Different to what you are planning but I have the RlTP legs on my rhino rack onto factory long rails. The threaded nuts aren't quite big enough but they grip ok.
Do you really need to be able to remove the legs ?
Hi All.
I am trying to work out if I can fit Quick Mount Track Legs RLT600 to a Discovery 2015 with long factory rails? Has anyone else done this and did you require any special parts from Rhino Rack?
Autobahn told me that Rhino Rack said that RLT600 legs can be mounted to the rails, but they advise against it. No reason given as to why. Instead they suggest using the RCP61 base kit (for the LR discovery 4 ) with the RCL4 RCP legs - but unfortunately these aren't quick mount.
If anyone has any advice, I'd be appreciative.
Thanks in advance, Klaas
Different to what you are planning but I have the RlTP legs on my rhino rack onto factory long rails. The threaded nuts aren't quite big enough but they grip ok.
Do you really need to be able to remove the legs ?
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Hey loanrangie. Thanks. I've got those legs - good to know they fit. Preferably I'd like the quick mount to remove when not in use, but if I have to I'll use the ones I've got. Cheers.
I had a pioneer platform mounted on 6x RLT600 legs on the long factory roof rails. although it sat a bit higher than I'd like, it was my favourite setup because you could remove the platform for daily drive and not have to put up with the noise + hit to the fuel economy that comes with the platform.
from memory you do need some extra parts. The channel nuts that come with then are too narrow for the OEM factory rails so you need QMFK11 x 3
if you're plan is to do a platform like I did you will also need a spacer at the front as the rails are neither flat nor straight QMVA10
and although it's not a suggested part I found it easier to get the legs locked in with a 5mm wedge on the front QMW05
they can be a bit fiddly to set up but once you're in the correct position and arrangement, with that setup it was easy to put the platform on or off in under 2 minutes.
Hi Macadamia. That's really helpful - thank you. I figured there was away to make it secure. If I can avoid noise and drag and take it off quickly for storage, it would be ideal. Cheers.
I always had a plan to leave all my camping gear secured on the platform and use a pulley system on my garage roof to store it. Just drop it on, lock the legs and ready to do. Sadly never got around to it and circumstances changed (namely my garage doesn’t have a roof and the door is too low).
It was easy enough for two people to walk the rack over the car in access hight and lock it in, in less than 2 minutes.
Shoot me a message if you need any other info or advice. Like I said they can be a bit of a pain to get the bases secured in the right position initially but once that’s done it’s easy as. Without the wedges you have to put a bit of weight on the platform to get the front and back legs in but the wedges fix that for me.
I have done this and it works a treat. I alternate between nude, tray or bars in about 5 mins.
My only contribution to the installation was to fabricate steel base plates to sit between the rails and the plastic baseplate (other the plastic bases would warp into the c-channel under the stress from the bolts. (The steel plates have been painted with raptor coating.)
Hi David. Thanks for the advice. The steel base plates are great idea. I'm presuming the raptor coating is to protect the surface of the factory rails? Cheers Chris
I never use any kind of metal base plate and never had a problem with the plastic legs bending or deforming. I had the legs bolted straight onto the rails and carried a bit over 100kg (across 6 legs) from Melbourne to Fraser Island and to Cape York and back. Hit a dip @80kmph on the PRD on the way back, taking an almighty knock and was sure something must have broken but pulled everything apart and checked it all over and they were good as new. The only problem I had was a bit of surface corrosion on the square nuts after Fraser - they're zinc plated, but the bolts are stainless steel, so I suspect some galvanic reaction happened between them in the extra saltiness on Fraser.
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