Roof Racks

[CubbyChowder]

Keep us posted.

(I always read your username as ChubbyChowder, then proceed to picture heavy-set women eating giant bowls of clam chowder.)

hahaha hilarious, I actually think more people see "chubby" than "cubby". I've had so many people say they always thought it said ChubbyChowder.

[CubbyChowder]

Well here is the finished product. Happy with how it turned out.

I welded on a few hooks throughout the rack to secure tie downs and painted the whole frame and carriage bolt heads black. I also stained the wood, and it's a bit darker now.




Then it was time for final assembly!




And here's where the e30 sits currently:

[CW325]

Wow. :up: :up:

[nickflic3]

Now that's cool

[straight6pwr]

love the boards. hoping to do that with my touring, as the yakima basket case metal basket is far too small for the roof.

[shaferbm]

That rack looks stellar, not to mention the functionality.

[CubbyChowder]

thanks guys, I'm really happy with it. Now it's time to figure out a fairing situation and get some endcaps for the crossbars.

Of course the day I finish/install it, it proceeds to pour rain for 48 hours, so I guess the wood is really being put to the test haha. So far it's held up just fine.

[mcskibadee1]

Looks really good but I would just pay close attention to those feet. They seem to be cut and folded steel so I could see it becoming loose over time or fail once a decent amount of weight or even a bike on there with decent wind could cripple it.

Otherwise Thumbs up!!!!

[austindavidg]

[mcskibadee1]

Found some wood on the side of the road for my fire place.

[DonFico]

bike rack

Heres my bike rack that I recently got it.

[freeride53]

I hate the fact that my rack is now missing a fairing.
Everything looks very disproportionate to me now.
Any suggestions on how to correct the look?

[325ix]

A fairing?

[shameson]

A fairing?

This obviously^

Or.... Have it so you have matching bike racks instead of two different ones, considering the passenger side one is larger than the basic rail you have on the drivers side

[Dave37]

I have a q tower yakima rack with q30 clips. The only thing missing are those rubber mounts that go under the towers. There are about 7 different types of rubber mounts. Any idea which ones I need? Or will I have to call Yakima?