I went with the 'Black Widow' rack and I've had it for over 2 years now including a lap around the country with a load on top. Very little wind noise and appears to be an excellent quality/hardy finish. I'm more than happy with it.
Cheers Lyle
I went with the 'Black Widow' rack and I've had it for over 2 years now including a lap around the country with a load on top. Very little wind noise and appears to be an excellent quality/hardy finish. I'm more than happy with it.
Cheers Lyle
I have a tradesman oval alloy,
It's done 2 trips to the Kimberly and 2 to the Simpson and it's fully loaded no issues with the rack. happy.
GU Patrol: 3LTD :- The cheapest option is to buy the right thing the first time! - YEP WORKS FOR ME!!
Front and Rear "LOCKED" WOO HOO !! squeal, scream, squeal toot toot !! hahahaha
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MEGOMONSTER (22nd July 2014)
snicko (22nd July 2014)
So once you have a roof rack and roof tent, that's it, no more weight up top, can't even sleep in your tent. Lol
2011 GU8 ST 3.0 CRD, ARB Bullbar with IPF spotties, scrub bars and side steps, Snorkel, Dual Battery system, Waeco fridge, Turbo Timer, ARB Roof Rack with 5 IPF spotties across the front, Custom full Leather Bucket seats, DPchip, 3" Taipan exhaust, ARE Intercooler & scoop, Autron EGT/Boost and dual volt gauges, ARB front locker.
snicko (22nd July 2014)
GU Patrol: 3LTD :- The cheapest option is to buy the right thing the first time! - YEP WORKS FOR ME!!
Front and Rear "LOCKED" WOO HOO !! squeal, scream, squeal toot toot !! hahahaha
NISSAN PATROL.com.au .......stickers........done by Snicko.......I know you want one....
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...screen-Sticker
2011 GU8 ST 3.0 CRD, ARB Bullbar with IPF spotties, scrub bars and side steps, Snorkel, Dual Battery system, Waeco fridge, Turbo Timer, ARB Roof Rack with 5 IPF spotties across the front, Custom full Leather Bucket seats, DPchip, 3" Taipan exhaust, ARE Intercooler & scoop, Autron EGT/Boost and dual volt gauges, ARB front locker.
Don't forget there are two figures:
Weight the roof will support
Weight the rack will support
I'm sure there is some wally factor in there.
These are for driving, not parked up. So your rooftop tent should be ok.
The higher up your weight, the higher the vehicle centre of gravity. I notice this as soon as the spare is put up there.
The other limiting factor is fatigue. The heavier weights will fatigue the roof quicker. Rough terrain, to top it off, the worst.
snicko (23rd July 2014)
Ive been considering which roof rack to get, and figured 3/4 to full length as light as possible with good to maxium payload on top, prob wouldn want to go over 75kg weight total imo, hard breaking, wind resistance, bumps must all put hard and different angled forces on the roof.