Rick-O
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- First Name
- Rick
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2021
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- Location
- San Antonio, TX
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 Ford Ranger Crew Cab XL FX4
- Occupation
- Video Producer
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THanks for the thoughtful response. I agree, your rack looks good! (Side note: I recently said the same thing to my waitress at Hooters. lol)Yes and No for the recommendation.
The rack looks great up there. Noise is minimal compared to other racks that I have used on various vehicles. Install sucks. You must drill into your roof. Proceed with caution. This is the case for Prinsu and UptopOverland. I assume KC as well. Both Prinsu and Uptop use extruded aluminium for the the track system. This is ok. What I do not like are the sizes of the tracks. They both utilize M6 bolts instead of M8. The track nuts are crap but make for easy installation of mounts. The Rivnuts Plusnuts to mount the rack are garbage. I would use fender washers, split washers, bolts and nuts instead if I were to do it over again. The slats are adjustable so positioning them to fit your accessories is easy. Everyone and their mother has a prinsu installed on every taco that I see. Almost no one has the uptop so it's kind of nice being different. My rack is fairly quiet at 80+.
I have the following installed on the rack:
I'll take some pictures this weekend of the entire roof rack setup. I did not opt for any light bar cutouts. I may go for the 30" cutout in the future but doubt it as I like my lights low
- ARB Tred Pros
- Goal Zero 100 watt solar panel
- Axe and Shovel
- 6.5' awning
I never thought of the washers and bolt options you mentioned, that might be a good solution or alternative to the rivnut BS. I'll look into that. I think I might go without the light setup too and build out better light situation on the bumper along with some ditch lights on the hood.
Post pics when you get a chance. I'd love to see how that gear looks up there. I'm curious if you'd add a gas can up there too? That's the main thing that sent me down this whole path, as I don't want to travel with fuel inside my cab or bed.
Here's a boring pic of my truck I plan to take better off road pics soon too.
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