Thread: Cane Toad roof racks

I finished putting the rack on yesterday morning. It looks good. Feels solid as a rock.
Wind noise at 70kph. I’ll post more details and photos tonight.

So if I have NO roof rails would this rack bolt straigt into the roof ? If so it's a lot cheaper option.

Originally Posted by gofish

So if I have NO roof rails would this rack bolt straigt into the roof ? If so it's a lot cheaper option.

You would need to adapt the mounting brackets to suit.

I've just bought a D4 and I'm only just starting to bolt things onto it.

For my D2, I bought an aluminium tent roof rack (only has a bar around the front 500mm or so) and a tent from Peter Gorgievski at OCAM which is based in Melbourne, last year. They have a branch in Brizzie as well.

Peter has been superb to deal with and extremely helpful - he has a late model Rangie sport.

The roof rack on the D2 has been excellent and I'm very happy with it. Yes, I believe it's fabricated offshore (I assume China) but I have no issues with the quality. The tent is also excellent but I haven't taken it on a major trip yet.

Peter is working with his supplier to produce a similar rack for the D4 right at the moment. I'm providing some input for him, and I'm hoping he can us give two options:
1. The rack with rails to bolt to a bare D4 roof
2. The rack with legs to bolt to the Land Rover roof rails (which are already fitted to my D4)

I'll keep you posted, but he's talking in terms of having a production rack for me in early 2019 (well in time for our LRRegSA Land Rover Show at Melrose, Easter weekend).

Originally Posted by gofish

So if I have NO roof rails would this rack bolt straigt into the roof ? If so it's a lot cheaper option.

It would work. You’d have to cut notches in the rubber/aluminium strip that fills the groove.
With hind sight the OCAM option is probably the best option and the finish quality would probably be better with minimal fiddling about.

I’m happy with the Cane Toad although I did have to solve some easy problems (M6 bolts, thinner washers etc) with a cheap run to the popular DIY warehouse. Having two young and eager kids was problematic by my understanding wife was a big help running interference.

Pics?