Disco Roof Racks

[Four Boar]

Hi All,

This is my first post and I look forward to hearing back from you all.

Me and a few of my mates have 1st series Land Rover Discovery's. Our first project is to make Ali roof racks for them. But we need measurments and advice from people who have already got them. We want the rack to be flat across the whole top of the Disco. We also plan on having a pipe off the side to hold water. Any help, photo's etc would be greatly appriciated. Also which black paint you would reccomend.

Also the best place to source materials (Sunshine Coast)

TDI's RULE.

[Four Boar]

Hi all,

I really need help with this one, cos my mates dad is going to make them for us as he is a boiler maker. Even Pictures would be a great start.

Regards Calum

[Utemad]

There are some photos in the Markets.

http://www.aulro.com/apc/showproduct.php?product=1012&cat=6

Those pipes you see on the roofracks of 4wds are for carrying poles. I've never heard of people using them to carry water when bolted up top. Would get heavy quick and from memory the Disco has a fairly low roof weight limit.

I have seen them used for water under ute trays though.

[mudmouse]

I've got a TJM split level jobbie in the garage. I'll duck down after tea and take a photo or two and get some measurements. Mines alloy and is painted with a hammer finish - don't know what type, guage alloy etc...

Give us an hour mate....

[Utemad]

According to the handbook the max roof rack load is

50kg onroad
30kg offroad

These seem to relate to the factory roof bars though. I don't know if it would be different for an aftermarket gutter mount roof rack.

[cockie55]

Four Boar I have just stumbled across this rack project thread of yours. We have 2 things in common…. would like a decent Disco 1 rack …and …we both live in SE Qld.

My ideal roof rack is the Safety Devices “Highlander” (see attached details) that unfortunately is no longer made or was ever available in Australia.

It's feature are; being a full length, contoured to roofline, light but well engineered structure (as opposed to throwing metal in to cure any design shortcomings), being set inboard of the gutter line to make it look good and less toppy, supports lining up with vehicle pillars and last but not least allowing retention of factory rails.

For those wanting a full floor to their Highlander” a project thread at discoweb.org -- (http://www.discoweb.org) under “tech” titled “roof rack flooring” is pretty good.

The best custom I have seen is in the attached pic which can be found at discoweb.org -- (http://www.discoweb.org) under “tech” titled “Marcin Gerc Roof Rack”.

Four Boar have you progressed with this project????

The closest local is the TJM which in the contoured version does not allow retention of factory rails, is short of full-full length and quite bizarrely the gutter mounts for a factory design are located out of line with vehicle pillars. Overall it looks top heavy, stummpy and not very attractive in comparison to the Safety Devices design.

[cucinadio]

watching w interest :D

cheers

[cucinadio]

I've got a TJM split level jobbie in the garage. I'll duck down after tea and take a photo or two and get some measurements. Mines alloy and is painted with a hammer finish - don't know what type, guage alloy etc...

Give us an hour mate....


mate the shed must be a long way from the house :D

cheers

[Valley 50]

See phot of the one I have for the D1. It has performaed well with the only change in design required being where the RHS is welded back to back that allows corrosion in the joint. All RHS sections are welded closed to no corroeion from that point.

[cockie55]

Valley 50 it looks like one manufactured by Tradesman (Melbourne)

[dirtdawg]

make me a cad drawing and i can make them

[cucinadio]

make me a cad drawing and i can make them


OK! and how much would it cost, to run one of those off ? :D



cheers

[mcrover]

Mines a Tradesman on My Disco to carry the RTT but I had it built to 1400mm wide so the tent edges were sitting on the outer rails and supported by the inner rails and it still had side rails on it but I have cut them off as it made it hard to open the tent.

The only other problem I have had with it has been harmonic vibrations at around 100kmh cause a terrible sound so I had to weld some RHS along the underside in the middle to support the middle bars and stop them from vibrating.

The rack it self weights less than 50kg (might be less than 30kg's as I can lift it easilly myself without the tent on it but Ive never wieghed it but thats what they told me when I bought it) and the tent is about 60kg's and I have had it on and off for 2 years and still no cracks or anything and I dont find it top heavy at all just fuel economy sufferes a bit in a head wind.

I prefer steel racks for the ease of modification or repair but if you have a MIG set up for alloy or a TIG at your disposal then they would be much of a muchness in that case but the ally racks are a little lighter.

[dirtdawg]

cad is not a hard program to use, i just dont have it its just easier for me to fabricate something if i have a nice drawing to go off, but i am thinking of doing one for my car soon and i'll do that from scratch and draw it up as i go along so then it would be easy to do more all i need to do is find some where that i can but the gutter mounts from cause i dont want to make them not that they would be too hard i spose, does anyone have some close up pick of where the racks mount onto their gutters?

[cucinadio]

cad is not a hard program to use, i just dont have it its just easier for me to fabricate something if i have a nice drawing to go off, but i am thinking of doing one for my car soon and i'll do that from scratch and draw it up as i go along so then it would be easy to do more all i need to do is find some where that i can but the gutter mounts from cause i dont want to make them not that they would be too hard i spose, does anyone have some close up pick of where the racks mount onto their gutters?


ok then the shout out to someone who is handy with autocad to draw up some planes for a roof rack, somthing like the discovery rack, then we can get a approx cost for you to do them up yhea :D

cheers

[dirtdawg]

some good close up pics of the rack you want would be good too, postage might be a killer though

[dirtdawg]

i'm going to go here Roof Rack (http://www.roofracksuperstore.com.au/?p=PG&cri=1) on monday and see if i can just get the gutter mounts on their own

[dirtdawg]

you could buy this LANDROVER DISCOVERY TRADESMAN ROOF RACK - eBay, Land Rover, Car Parts, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 07-Feb-08 20:43:55 AEDST) (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=110219060573&Category=102341&_trksid=p3907.m29)

then i could copy it

[SenatorKang]

hey guys any progress with this?



My ideal roof rack is the Safety Devices “Highlander” (see attached details) that unfortunately is no longer made or was ever available in Australia.


The safety devices rack is something i've wanted since i bought the disco, but i never put anything on the roof so couldn't justify the price just for good looks. that said i did have some rhino racks, never used them so i sold em, and then 2 weeks later needed to put something on the roof.

[cockie55]

hey guys any progress with this?



The safety devices rack is something i've wanted since i bought the disco, but i never put anything on the roof so couldn't justify the price just for good looks. that said i did have some rhino racks, never used them so i sold em, and then 2 weeks later needed to put something on the roof.

No unfortunately.....

[sschmez]

then i could copy it

You're welcome to copy/measure my TJM, dirtdawg.
I'm in Nunawading most days/ every day .... just down the road from Mitcham

PM me
Stevo

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2421/avatarzm3.jpg

[dirtdawg]

thats not a bad rack where did you get that one?

[loanrangie]

thats not a bad rack where did you get that one?

"You're welcome to copy/measure my TJM, dirtdawg " ;)

[dirtdawg]

lol yeah yeah one in every crowd...............

[sschmez]

"You're welcome to copy/measure my TJM, dirtdawg " ;)


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