[jeepjeep7]

hey looking into getting a roof rack looked into a thule roof rack, but i do like the safari racks any pro's or cons, i want it mainly for my snowboard and to put a basket on the rack, any help would be awsome thanks

 

[Kleemic]

I also wanted a roof rack on my hardtop to carry snowboards. I ended up going to my local auto salvage yard and getting the factory rack off a ford escape. It fit almost perfect and does what i need it to.

 

[XJ Knight]

I also wanted a roof rack on my hardtop to carry snowboards. I ended up going to my local auto salvage yard and getting the factory rack off a ford escape. It fit almost perfect and does what i need it to.

Will a XJ roof rack work also?

The escape one looks similar

 

[Kleemic]

The xj rack looks like it probably would fit. I would obviously measure to make sure before drilling anything!

 

[XJ Knight]

Agreed.. But thanks for the roof rack Idea.. Would have kept my XJ roof rack that I had if I ever had the foresight to put a stock roof rack on my hard top

 

[jeepjeep7]

idk if i'm up to drilling into my hardtop lol what did you do to seal the holes after bolting the rack in?

 

[UnlimitedLJ04]

idk if i'm up to drilling into my hardtop lol what did you do to seal the holes after bolting the rack in?

UV stable roofing or exterior silicon. Ford Explorer roof rack:

 

[Vaultzz]

This is cool cause i plan on using my XJ's roofrack on my YJ's hard top once I get a new rack for the XJ

 

[bobjenkins]

hey looking into getting a roof rack looked into a thule roof rack, but i do like the safari racks any pro's or cons, i want it mainly for my snowboard and to put a basket on the rack, any help would be awsome thanks

The garvin rack is solid . Requires drilling but I got around it. I can jump up and down on it and it doesn't move at all. Plus it looks slick

A trip t the hardware store and you can make some Thule brackets