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Use them welding skills you told me about!
I am not good enough yet to weld fiberglass!
We are going to visit the place for sure! Thanks!
Do you have front and rear receiver hitches on that Jeep ?
See where I am going with that.
My Corolla has plastic bumpers under the plastic bumper covers.
I need a rack on top and the roof metal is thin.
I thought a sandwich type deal .
Take steel plates one on top the roof and one under the roof and bolt them together through the roof and put some rubber inner tube between the plate and roof.
I do not know if you are into drilling holes in your roof.
Another way is to take a ratchet strap and run it through the open doors to secure the item on the roof.
You tighten the straps and close the doors.
I do this on the Corolla often.
To save the fiberglass top a rack can be made that sits on the roof but take some roll bar padding or pool noodles and place between rack and roof to help save the paint a bit.
It will still be scuffing the paint a bit though as tiny vibrations will do that.
See where I am going with that.
My Corolla has plastic bumpers under the plastic bumper covers.
I need a rack on top and the roof metal is thin.
I thought a sandwich type deal .
Take steel plates one on top the roof and one under the roof and bolt them together through the roof and put some rubber inner tube between the plate and roof.
I do not know if you are into drilling holes in your roof.
Another way is to take a ratchet strap and run it through the open doors to secure the item on the roof.
You tighten the straps and close the doors.
I do this on the Corolla often.
To save the fiberglass top a rack can be made that sits on the roof but take some roll bar padding or pool noodles and place between rack and roof to help save the paint a bit.
It will still be scuffing the paint a bit though as tiny vibrations will do that.
I bought a 12ft. boat trailer for $200, put new tires on and 2 cross members and have hauled our two 12ft. yaks for 15yrs. If you want to try my sit in fishing yak at Hefner, its current licensed, let me know. Also have pic of trailer.
Hardtop on Jeep. Have a guy that simply used 1/4” 4x4 plates to diffuse the weight and he made a simple 3/4” gas pipe rack. Said he has used it for two big kayaks for over 10 years. I am like you bud, It will be drilled!
