other Roof Rack For 75'

[Lou Perez]

[LB72]

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bmore2002,  do you have any info on the rack?  I've been looking for one with the wooden slats. Thanks.

[Lou Perez]

I had it custom made by Pedro of http://pedroracks.com. It wasn't cheap, but it was worth every penny. It was $445 plus $65 to greyhound it to MARYLAND from CALIFORNIA. It's hand made and top quality. I initially inquired about it last year and it took him months to find a 2002 roof clip to work off of. Once he got one it only took 6 weeks to make it. That was in May I'm sure he can turn them around a lot sooner now. I highly recommend him. Tell him that you saw Lou from Baltimore's rack.

I just noticed that your in LB that should save you some bucks picking it up yourself.

Edited June 29, 2014 by bmore2002

[RayC911]

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That rack looks perfect! Likey the skate deck too

[mo02]

Very nice looking car/rack combo

[Lou Perez]

['76mintgrün'02]

I have a Thule rack which fits the 02 quite nicely.  Not fancy, but functional.  It mostly lives on my Subaru, but the roof width is the same on both cars, so it is easy to move back and forth.  

 

Here it is carrying plastic gutter pieces for my poly-tarp carports.

 

Yesterday I had to haul a bunch of sixteen foot cedar lumber and needed to figure out how to support them on a rack with only a four foot span.  I have a light weight extension ladder which served the purpose nicely.  I will definitely be using it again.  It made me so happy, that I thought I would share the idea here.

 

Two of the rungs happened to line up with the rack, so I ran a rope through the rung to tie the ladder to the rack.  The long end of the rope was then used to secure the lumber.  Simple, but very effective and light weight... what's more, it looks classy.

[ClayW]

DO you guys think one of these racks would be able to hold a 250Lb go kart?

Yes, but not much more.

['76mintgrün'02]

Rack capacity is limited in a number of ways... on a short little roof rack.

Once again, here is the Roof Rack Hack in Action:

 

 

 

 

I needed to haul a few pieces of woven stainless mesh which are four feet wide and ten feet long.

I put both pieces of the extension ladder on the rack and cut two pieces of inch and a half plastic conduit to fit between them, with pieces of all thread run through the rungs/conduit to tie it all together.  (Junk I had around, but cheap to replicate).  

 

Overloading racks is a pet peeve of mine, but for the bulky, over-sized, not-too-heavy load, the ladder rack extension works well.  

The 2002 could have just as easily hauled this load.

 

[Steven_K]

On 6/29/2014 at 1:30 AM, Lou Perez said:

By far the most beautiful 02 I have ever seen. Sir, you just made my day!!

[BeMyWay]

On 9/21/2013 at 9:09 PM, algon said:

This post got me motivated to start working on my roof rack. So into the garage for a little tinkering.......

 

 Still haven't decided on what's next for it. Do I go with slats......oak flooring would be the least expensive. Thought about teak, that would look great but after pricing it, well, unless I find some at a real discount that's out.  Maybe even something different like aluminum!

 

 

 

How about redwood attached to an aluminum frame.  

[BeMyWay]

I've receive a roof rack that seems to be a generic build.  I have had it on my Ghia and on my BMW, but it was too tall.  I'm tight on money and restless at the moment, so I might shorten the legs and clean it up and see what I come up with.

Edited January 15, 2017 by BeMyWay

[Dug Nichols]

Nice Ghia @bemyway!

 

This update to the thread and the tall rack you have made me want to go find an old photo of a Thule rack I had on my 02.

 

I had a height extension kit on it to fit over the stock racks on a '71 Squareback we owned at the time, and for whatever reason I had it on my 2002 with the extra spacers. Clearance!!

 

['76mintgrün'02]

Thule racks stow nicely behind the shock towers. (with the 50" crossbars)

[BeMyWay]

Thanks Otto...my son seems to keep it busy these days.