Howdy all! Hope the warm weather is getting everybody out into the wild enjoying your rigs.
We have been fielding a lot of questions from folks on the differences between our Ceiling Storage Racks (or CSR) and our Ceiling Storage Brackets (or CSB). This thread will go through the explanation of our CSR, while you can read about the CSB in this here: 80 Series Ceiling Storage Bracket (CSB)
The biggest difference between the two is the CSB is for the DIY'er who likes to source their own components and the CSR is for the folks who like a polished, well fitting piece of equipment that bolts right up with OEM like ease.
Down to business:
Our Rack is a continuation of the bracket project. Wanted a cleaner and complete solution for the Overland Expo build with integrated forward bulkhead to keep things safer. The finished, fully loaded Rack looks like this:
This thing holds a surprising amount of "stuff" on it, and has a ton of attachment points to strap/bolt/what-have-you on the under side. We will save the cutout pieces from the next run and turn them into custom fitting, "locked in place" attachment points. The next pic shows everything that is tucked away nicely in the above pic:
Plenty of soft, large items that don't need regular access but are super nice to have in the vehicle.
A view through the side window gives you a decent idea of what kind of headroom you can expect with it installed (please excuse the dust). The space from bottom of CSR to top of 3rd row seat is about 28.5 inches (of note, this goes for BOTH the CSR and CSB). Not a lot of headroom if the 3rd row seats are installed. That is up to you to decide though.
With all the junk removed, you can see the rear lip a little better as well as the forward bulkhead. The rear lip sticks up 1.5" from the storage surface to keep things in place during all your stoplight drag racing, while the bulkhead follows the late model headliner with a continuous ~0.5" inch gap.
Thanks for reading and ask away if you've got any questions!
Post 2 will be a few more pics and some design screenshots
We have been fielding a lot of questions from folks on the differences between our Ceiling Storage Racks (or CSR) and our Ceiling Storage Brackets (or CSB). This thread will go through the explanation of our CSR, while you can read about the CSB in this here: 80 Series Ceiling Storage Bracket (CSB)
The biggest difference between the two is the CSB is for the DIY'er who likes to source their own components and the CSR is for the folks who like a polished, well fitting piece of equipment that bolts right up with OEM like ease.
Down to business:
Our Rack is a continuation of the bracket project. Wanted a cleaner and complete solution for the Overland Expo build with integrated forward bulkhead to keep things safer. The finished, fully loaded Rack looks like this:
This thing holds a surprising amount of "stuff" on it, and has a ton of attachment points to strap/bolt/what-have-you on the under side. We will save the cutout pieces from the next run and turn them into custom fitting, "locked in place" attachment points. The next pic shows everything that is tucked away nicely in the above pic:
Plenty of soft, large items that don't need regular access but are super nice to have in the vehicle.
A view through the side window gives you a decent idea of what kind of headroom you can expect with it installed (please excuse the dust). The space from bottom of CSR to top of 3rd row seat is about 28.5 inches (of note, this goes for BOTH the CSR and CSB). Not a lot of headroom if the 3rd row seats are installed. That is up to you to decide though.
With all the junk removed, you can see the rear lip a little better as well as the forward bulkhead. The rear lip sticks up 1.5" from the storage surface to keep things in place during all your stoplight drag racing, while the bulkhead follows the late model headliner with a continuous ~0.5" inch gap.
Thanks for reading and ask away if you've got any questions!
Post 2 will be a few more pics and some design screenshots
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