Clueless on rack identification

[FshTaco99]

I've hit a roadblock recently in an effort to find out what kind of rack/crossarms were on my cap at one time. I tried TTORA but figured here people would have more know-how on roof racks. The cap is a used Leer. I checked and saw that Leer is now using a Thule rack on their caps. These mounting brackets are nothing similar to what I can see on their site. Yakima is the same way...nothing similar. Found a rack call the CapRac on Google which looked similar but the copyrights would not let you explode the picture. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks, Evan.

 

[Overland Hadley]

Sorry, never seen anything like it.

 

[njtaco]

Artificial gutters...

Directions show top surface mounting


Yakima calls them Sideloaders or Widebodys, usually mounted on the side of the cap.

 

[FshTaco99]

Hence why I was having difficulty. They didn't resemble raingutter mounts because of their location. Welp, time to order up the mounts are crossbars. Dang its expensive throwing all the parts together.

 

[njtaco]

Dang its expensive throwing all the parts together.

I have less than $20 in my Thule gutter mount bars, feet, and locks. E-bay, yard sales, and working in a lock shop all helped.

Let's see...

yard sale: the wrong feet with the right bars: $10 iirc, certainly not more.

e-bay: the right feet, no keys, $45 with shipping

e-bay: sold the wrong feet, $38 after fees

net cost: $17 for all the parts you need for your application. A locksmith may charge $25 for a pair of keys cut by number, so it could have cost me $42 if I had to go that route. I cut my own.

Oh, and patience helped a lot. I think it took a month of eyes-open to put it all together.

Happy hunting! :elkgrin:

ETA: I realize yard sales and e-bay are not for everybody, but it works well for me. It was definitely worth the savings this time, as I could wait it out.

 

[happytraveler]

Yep. Standard Yakima "Toploader". Use 'em on my Leer & they work well.

If you can wait & watch for used rack parts, you'll save a lot of $$ from the retail prices. IMO.

http://www.yakima.com/racks/rack-systems/product/8008005/bolt-top-loader.aspx