etrailer | Rhino-Rack Camper Shell Heavy-Duty Bar Roof Rack Review

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The heavy duty bar is gonna be great because you can build on them with whatever you're gonna haul. So you're gonna throw a kayak up here. You get kayak carriers that slide in the tracks. There's also accessories. You can get sold separately with the HD bars. Like if you wanna haul a ladder, there's gonna be load stops that you can install in the track.
There's ratchet straps, eyelets that you can use in combination of strap things down on the top. There's a lot of options out there to look for to make it custom for whatever you wanna throw up here. This is gonna be a permanent install. So you are gonna have to drill holes to install these tracks. But the nice thing is, you see how it sits here on the camper shell.
It looks factory. It looks sleek. You can even remove the bars. If you don't want 'em up here all the time. You can take off the end cap, push your buttons on the inside, release it and put a cap on the base here and leave 'em on there.
So I like that just in case, for whatever reason you don't wanna leave 'em up there. You can throw 'em in the back of the truck when you're not using 'em. It also slides along this track. So it's not like it's to these fixed points. You don't have to worry about leaving the bars and not being able to adjust them.
You can slide 'em all along this track to adjust whatever you wanna carry on top. A few different options on our website for these bars. We have the 65 inch bars. You can also get 'em in 59 inches. If you want shorter bars, maybe you don't need this much overhang. You can also get them in silver. So if that matches your camper shell, if you just like that style better, those options are out there. Let's check out the install. As you can see, we got it set up. There's a little bit of math and measurements to go to get this right. Cause you wanna make sure you drill the right holes the first time. You don't have to do it a second time and try and cover up any mistakes. So we use painters tape. We made sure we got the rail center on the camper shell and the furthest out we can get it. They recommend that in the install. Now every camper shell's gonna be a little bit different. So your measurements aren't gonna be the same as ours. You're gonna have to have different things to make sure it is square. So we make sure we lined up the back. We measured from the taillight to each side to make sure they we're equally spaced. And we came in the front, measured that too to make sure it was square up there. Make sure we looked at it from ladders on a bunch of different angles. It looks good and set in place where it is right now. So I think we're ready for the next step. Looking at the rails we got 'em spaced out. We did make some markings to know where we're gonna want to drill our holes. So we went 15 millimeters in from the end. And from that point it's gonna be 280 millimeters each time all the way back up to the front. Now, when you do go to drill, every camper shell has a gel coating. You don't want to just straight up drill through that. That could spider web crack on the top and you don't want that. So I suggest you're using a counter sink. That's gonna make a little divot first. And then once that makes that space then you can drill through and not worry about cracking anything on top of your camper shell. Setting our bar in place, measuring it making sure we got it right where we want it, front and back. We came here with the painters tape, laid that down. Then use the pencil to do an outline exactly where the bar's gonna sit. And that's on the backside and the front side for all this. Also make a little mark for the center of the bar. That way you know where to set that up. And then we're gonna slide the bar back. We'll add another piece of painters tape but we're gonna use the bar as a straight edge to make that line once we get it lined up with the center on the front and the back, come along with a pencil, draw a line. And since you're using this as a straight edge it's gonna be a straight line all the way to the front. Then come back where we made the marks on our rails and make another hash mark. And that's gonna tell you exactly where you need to drill. After I make each hole, I'm gonna go ahead and come back with the vacuum cleaner and clean up our spot. Now we're gonna come back with the drill and drill our hole. After the counter sink has opened up that spot for us. Now, it's pretty much repeat that process for the next few holes. Now we're gonna peel back the tape and get it outta the way. Do that in the front and the back as well. I'm gonna rip it off to about here so I can still line up this porti

[@JohnBurritt-ef6xr]

Best video on you tube! Thanks!

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[@SydneydebirTurk]

Fiberglass canopy, does need to extra support plate underneath?

[@ariksolberg7572]

Great video! Thanks so much for the help!

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[@maddog7532]

Do they sell longer T bolts that we can use to hang unistrut underthe cap? Thanks

[@aportilla007]

^^^^ this.

[@benjaminkutney8847]

How long are the t-bolts that come in this package?. I would like to install one of these on an AREMX. I feel like I read somewhere that they may not be long enough.

[@GarageProducts625]

I’m installing it now. The are mx is kinda rounded on top and I’m worried this track won’t flex enough or will be too much force bowing back out