struts were powerful enough to hold 2x surfboards and an empty roof box with the pop top up. Roof racks are a great way to expand the carrying capacity of your rig. Create a roof rack system on your rv or pop up camper with these extra long extra thick yakima crossbars. Suncoo 64 inch universal roof rack cargo basket extension with 250 lbs capacity car top luggage holder wind fairing cargo carrier 3 8 out of 5 stars 99 128 96 128.

With a few exceptions it is just as easy to fit a roof rack to a poptop as to a fixed one a device which enables you to carry long narrow cabin engulfing gear on the roof of the van. Roof rack fitted to a reimo pop top roof on a vw t5 camper van one man and his whippet. If you are carrying anything and plan to use your pop top you must install a lift assist kit. All orders could be delayed by 1 2 weeks due to covid and the related complications in the freight.

Using yakima heavy duty 4 bolt brackets along the vertical sides of the pop top or 2. Xcar roof rack carrier basket rooftop cargo carrier with extension black car top luggage holder 64 x 39 x 6 universal for suv cars 4 3 out of 5 stars 179 159 99 159.