Re: ToySUV: 1st Gen 4runner Thule rack

["Barry N. Payne" <nadawgy118@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

...Mount it on the cab not on the shell, unless you use aftermarket "drip 
rails". Remember, even if the bikes are light, there's always wind loading 
and vibration, everything from expansion joints to rutted two track...
McGyver ;]
714.470.1529


>From: Richard Eddy <rweddy1@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: ToyotaSUV@4x4Wire.com
>To: 4x4wire Toyota list 4runner <toyota@4x4Wire.com>,        "off-road.com 
>4runner" <toy4x4@moab.off-road.com>,        "SUV 4x4Wire.com 4runner" 
><ToyotaSUV@4x4Wire.com>
>Subject: ToySUV: 1st Gen 4runner Thule rack
>Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 18:58:48 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Just wanted to know how people installed their racks
>out there?
>I have 3 options:
>1
>put the rack on the little drip rails on the
>fiberglass rear end.
>2
>Put both on the front part of the cab
>3
>Buy a artificial raingutter and drill holes in the top
>to install it.
>
>I will be putting two pretty light bikes up there, and
>that is it. I have talked to some that say the rear
>drip rails will be fine, but others have said they
>will crack, what have you guys & gals found?
>
>Thanks
>Richard Eddy
>87 SR5
>
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