I didn't get a chance to take any pics today. I was a little busy doing Mother's Day. Anyway I removed the factory roof rack on my 80 last week including the ribs. There would be plenty of clearance though. The rack is well built and well powdercoated, but terribly packed. My rack arrived with a shred of a box, with the parts wrapped in pallet wrap. Like not in a box but arrived as parts WITH what used to be a box. There however was not a scratch on the rack. Great quality powder coating but terrible packing.
The hardware is of great quality but I wish there were a few more t-nuts thrown in with the package. No instructions were included but the assembly is straight forward. The hardware is sorted in bags depending on location on the rack. I just build mine on the driveway with the bolts finger tight, lifted it on the truck and then snugged down the rails slightly before tighting down all the hardware. I would recommend installing the deflector on the crossbar before installing the front crossbar on the rack. IMO the bolts for the deflector are too short, and very hard to align with the Tnuts, mounting the deflector layed flat makes it much easier. I opted to not install a bar over my sunroof and instead add a bar standing upright at the furthest rear location. Also where you "think" you should install the furthest front crossbar that holds the deflector isn't realy where you want to install it. One bolt should be in the slot and one bolt should be in a hole. It's kind of hard to explain but I will add a photo to explain. Basically if your mount the furthest forward bar like you would mount all the other bars, the deflector will contact the roof. I have had the cruiser up to about 90kmh and haven't noticed any real wind noise.
My deflector was susposed to be cut for a 30" light bar but arrived with out any notch in place. I haven't yet asked Zack about this but I will email him this week. All said I am very happy with the rack, the quality and fit is great and I love the design. I am disappointed that my deflector is not cut for a light bar like I asked though. Originally I really was holding out for a LabRak roof rack because the t-slots run in both directions with the LabRak but I think this is a superior rack. Also it seems like the LabRak roof rack doesn't even exist. So I guess we can't even compair the two. Since I likely have s/n #2 and #1 is the prototype I can't really complain about packaging, including instructions etc, since I assume in the future that will be worked out. My rating is definaley a 5/5 stars for quality, engineering and looks.
The hardware is of great quality but I wish there were a few more t-nuts thrown in with the package. No instructions were included but the assembly is straight forward. The hardware is sorted in bags depending on location on the rack. I just build mine on the driveway with the bolts finger tight, lifted it on the truck and then snugged down the rails slightly before tighting down all the hardware. I would recommend installing the deflector on the crossbar before installing the front crossbar on the rack. IMO the bolts for the deflector are too short, and very hard to align with the Tnuts, mounting the deflector layed flat makes it much easier. I opted to not install a bar over my sunroof and instead add a bar standing upright at the furthest rear location. Also where you "think" you should install the furthest front crossbar that holds the deflector isn't realy where you want to install it. One bolt should be in the slot and one bolt should be in a hole. It's kind of hard to explain but I will add a photo to explain. Basically if your mount the furthest forward bar like you would mount all the other bars, the deflector will contact the roof. I have had the cruiser up to about 90kmh and haven't noticed any real wind noise.
My deflector was susposed to be cut for a 30" light bar but arrived with out any notch in place. I haven't yet asked Zack about this but I will email him this week. All said I am very happy with the rack, the quality and fit is great and I love the design. I am disappointed that my deflector is not cut for a light bar like I asked though. Originally I really was holding out for a LabRak roof rack because the t-slots run in both directions with the LabRak but I think this is a superior rack. Also it seems like the LabRak roof rack doesn't even exist. So I guess we can't even compair the two. Since I likely have s/n #2 and #1 is the prototype I can't really complain about packaging, including instructions etc, since I assume in the future that will be worked out. My rating is definaley a 5/5 stars for quality, engineering and looks.
