What Rack? AO still avail in the US?

[02 Beast]

Dave,
Is that rack easy to take on and off?

 

[davegonz]

Mine stays on permanently, but I don't see why it wouldn't be. It's extremely light weight and you would only need take 6 nuts/bolts off.

 

[02 Beast]

Is that deal still going on, or are they $1000 bones????????????

 

[Bighead]

Is that deal still going on, or are they $1000 bones????????????

Looks like Camping Lab is selling them for $1000.

 

[02 Beast]

FWIW (will save you about $325) Fernando at CampingLab has the Front Runner Wind Cheetah rack on sale for $200 off + free freight!!!

Does anyone know if this is still going on???

 

[Bighead]

Does anyone know if this is still going on???

The link I posted says "Super Sale" over the 100-series rack price ($1000) and the picture to the right says "Free Shipping"...I would assume it is still going on.

Send him an e-mail: fernando@campinglab.com

 

[02 Beast]

Ya, when you put it in the cart it still says $1000. I'll shoot him an e-mail. Thanks.

 

[1loudLX]

The new rhino racks coming out look promising and felt solid.

 

[02 Beast]

What are those running? Maybe I'll wait...

 

[02 Beast]

Just e-mailed fernando@campinglab.com - $1000 shipped, like it says on the website.

 

[Kigiin]

In talking to Christo, he pointed out to me that the Front Runner rack's slates run perpendicular to the rig vs parallel - potentially causing a lot of wind noise. I actually hadn't notice that - details aren't my strong point.

Any Front Runner owner's care to comment about wind noise?

 

[02 Beast]

x2 - would like to hear what the FR owners think about wind noise.

 

[Topmounter]

I've been told from someone running one that a fairing is borderline mandatory.

 

[1loudLX]

AO one is nice because if the minimal wind noise is annoying, you can just take off the sunroof hatch and it goes away.

 

[LandCruisers4Life]

We should have a sticky thread that shows racks on 100's....

I've seen lots of people running fr and ao roof racks on their 100 series, but not ARB roof racks. I personally like the look of the arb roof rack as well, but is there a reason why almost nobody uses it on 100 series?

Too many roof configurations.... They dropped the full rack from their lineup for the 100. I bought their feet for my rack build, and had to weld the holes shut on the two I was going to use for the front, measure and re-drill the feet to the proper width. It was a big deal to me after I had spent a good deal of money for something I felt should be bolt up right out of the box.

In the end, I had what I wanted, an INTI rack on top of my Cruiser.

 

[spressomon]

Front Runner Wind Cheetah roof rack teaser photo . Wind noise is less than I expected. I did, since I've never wheeled this rig with a roof rack, notice the extra weight up there; mostly in high crosswinds. But otherwise the utility outweighs whatever negatives.

I'm going to fab a wind fairing to sculpt the wind up and over the rack. But, again, the wind noise isn't bad.

 

[davegonz]

Cool, Spresso, let me know what you come up with. I'd like to lose the two sheetmetal pieces that came with the rack.

 

[spressomon]

Cool, Spresso, let me know what you come up with. I'd like to lose the two sheetmetal pieces that came with the rack.

Will do. Shouldn't be more than a job. Hopefully .

 

[FullyLitLED]

Will do. Shouldn't be more than a job. Hopefully .

looks great spresso! no intention to hijack the thread but how much did the rhino line run you?

 

[spressomon]

looks great spresso! no intention to hijack the thread but how much did the rhino line run you?

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