Wood can be the least expensive option to go if you re on a budget.
Homemade jeep roof rack.
You ll need to do some welding and metal.
If you have factory roof racks that run from front to back you can build your own steel crossmembers using one inch square tubing cut to size and secured to the factory racks using carriage bolts.
In this video i ll show you my new roof rack for the zombie jeep and then i ll show you how i used the tubing bender and tube notcher to make it.
Repeat this on the opposite end.
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Create two sections each with a 4 section tee 4 section elbow.
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Then connect the two sections at the tee with a 1 section.
Connect this to the one end of the main base and add a vertical upwards from the elbows.
An important decision can be choosing between steel aluminum and wood.
Post 1 of 4 old 02 27 2011 10 39 pm thread starter.
However steel and aluminum are more durable and stronger so they will last you a lot longer.