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I havent been on mud much for the last few years, was laid off work a month or so ago and have had time to fix and work on the 80, started building a roof rack. aluminum side rails that sit in the gutters, steel across bolted to the aluminum, some sort of gate or door latch with stainless clasps bought off ebat to hold it down, the first couple pics are early construction, I've more steel welded to it now and will probably have it finished and painted by the weekend.
The steel for the top runs between the rubber strips on the roof, allowing me a net gain in height of around 1/4 to 3/8" which is what I need to fit the thing in the garage on 38" tires. I have a roof tent and am planning to run a cargo carrier (about 54" long, 39" wide and 14-20" tall) in front of the tent, this will allow me to leave clothes pillows and sleeping bags all up top, easy to reach and pull in or out of the tent when going to bed or getting up in the morning. Also I will use the cargo carrier for carrying any ice climbing gear of others winter wheeling (leave the third row in).
Also I'm thinking I will run an LED light bar mounted from the front at some point (like when I'm employed again and rationalize the purchase) but it should fit close to the body work and to the cargo carrier.
I'll post more pics later this week, thought I'd share for those pondering something similar.