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Roof rack on pop top.
Using yakima heavy duty 4 bolt brackets along the vertical sides of the pop top or 2.
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I purchased all the parts but haven t done the actual work yet.
If you are carrying anything and plan to use your pop top you must install a lift assist kit.
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Roof racks on a pop top.
Serve as backbone of aftermarket roof rack system work perfectly with large wide vehicles such as rvs and pop up campers provide stability for roof mounted racks carry accessories.
Create a roof rack system on your rv or pop up camper with these extra long extra thick yakima crossbars.
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With a few exceptions it is just as easy to fit a roof rack to a poptop as to a fixed one a device which enables you to carry long narrow cabin engulfing gear on the roof of the van.
This video is about how i fitted a roof rack to my vw t5 camper van reimo roof.
With the extra weight of the roof rails and roof bars the standard gas struts 420newton force per strut only just hold the weight of the pop top when it s up.
What where and why 1.
You must remember while the fiberglass roof can handle weight it was not intended to have a rack on it.
The best info i found came from the vw adventure crowd who like to set up roof racks for hauling toys on the top of their westfalia conversions the common technique seems to be mounting artificial rain gutters made by either thule or yakima by drilling.
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Using yakima aluminum tracks on the top surface of the pop top.
Reimo sca bilbo and eco skyline roofs can all be upgraded with rails and crossbars which come with a variety of costs features and carrying capacities.
Roof racks are a great way to expand the carrying capacity of your rig.
I m looking to do the same with my fiberglass high top ford e150 conversion.
So i upgraded the struts to 2x 750 newton force struts.
Low profile weatherproof rtts that pop up in 60 seconds.