Outdoor Adventure USA

A roof rack it is... I was combing through the web and I found a fairly unique rack. There are a few around but I have yet to see any in person. It's a Utility rack by Baja Rack. Of course it won't stay stock looking but it is fairly stock for now. I have yet to see one with lighting on it has for front tabs for lights. I have all the lights mounted on the front and sides but i am doing something different than the way I had my stock rack set up.

A had a time set up to meet up with the salesman this morning and had to have my stock rack off and change some stuff on the way my wires were routed through the roof to accommodate the new rack. Since my old rack was a large diameter tubing rack, I wanted to make it look clean and I pulled all the wiring through the tubes of the rack. The holes through the roof was under the driver's side front rack mount pad so I didn't need to use a bulkhead fitting on the roof. I was able to seal the foot of the rack and no water got in. Well, with the new rack there was no such luck. I had to lift the rack, mark all the wires, cut the wires and pull the out of the roof so I could open up the existing hole and install a bulkhead fitting. I was able to also verify that the wires were clear of the airbags. Here are some pics of that mess...

Then today I went to Ramona to get my new rack and of course I couldn't leave the shop until I at least had some of the lights mounted on it. It's a stout rack. I can walk around on it and set up there. What enticed me was the lack of the side rails and how low profile it is. The wind noise has reduced considerably and we'll see if it helps with MPG. I doubt it but I can hope. I'll post up more as I get the fabs done to the rack that I want to accomplish.

NICE!!! now RTT. For the routing of the light wires, what connector is going throught the roof? i what to do the same thing with my wiring. looks clean and water proof.

Very nice job

Looks great, but needs more stuff on it !!!

ralphie wrote:NICE!!! now RTT. For the routing of the light wires, what connector is going throught the roof? i what to do the same thing with my wiring. looks clean and water proof.

RTT waaaaaaaaaay down the line.

I have some extra fittings and conduit left over. I'll give you one of the fittings and some flex conduit. I think you have it but I just PM'd you my cell number.

cruiserlarry wrote:Very nice job

Looks great, but needs more stuff on it !!!

Thanks!!!! ...and I know just who to call for "more stuff".

I was thinking one of those new LED lightbars would be awesome up there but I'd need the equivalent of down payment on house to pay for it.

OLLIE wrote:I was thinking one of those new LED lightbars would be awesome up there but I'd need the equivalent of down payment on house to pay for it.

No worries...we have light bar loan officers standing by, waiting to help... just call 1-800-LED-LITE...

(Note - not a real phone number )

Since all the structure on the new rack is round, I didn't have a place to mount my lip-mount Diamond K9000 motorized antenna mount up by the front PIAA's.

To remedy this issue I modified the lightbar I fabricated for my old stock rack and made a bar for my lip mount. Now all is well in radio land again. Now that that's taken care of it's time to start wiring my lights.
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Looks awesome Ollie, gonna have the rack more outfitted for the meet and greet?

salad_man wrote:Looks awesome Ollie, gonna have the rack more outfitted for the meet and greet?

I'm trying to have it fairly complete by then.

I need to get light tabs welded on my Bajarack, that looks really slick! Can't wait to see it up close.