OEM and Aftermarket roof racks

[Kabanstva]

Hi guys,

I have an 07 LX470 I bought at the end of last year.

I noticed the roof rack on it is shorter than some of the older model 100 series.

Will I be able to install the older (longer) OEM rack on my truck without any mods to the body? Is it a plug and play ordeal?

Also, I was looking at aftermarket options like Gamiviti and wanted to ask if those require any body mods like drilling into the metal, etc.?

I had a bad experience with our old Sienna that we had for 11 years in the family, previous owner had windshield replaced and they cut the paint with a blade, over the years it developed into a large rust hole up there and started leaking water, so I am paranoid about doing anything to this vehicle that might lead to rust later on.

Thank you fellas!

 

[Visceral]

There are 4 pairs of holes under the stock rack on my 03 LX on each side. There's a wide variety of ways you can bolt things down. I bought a set of the AO rails form Slee and swapped out the weak stock roof rack for a 4-crossbar Yakima setup on top of the AO rails.

Use silicone with the bolts and make sure everything is plugged with a bolt and silicone and nothing should leak or rust.

 

[ihadmail]

There indeed are 4 sets of mounting points under the rails.

I didn't notice/search for this until I had installed my Gamiviti mounts with a ton of RTV silicone and it didn't line up with the mounts.

 

[labcab]

Your issue will be with the black metal strips that run in the channels. They'll need to be removed or cut to accommodate a rack with different mount spacing. There are actually 4 sets of bolts per side, and a ninth bolt so that the middle OEM mount can be positioned further back for shorter 3-mount racks.

In the dimensions below, the rectangles in the channels are where my OEM rack (long, 3-mount) was installed. The circles are where additional bolts/holes are located that were not used for my rack, but could be used for aftermarket or shorter OEM racks.