Thread: FITTING FULL LENGTH ROOF RACK TO D1 OVER FACTORY UNIT

I will be doing the same nonce I get a hold of a tjm rack

Not sure if yours is the same but I have a TJM rack that is moulded the same shape as the roof, I had on my D1 that had no roof rails and have now fitted it to my D2 that has the roof rails..

I layed the rack on the roof and you will find that its the 2nd and 3rd crossmembers on the rack that will hit the rails, the rest will clear them.
I marked the crossmembers on the roofrack where they would hit the rails on the roof then cut the 2 cross memebers on the rack with a grinder and removed about a 2' or about 50mm piece of the roofrack.
Then I drilled some holes thru the crossmembers on the roofrack and got some flatbar the same width and drlled that and now I bolt the flatbar under the roofrails on those 2 crossmembers with 1/4 ' S/S bolts.

I have used this roofrack heaps and both on and off road and never had any problems with it..It was far easier than trying to remove the rails..

PM me if you want more info or some pics..
Hope this helps..

Cheers Ean

I know someone who has the same TJM roofrack on a D1 with the factory bars.

He took off the upright legs that normally sit in the gutter and took them to a metal fabricator who made up some heavy duty and slightly longer stainless steel legs for him, using the old ones as a template.