I decided to make a saddle type kayak roof rack.
How to make a roof rack for a van.
Bought a roof rack for my convertible vw cabrio and have hauled bikes and small quantities of lumber on that roof rack.
If you have factory roof racks that run from front to back you can build your own steel crossmembers using one inch square tubing cut to size and secured to the factory racks using carriage bolts.
Purchased on ebay new and cheap.
Roof rack with solar panel honda odyssey.
Once the 13 16 unistrut crossbars are mounted to the panels lift the 2 panel array up onto the 1 5 8 unistrut side rails on top of the van.
Have carried everything on.
How to make a roof rack.
Avoid drilling too deep into the roof of the car.
Created my own roof rack to haul big items with the beater.
Drill motor rasp file and a few other tools will help you nail this project.
Ensure that the roof rack is in position and properly adjusted leaving good space at the centre.
We twisted each bolt 90ยบ by hand to ensure it locked in place in the aluminium channel it should do this anyway when tightened and secured using a large flat washer and nut.
Everything cannot be fitted into the car or van.
There are a variety of kayak roof racks on the market everything from j cradles stackers and saddle racks.
All the bolts and unistrut cone nuts must be mounted to the panel first.
Bought the cr v factory roofrack separately from the car purchase years ago.
I ve always wanted a roof rack for my land cruiser but the commercially available options didn t fit my needs so i made a custom one come see how.
Dealer prices are insane but found it online a few months otherwise for much less.
A very good quality plan to make a.
The idea was to make a frame cover it with 22 plywood anchor it the van with screws fill the voids rear corners with spray foam red cans that cost about 3 at a hardware or building supply store coat this with laminating resin fiberglass over the corners and edges of this structure first with 1 1 2oz fiberglass mat then over the entire structure with 10 oz.
It will help you out a lot in daily life when you ll be able to carry around some storage on it.
After checking through my supply of junk i found some brackets that are used to mount satellite dishes to roofs or walls.
Once all your t bolts are secure the aluminium should be pulled tight against the mastic tape and van roof.
The next accessory i made for the roof rack was a kayak rack.
