PirateMcGee's 2001 Montero Sport 3.5XS

[PirateMcGee]

Done. Love the L track. I don't think I'm going to run drawers, the plastic totes work juuuuust fine and save a couple hundred dollars and ~50 lbs.

Total cost to do this was under $200 including the hardware, 3/4" baltic birch, l track, l track straps, and coating. Weighs about 30-40lbs.


Also picked up a Ruffwear dog hammock

 

[BOPOH]

very nice!

 

[PirateMcGee]

And the roof rack is mounted. Hard to get much more low profile than this! The bungee wrap will kill any wind noise and works really well as an alternative to a deflector.

 

[Outdooraholic]

Looks great! I had no idea about bungee cords blocking wind noise, that's good to know.

 

[PirateMcGee]

Looks great! I had no idea about bungee cords blocking wind noise, that's good to know.

Just wrap it in a spiral. Same technique is molded into the antenna mast.

 

[BOPOH]

Just wrap it in a spiral. Same technique is molded into the antenna mast.

I was surprised about this technique as well, thanks for sharing!

 

[jhill15]

I saw you posted on imnosaints build about the smaller roof rack and I didn't want to highkack his thread lol. Did you get the 45x38 rack, is the bottom and mesh one piece? Also how well does the mesh hold up with weight on it? Thanks Pirate!

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[PirateMcGee]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MTS1G96/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They're all basically the same. I only got it to use for shovels and the like. Seems to be plenty strong.

 

[PirateMcGee]

Well thanks photobucket for ruining all build threads lol.

Decided to finally start swapping on the swing out rear tire carrier. This will be a slow process but should have the garnish done tomorrow woth pics.

 

[PirateMcGee]

Before

After

 

[Outdooraholic]

Awesome! I'm excited to see the rest of this project!

 

[PirateMcGee]

What are your guys thoughts on using the old license plate holes for reverse lights? Something like this: https://www.4wd.com/p/smittybilt-li...ntid=S/B2815&gclid=CNmhrMLrjdUCFRJYDQodRMQO3Q

or this
http://www.roughcountry.com/univers...t-7018c.html?gclid=CImS5cPrjdUCFceKswod9nMD7Q

and use these bolts to wire it up: http://www.jpcycles.com/product/381-363

Clearly once the tire gate is mounted it will be a moot point but I need a few more parts off a donor truck so that might be quite awhile.

 

[PirateMcGee]

Well.......pretty sure it's the only "2nd" gen sport in the country with a factory tire carrier swap.

 

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