Roof Rack Information Thread 1-3 Generations

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ShotgunSamurai8

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Heres my roof rack, custom made for the first gen expy. 80" long, 48" wide, 6"tall
and free bluprints soon. and if i cant post the video here it will be on my home page.
also in the video it sez the width is 42, wen in reality it is 48. 42 is how far apart the holes have to be drilled so that it fits into the factory hardware.

BLueprints coming as soon as i find away to copy them from a journal to a pc. hopefully my buddy has a nice scanner
 

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FYI:
The channel type factory roof rack, with aero aluminum/plastic sliding crossbars, that came on first generation up to 2004 second generation Expy's, will bolt to the roof and interchange with the raised rail type of the 2005 and 2006 second generation. I'm probably guessing third generation too. I know this because for a time I had both my old '97 and newly acquired '05. I had all the Tule and Yakima accessories for the '97 style rack and the '05 rack didn't even have the optional cross bars. I was able to swap racks so I could save money and not have to buy all new and expensive Tule and Yakima stuff. The threaded inserts are the same spacing and location on both trucks.
 

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Here's mine... just the Yakima cross-bars & faring right now... debating on a mega warrior from Yak, or just a dedicated basket from another manufacturer.

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I like this, besides I would have to coat the chrome bar black jMO. What does the cross bars with faring run? Oh I took my stock rack off and threw it on top of my storage building years ago= Street look :smokin:
 

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Not sure if this counts as a rack but I researched a lot and really wanted to see the size comparison before I bought it installed on a 3rd gen. Couldn't find any so I'm going to post this here in case anyone else is researching cargo boxes. Specifically a 21cu Yakima Skybox cargo box on a 3rd gen expedition.

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Does anyone know if these are decent options?

Safari Rack

I need to measure which would fit better on my Gen2 but from what I understand the Police Expedition Vehicles use Go-Rhino push bars... these should be pretty well built as well.
 
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