AR | BRONCO Modular Roof Rack for 2-Door and 4-Door

[AK SNO RIDER]

Sometimes engineers/designers fall in love with their own product and lose objectivity.

I was actually being serious. If this thing is available in a wide and narrow configuration, it seems like he really thought of it all. I'm very much looking forward to the finished product.

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[EIGHTLUG]

@EIGHTLUG - what’s the width of the full size base? I’m looking at mounting a 50” Superlite on an as needed basis with quick release mounts.

Without firing up my laptop and 100% verifying, I’m going to say 56” overall width. 54” if you want to stay with in the side rails. For me, that means you can mount your 50” wide Superlite and afford yourself 2” of hand hold on each side which can come in handy. No pun intended.

 

[RC Bronco]

Very excited to see where this goes!

 

[EIGHTLUG]

I was actually being serious. If this thing is available in a wide and narrow configuration, it seems like he really thought of it all. I'm very much looking forward to the finished product.

Truth be told, the ‘narrow version’ of this roof rack was our initial design. Which is why I told you earlier that the rear mounts are already designed. We started talking about mounting accessories like MaxTrax and Rotopax on the side rails, and it made sense to punch it out wider and not have to design around the roof. Accessories will be able to hang below the top surface of the rack, allowing you to use the entire flat surface for a tent and more gear. Your side mounted accessories would not come in contact with the roof. I found this to be a really beneficial design cue of the roof rack on my 1989 DEFENDER 110. As long as you kept stuff above the top of the doors so they’ll open/close, you’re money.

We 3D scanned MaxTrax, NATO Jerry can, RotoPax, HiLift jack, etc., to model and add to our renderings.

 

[redone17]

I love how y’all think outside the box (and in this application - quite literally). Keep the updates coming. You have my full attention.

Nail down a sleek chase rack for us softies - and you have a winner.

 

[TraumaJoe]

@EIGHTLUG some of us already have light bars, will you offer mounts for various brands? I have the KC gravity pro 6 and love it (not willing to sell for the Baja designs) but looking for a roof rack that can support it. I keep asking @TrailRax and nothing yet, so if this is something you can accommodate then you may gain a lot more customers.

 

[Blksn955.o]

Any plans for some sort of vertical leg in the back area or 2? The load limit of the hardtop is not much and adding some support should help.

 

[EIGHTLUG]

@EIGHTLUG some of us already have light bars, will you offer mounts for various brands? I have the KC gravity pro 6 and love it (not willing to sell for the Baja designs) but looking for a roof rack that can support it. I keep asking @TrailRax and nothing yet, so if this is something you can accommodate then you may gain a lot more customers.

Mounts for more brands and types of lights are on our design list. We only started with the LP6 from Baja Designs, because it’s what we’re running for our build. Your KC setup looks pretty straightforward. If you would, PM me some pictures of the mounts you received with the lights, if there were any. I’d only also need the total width of the setup and the diameter of the threaded mounting stud and we’re pretty much off to the races.

 

[EIGHTLUG]

Any plans for some sort of vertical leg in the back area or 2? The load limit of the hardtop is not much and adding some support should help.

You’re making me give away all of the future sauce. Yes, we’re also working on the exterior vertical supports that will cleanly tie into the upper mounts.

Billet, of course, with an integrated carbon composite MOLLE panel. We also have a rear chase light housing that will mount to the roof rack. We’re also designing various mounts for all of the accessories I mentioned in the post earlier.

 

[Bronco Bax]

Okay, I'll be the first.......2dr availability?

The first what?? Person to not read the actual post? 2 and 4 available

 

[rguest3]

Sub 2K.

The expected price for the 4-Door Rack to start with these features is not that bad.

 

[Svanhildr]

Did I read the original post correctly... This will mount to the body as well as the roof? To lose my roof and not the rack capability would be awesome!

 

[EIGHTLUG]

Did I read the original post correctly... This will mount to the body as well as the roof? To lose my roof and not the rack capability would be awesome!

With the side mounts installed, you’d be able to run this rack with your roof removed. We’re in the PNW, where 6 months out of the year it’s pretty wet. So running without the roof isn’t a design priority. If there’s is enough interest in a roof rack/no roof combo, we would happily design a rack specific to that use case.

 

[HorizonHunter]

Well crap, if the future project is for a soft top version, I've gotta pause and wait. The width would make sense to open the top through the supports.

 

[Svanhildr]

With the side mounts installed, you’d be able to run this rack with your roof removed. We’re in the PNW, where 6 months out of the year it’s pretty wet. So running without the roof isn’t a design priority. If there’s is enough interest in a roof rack/no roof combo, we would happily design a rack specific to that use case.

I'm in Michigan, so not a lot of topless opportunities, but it was a bummer to have a couple of great stretches I couldn't take advantage of because I needed my rack to carry kayaks and such.

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