Roof racks, Head up displays and dash cams etc. Any after market accessory.

[Tazzieman]

I attach a photo of what happened to us in 2019 after some heavy off road use in Mauritania. Some fixings had worked loose even with thread lock and lock nuts and the remaining fixings ripped out of the slots in the slats of the roof rack.

I see Front Runner have a quick release kit for RTTs. I wonder how stout these are?

 

[globalgregors]

I see Front Runner have a quick release kit for RTTs. I wonder how stout these are?

Your part of the world no problem. Hard life over corrugations or remote/international use simpler is probably better.

We gave their fixed mounts an absolute beating - the rack broke but the awning attachments didn’t.
For a regular punter/occasional camping etc detaching a heavy awning is surely better than lugging it around.

 

[Tazzieman]

Your part of the world no problem. Hard life over corrugations or remote/international use simpler is probably better.

One day we will travel around the big island. And you can bet I'll double/triple reinforce everything and even then have options should anything break. Which it won't

 

[Pat-Ard]

I see Front Runner have a quick release kit for RTTs. I wonder how stout these are?

Do you have a link for the quick release? Does this work with the Alucab rtt?

 

[Tazzieman]

Do you have a link for the quick release? Does this work with the Alucab rtt?

Front Runner Quick Release Tent Mount Kit (4 mounts)

A great idea and well executed by the folk at Front Runner. This set can be used to quickly release the tent from a platform rack or load bars. Solidly made, we've set up quite a few of these and they work well. This is the 4-piece kit which includes an Autohome channel set. You'll also need...

overlanders.au

I know nothing about Alucabs, sorry.

 

[DCPU]

Fixings working loose or breaking free from my own experience. I attach a photo of what happened to us in 2019 after some heavy off road use in Mauritania. Some fixings had worked loose even with thread lock and lock nuts.

Maybe a job for some of these?

View: https://youtu.be/kx-DyuIcGGc

 

[Tazzieman]

Maybe a job for some of these?

View: https://youtu.be/kx-DyuIcGGc

I've used these , OEM for use on my Porsche CV joint bolts etc. Even then , I mark the bolts with paint!

Safety Washers - Schnorr GmbH

www.schnorr-group.com

 

[Krabby]

Maybe a job for some of these?

View: https://youtu.be/kx-DyuIcGGc

Wow. Never seen that setup. Very cool.

 

[Norville]

While not really aftermarket specific to the IG, the Uniden R7 and R8 already has a small dedicated display for speed and of course feels like mandatory equipment for every vehicle in US. I like my R7 and maybe having it front and center of the driver would be handy. In the end, I think it will be easy to adjust to looking at the center console.

 

[nobody_asked]

Does anyone have some thoughts on the IG 3/4 roof rack? It's actually less expensive than the Frontrunner and would be covered under factory warranty.

 

[Tom D]

How much is it?

 

[nobody_asked]

How much is it?

It's a $1500 option on IG and the frontrunner is $1872, https://www.frontrunneroutfitters.c...er-roofrack-slimline-ii-3-4-kit-krig002t.html

 

[Tom D]

I’d hang fire, I have a UK company pricing one up for me just now, if its anything like the other racks that they make it won’t be as much as that. Hopefully significantly cheaper. I’ll report back on quality once I get my hands on it. I dunno what the shipping costs to USA would be though.

 

[Bruce]

They advertise that you can leave some of the slats out as shown below.
This will allow the safari windows to be used but when I want to put long lengths of timer or my wife's SUP board up their I can close them and use the full length of the rack & overhang as needed.
Also allow me to fit a long awning on it.
Need to put a wind deflector on the front and the light bar in front/above it.
Then I will add a couple of smaller light bars angled out slightly on the bull bar



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Just a caution in case you hadn't seen it somewhere else yet, but you have to assemble the rack without those rails, and take it apart again to put them in. I have a frontrunner now and got a short rack because I didn't want to cover the sunroof on the 4runner, or drill rivets in for the full length kit.

 

[DaveB]

Just a caution in case you hadn't seen it somewhere else yet, but you have to assemble the rack without those rails, and take it apart again to put them in. I have a frontrunner now and got a short rack because I didn't want to cover the sunroof on the 4runner, or drill rivets in for the full length kit.

You can just slide them back rather than leave them out

 

[Bruce]

You can just slide them back rather than leave them out

That would work. I do like the lateral slats for load bearing and I don't find the wind noise intrusive at all. I almost went with an eezi-awn to reduce wind noise but my slimline II has been great.

 

[Tom109]

Does anyone have some thoughts on the IG 3/4 roof rack? It's actually less expensive than the Frontrunner and would be covered under factory warranty.

Do you only want the 3/4 length, or is this to clear the dual-sunroof? I particularly like that the IG rack sits closer to the roof. Since the Frontrunner is about the same price, I just went for the IG rack (full length in my case).

 

[nobody_asked]

Do you only want the 3/4 length, or is this to clear the dual-sunroof? I particularly like that the IG rack sits closer to the roof. Since the Frontrunner is about the same price, I just went for the IG rack (full length in my case).

It's because I plan on getting the safari windows and you can't use them with the full length rack.

 

[K2grenadier]

ASPW & his video on roof racks.

He was OK with Front Runner but was also a bit negative.

Very informative video. Good info on the roof attachments/failure points and the potential noise trade off with rack bar orientation. I am considering front runner but now will do more research before deciding.

 

[DaveB]

Very informative video. Good info on the roof attachments/failure points and the potential noise trade off with rack bar orientation. I am considering front runner but now will do more research before deciding.

Only problems with his reviews is, made in south africa is always the best, and manufacturers who sponsor him are also always the best.