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| Landy718 Member Since: 22 Mar 2021 Location: Brooklyn/Catskills Posts: 17   
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Here's the parts list.
 Click image to enlarge Very simple to assemble. I mounted the 6' pieces of T-Slot such that the rear would just miss the shark fin. I then infilled the horizontals cut to fit, as there's a bit of an inward canting of the roof rails from back to front - the front horizontals are shorter than the rear. Mounting to the roof rails themselves was accomplished by grinding down the legs on these t-slot nuts from McMaster. https://www.mcmaster.com/94750A604/ Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge In order to secure the 3-way cubes (from 8020.net) at the corners, I simpled tapped the ends of the T-Slot framing so I could bolt through. Click image to enlarge Next up, I plan to attach these strap down points from Front Runner, as well as these work lights from Sherpa. Two on driver and passenger side and two at the rear. Just trying to figure out wire routing...really trying to avoid drilling through the roof. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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25th Mar 2021 1:39pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324 
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That's very neat. I had in mind to build an aluminium basket to fit on the three substantial roof bars that I have on my 110 but was just going to use angle and box section. I hadn't seen that T-slot stuff before but it looks like an ideal material. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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25th Mar 2021 2:01pm |
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| Landy718 Member Since: 22 Mar 2021 Location: Brooklyn/Catskills Posts: 17
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It's wonderful in that it's basically what many of the commercial roof platform manufacturers use, so for the most part you can adapt their accessories to fit.
The roof box I have on there is simply affixed via t-nuts, same goes for my ski/fly rod holders. |
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25th Mar 2021 2:08pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3313 
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That looks neater than the specific aftermarket racks. Nice work. WARNING.
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25th Mar 2021 2:53pm |
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| Landy718 Member Since: 22 Mar 2021 Location: Brooklyn/Catskills Posts: 17
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Thanks! It's been a labor of love and I'm really happy with it.
The only thing I'm not particularly keen on is the corner conditions, so I've been working on a radiused piece that will go there and give it a look that I think is more complimentary to the truck. Given the slight cant inwards from front to rear, I'm prototyping some pieces to make sure they match up with the angles first, then I'll have a machine shop bend some square aluminum tubing for me. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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25th Mar 2021 3:22pm |
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| SN Member Since: 29 Jun 2007 Location: SK6 Posts: 729 |
whilst applauding you for your work, it's great stuff, I'm interested in why the LR or Front Runner racks weren't to your satisfaction?
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25th Mar 2021 5:05pm |
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| Landy718 Member Since: 22 Mar 2021 Location: Brooklyn/Catskills Posts: 17
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When I started out on this - approx 2 months ago - LR couldnt tell me anything about roof rack lead times and frankly I dont like how high off the roof it sits. For a full sized Front Runner, I've read too many horror stories of the roof rail removal gone wrong, where a bolt had too much thread lock on it and could not be forced free. So I endeavored to utilize the roof rails, while keeping the platform as close to the roof as possible without getting in the way of the skylight or shark fin.
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25th Mar 2021 5:51pm |
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| Scotm Member Since: 28 Feb 2014 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 666  
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Have you seen this lighting solution for T-Slot? Just came across it when exploring T-Slot on the net after reading your post.
https://alusic.com/EN/led-lighting-devices.htm |
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25th Mar 2021 6:09pm |
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| Landy718 Member Since: 22 Mar 2021 Location: Brooklyn/Catskills Posts: 17
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I have come across it before - I built a workbench out of T-slot - but it completely slipped my mind for this application. Could be interesting. I may eventually build out an interior drawer system for the rear cargo area, and could see this coming in handy there.
For a fairly comprehensive collection of all the fittings made for T-Slot or 8020, check out the following: https://www.mcmaster.com/structural-framing https://8020.net/shop The 8020 site is nice in that they have a couple of really useful resources for designing with t-slot. The most useful I've found is their deflection calculator, that was very handy in this project for determining how far out the corners could be cantilevered and still maintain a decent live load. |
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25th Mar 2021 6:17pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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For those based in the UK, I've bought Ali profile and fixings from these before. Found them cheaper on the generic parts rather than going with the Bosch Rexroth stuff:
https://www.aluminium-profile.co.uk/ |
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26th Mar 2021 7:16am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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That's very useful.
I also found this site, which despite appearing clunky and out of date, is still current as I received a price list (dated 2014) from them on Thursday: http://www.valuframe.co.uk/Series-6-Aluminium-Profiles.html Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 27th Mar 2021 12:22pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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27th Mar 2021 8:33am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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Not come across them, so will check out in detail later.
Looks like someone else is mounting 8020 directly to the roof: Click image to enlarge |
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27th Mar 2021 9:43am |
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| Landy718 Member Since: 22 Mar 2021 Location: Brooklyn/Catskills Posts: 17
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Interesting. Curious as to what the mounts are. Is this from Facebook?
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29th Mar 2021 6:17pm |
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| G4R1 Member Since: 17 Aug 2020 Location: Barnet/Limassol Posts: 131
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It’s also interesting how they managed to fit rotopax to the side windows as it doesn’t seem they used any sort of bracket. I don’t believe it bolted directly to the glass. 3.0L MHVE D200 S Pangea Green+Black Pack
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29th Mar 2021 6:26pm |
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