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I have searched & read quite a bit here concerning the poor design of our crossbars.
I'm trying to stay as conservative(ie cheap) as possible to buy landing pads & 2 crossbars to attach a rooftop cargo carrier bag to. I looked at Yakima but man they're expensive, nice but pricey. Mine did not come with crossbars, just the "pad" if you will.
Any suggestions? This will be for any family trips from Clt to Orlando, Clt to Nashville etc ..
If all you are needing is basically the factory bars, a junkyard/picnpul would be the best bet.
For aftermarket, without spending $$$ , I can't say.
I bought a Yakima basket off marketplace and made cross members using unistrut from home Depot. It mostly carries one or two 35" spare tires, maybe some other odds and ends.
I fully intend to pull those off and paint them up, probably black to match the basket. Someday. In all my spare time. Until then, they're working good. But they may be a bit more than you need just for a cargo bag.
My truck did not come with the factory cross bars either. I went to the trouble of acquiring some, thanks to a fellow member on this forum. Only to discover they sit too low to the roof to attach anything around them (like most modern baskets, etc.) So there is a reason previous owners remove them, they are basically useless! Check out this thread, you can build your own easily with unistrut. I did something similar and it works great for cargo carrier and roof-top basket, etc.
Got to the junk yard & pulled all 4 of these off the sole Ex they had. Little sanding & painting & that'll do pig. Still have to get a small bushing & longer screw to raise them. I'll be Monstalinering the roof soon too.
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