roof rack question

[neoworm]

Anyone know if the Front runner tracks and African Outback tracks are the same. I've been looking at pics of the Frontrunner ones and they appear to be identical to my AO's.

I'm wondering if my AO load bars will fit in the frontrunner tracks or vice versa if I buy a windcheetah.

other question is: Anyone using a Bajarack exprack on thier 100.

Got any pics and are you happy with it. Price is very attractive.

 

[davegonz]

The racks themselves are different. The slats on the AO run front to back while the WindCheetah slats/floor runs left to right. That said, the mounting channels that bolt to the roof are almost identical and should work. I now own a WindCheetah, but used to run AO channels with a Tradesman rack.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/100-series-cruisers/247447-tradesman-oval-roof-rack-ao-mounts.html

 

[neoworm]

that's what I thought. Thanks. I may just go with a bajarack. I was looking at the exprack on a Range Rover today and for the price I don't think you can beat it.

 

[FullyLitLED]

The racks themselves are different. The slats on the AO run front to back while the WindCheetah slats/floor runs left to right. That said, the mounting channels that bolt to the roof are almost identical and should work. I now own a WindCheetah, but used to run AO channels with a Tradesman rack.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/100-series-cruisers/247447-tradesman-oval-roof-rack-ao-mounts.html

how much was that roof rack and whered you get it?

 

[yoter100]

Just purchased a FR rack a few months ago. Was hoping the tracks would be the same and I could just use the tracks that came with my AO load bars that were already on the cruiser. They are not.



Hope that helps....

 

[neoworm]

Thanks Yoter, that was exactly the info I was after. So does that mean you have some extra AO load bars around you want to sell?

 

[davegonz]

Just purchased a FR rack a few months ago. Was hoping the tracks would be the same and I could just use the tracks that came with my AO load bars that were already on the cruiser. They are not.



Hope that helps....

How off were they? I have had both types of tracks and they look identical. I bet you could have made it work with minimal grinding of the captive screw that slides in the track.

 

[yoter100]

Thanks Yoter, that was exactly the info I was after. So does that mean you have some extra AO load bars around you want to sell?

Already sold them sorry.


They werent off by that much. You could have ground them down a mm or two on each side if you wanted to. The FR rack came with the new slides so in my mind it was easier to just switch them out in a mater of minutes. Either way would have been easy.

 

[davegonz]

I really liked how the mounts bolted to the rails on the AO setup. The FrontRunner mounts aren't as easy to adjust/tighten.

 

[yoter100]

Dave-


In your sig it says you have the FR rack. Is it actually on your cruiser? If so you said you had both rail systems, did you use the AO rail system for the FR rack??