Thanks for the warm welcome, I will do my best to post mods and pictures, but for right now my bank account needs a break. Aside from a little diy platform, maintenance, and fuel, there won't be much in the way of mods for a while. I do need a roof rack/cross bars though, doesn't need to be anything super tactifancy, but I would like to put a ski box on the roof and the occasional sheet of plywood/lumber (I live 3 miles from lumber yard, and get really lazy about hooking up my folding trailer). After reading a few threads, it seems like the most cost effective solution would be LFD crossbars, or getting the prado/blackline roof rails and then there are more crossbar options. Are there any other sub $500 solutions (sounds like the OEM crossbars won't clear the sharkfin to haul plywood).