Roof rack installed, finally.

[CyanideRide]

Hello everyone, I thought I'd share my build so far.

I've finally completed my install of the roof rack by Dissent. Approximately 147 hours of my blood sweat and tears (literally) went into the assembly, wiring, and install all of the components and about 2 hours of "Where the @#$% is that 10mm socket got to??!"

There was definitely more that one moment of pure panic in where I did not believe I could finish this or that I had thought I was in over my head. But I kept cool and focused on one part at a time and somehow, I didn't electrocute myself, and pleased that it is complete but there are a few details I am not happy about. I'll address those at a later date.

I'll let the pictures will do the talking and I'm happy to answer any questions!

 

[CyanideRide]

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[CyanideRide]

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[shadowgoat]

How’s the wind noise with vs without rack?
Where are your fender flairs from?

 

[shadowgoat]

Could be nice if I could edit my previous message.

One more question. You drill into your dash to mount those buttons?

 

[z71tahoe75]

Still waiting on my rack and lights, gives me more time to map everything out. Your setup looks great! That must be a bundle of wires to run though. Were you able to consolidate in a harness on the roof? Did you have to run down both sides of the windshield? Baja hide or something else?

 

[CyanideRide]

Could be nice if I could edit my previous message.

One more question. You drill into your dash to mount those buttons?

How’s the wind noise with vs without rack?
Where are your fender flairs from?

I fabricated an aluminum bracket that comes up and wraps around the dash. It is mounted to the plastic on the lower part of the dash, I did NOT want to drill any holes into any of the soft touch parts on the dash, so the upper part is secured with some cheesy two sided tape to keep it from shaking and/or vibrating.

I haven't noticed any odd sounds or extra wind noise so far with the roof rack, however airflow is reduced when you tip up or open the moonroof. There is a crossbar right over top of the moonroof.

Fender flares are from Artisan Spirit Sports via Evasive Motor Sports: https://www.evasivemotorsports.com/...der-kit-frp-lexus-lx600-standard-vja310-2022/

 

[CyanideRide]

Still waiting on my rack and lights, gives me more time to map everything out. Your setup looks great! That must be a bundle of wires to run though. Were you able to consolidate in a harness on the roof? Did you have to run down both sides of the windshield? Baja hide or something else?

Thank you!, I am very pleased and at the same time, quite surprised I managed to finish this.

Plan and map everything out as much as possible. That is the best thing.

I had a diagram and I still got a few things wrong (length of wires, positioning)

With the controller that I have, All the lighting has individual separate wiring that goes to the control box (front, rear, light bar/roof lights, side lights, amber side lights) I had to run wires down both sides of the windshield because the runner was smaller than I anticipated and halfway through the build, I decided to go with thicker wiring. 14 gauge for the main lights, 16 gauge for the sides and for the front and rear.

The main light is not Baja, it's something I discovered on Amazon and they're amazing lights for the price, sides are Rigid and front and rear are Amazon.

 

[CyanideRide]

How’s the wind noise with vs without rack?
Where are your fender flairs from?

After being out on the highway a few times, there is a noticeable "sound"

I assume that it is the air rushing over the crossbars, lights etc. It's not terrible, but you can hear it. Not at all unbearable.

 

[MRego]

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I hate to ask this after all the hard work you put on installing these, but will you really have a use case for aaaallll those lights at some point? Just curious. I know that there are some amazing places in some parks and trails that are akin to a black-void-middle-of-nowhere type of place where these could be useful in addition to the OEM headlights and fogs - which are already crazy bright, but I would have to be going there every other week to put myself through that many hours to install these.

 

[CyanideRide]

I hate to ask this after all the hard work you put on installing these, but will you really have a use case for aaaallll those lights at some point? Just curious. I know that there are some amazing places in some parks and trails that are akin to a black-void-middle-of-nowhere type of place where these could be useful in addition to the OEM headlights and fogs - which are already crazy bright, but I would have to be going there every other week to put myself through that many hours to install these.

My Son asked me the saaaaaame question and I had no reply, soooooo I'm gonna have to plead the 5th on this at this time


I liken it to a snowball rolling downhill...

 

[eNx]

My Son asked me the saaaaaame question and I had no reply, soooooo I'm gonna have to plead the 5th on this at this time


I liken it to a snowball rolling downhill...

I would say, it's better to need it and have it, than not have it?

 

[carboncycles]

Dude Starbucks drive throughs are legit

Those lights are needed to appropriately identify the Karen’s from the Steve’s.

 

[CyanideRide]

Dude Starbucks drive throughs are legit

Those lights are needed to appropriately identify the Karen’s from the Steve’s.

Some of them corners at the drive through can get pretty dark!! I'm so scared!

 

[z71tahoe75]

Did you end up wiring everything under the hood or did you pull leads and new posts from the battery in rear? Mine was finally delivered this week. Still putting bolts in...............!

 

[CyanideRide]

Did you end up wiring everything under the hood or did you pull leads and new posts from the battery in rear? Mine was finally delivered this week. Still putting bolts in...............!

I wired mine under the hood. I have an LX600 non-hybrid so the battery is under the hood. I assume your LX is a Hybrid?

I used two cable runners on both sides of the windshield because I did not want to drill holes anywhere.

With the roof rack if you're DIY, the hardest part is physically lifting it into place and positioning the stands on the roof rails so everything lines up. Definitely need more than one person.

 

[z71tahoe75]

I wired mine under the hood. I have an LX600 non-hybrid so the battery is under the hood. I assume your LX is a Hybrid?

I used two cable runners on both sides of the windshield because I did not want to drill holes anywhere.

With the roof rack if you're DIY, the hardest part is physically lifting it into place and positioning the stands on the roof rails so everything lines up. Definitely need more than one person.

Yeah, my mind is stuck in hybrid mode or I would have noticed . Definitely recruiting the kids to help me and lift and align time!

 

[26LX600]

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Sick.

 

[26LX600]

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These wheels are fantastic. Can you share brand/specs?

 

[26LX600]

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Thanks for sharing all the pics of your hard work. It looks really good. Well done.