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Where did you manage to get a 3D scanned 100 series?!? That's awesome and would be incredibly helpful for all kinds of projects
DIY rack for 100 series (1 Viewer)
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Somebodyelse5
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There's a thread floating around with the file. It's got the full interior too and the 105 drivetrain if I remember correctly. Happy to share the stripped down file I have that's mostly just the body.
Well I just got inspired.
ElHefe
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Phase I is complete.
I went with 54” wide 3 inch bars. Placed the bar between two chairs with a span of ~48” and sat on the bar. I’m ~225lbs and the bar didn’t flex at all. Stout for sure.
Next I order the aluminum side pieces. Probably going with two 8 foot by 2” angle or 8 foot by 1.25” channel. The U channel would give me the ability to use the tapped face side as well as the upper and lower extrusion.
I went with 54” wide 3 inch bars. Placed the bar between two chairs with a span of ~48” and sat on the bar. I’m ~225lbs and the bar didn’t flex at all. Stout for sure.
Next I order the aluminum side pieces. Probably going with two 8 foot by 2” angle or 8 foot by 1.25” channel. The U channel would give me the ability to use the tapped face side as well as the upper and lower extrusion.
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ElHefe
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@Somebodyelse5 are you thinking about building a clamshell RTT as well? I have one sketched out as well. Sourcing/sewing the tent material would probably be the most difficult part.
That top and second pic is essentially an exact copy of the Gamiviti rack.
So did you use drop in T nuts to mount the bars to the gamiviti towers?
ElHefe
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You should be able to see in the detail shots. I used stainless steel T head bolts. They insert through the extrusion and twist to full lock inside the channel. Big plus of the Gamiviti mounts: the machined mounting slots are long enough to accommodate multiple T head bolts
Somebodyelse5
16124-75030
Yup, I already have his towers to use too. There’s only so many ways to bend tube and get a rectangle... and i’m not selling these, Tim’s racks are great and I plug him to folks whenever I can, but I’ve got a bender, a notcher, and a welder...
Who makes the awning brackets?
Brackets that came with my Darche 180. Not sure if you can purchase them separately. They are monstrous though
You should see the rinky-dink brackets I got with mine... They are a joke. One of the Rover guys fab me a set for my Thule bars and it's stout.
I need something like yours for the LX.
ElHefe
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@nakman is Gamiviti. The link is here:Roof Channel Towers — Gamiviti. Absolutely fantastic brackets.
ElHefe
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Finished it up.
Final details:
3x sets of Gamiviti rack mounts
1.25 inch side rails (1/8 wall thickness). This keeps the 1 inch extrusions under constant pressure on each end. Once assembled there was very little flex. I can do pull ups on the side rails now that they are mounted.
5x 3 inch load bars (3 are used as the primary cross bars)
2x 1 inch load bars (each just ahead/behind outer load bars)
1x 2 inch load bar for leading edge where I will mount the wind fairing
Stainless hardware throughout.
Racks dimensions: 88 inches by 54.25 inches.
Final details:
3x sets of Gamiviti rack mounts
1.25 inch side rails (1/8 wall thickness). This keeps the 1 inch extrusions under constant pressure on each end. Once assembled there was very little flex. I can do pull ups on the side rails now that they are mounted.
5x 3 inch load bars (3 are used as the primary cross bars)
2x 1 inch load bars (each just ahead/behind outer load bars)
1x 2 inch load bar for leading edge where I will mount the wind fairing
Stainless hardware throughout.
Racks dimensions: 88 inches by 54.25 inches.
