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Hoppy, appreciate the info. Not having much luck with my '99 LX470 in the roof rack department. After reading some of the posts, still looking to get some additional storage on top, but lots to research. I like the Gobi low profile, but at $1200+, the missus looks at me like I'm crazy.
I like the $1k+ offerings, but couldn't justify them alongside so many other upgrades competing for funding.
I ended up with a Gamiviti rack that I'm quite happy with ($800 for full rack + hardware + shipping). Tim was extremely good with follow up support.
http://www.gamiviti.com/html/products_roofracks.html
Looks like he's out of stock... but has the half rack @<$400!
I got a OEM aluminium roof rack for 100 series, I also had a problems removing the roof rails, the plastic booth is torn for sure... Not as easy as it describe in the picture to remove it. My problems is, the aluminium OEM roof rack has 3 points bolt, 2 bolt in the front, 3 in the middle, and another 2 bolt in the back. (The original roof rail doesnt have that many bolt in the middle). Problem is, after I built the kit of roof rack with untighten bolt, by the time I move it to the roof, there's big difference for the last point of bolt, approximately 1-2 cm away...
Did any one of you experts has experience in installing it? Hints and tips maybe? This is frustating
Somehow I read about 12 different threads about roof rack removal but missed pcut's final comment. My 2004 roof rack was very easy to remove but following directions that date back 7-8 years cost me an extra 30 minutes and some broken tabs on the covers.On my '06 TLC, there was no sliding the bars forward. I wasted 1/2 hour trying to slide it forward. It was a matter of popping off the outside of the plastic cover which exposed the single bolt on the middle foot. Only one 12 mm bolt on each side of the middle feet and 2 12mm bolts on the front and rear feet.
Hoppy, appreciate the info. Not having much luck with my '99 LX470 in the roof rack department. After reading some of the posts, still looking to get some additional storage on top, but lots to research. I like the Gobi low profile, but at $1200+, the missus looks at me like I'm crazy.
I know the price is pretty high on the Gobi Stealth but I would argue worth it. I wasn't sure how much I would use it and if it was worth it but we use it all the time for so many different things. I got mine with the sunroof insert too. The fact that you can walk on it is what has made it so useful and easy to use. Here are a few pics. The second is fully loaded after our Larbor day weekend camp trip this year. Really easy to load and it looks great. I have subsequently purchased the medium sized Gladiator Cargo Net which is way better than the tarp and tie downs of this picture. View attachment 1144382 View attachment 1144383