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Do the rails come with the permanent threaded connectors you developed as well or just the dynamic shim stacks?

Do you have a video of the ones you made for the Gladiator? I'm honestly too short to reach into my bed from the side, so molle panels that opened up would mostly be used to allow for rolling up the tonneau cover.

Them being that sturdy gives new a lot of hope for full height risers to use for light stuff like a canoe. Why did you go with steel instead of aluminum? Rigidity?

That's awesome to hear! I'll wait a few more days to put my black Friday sale order in then. Can't wait to see how they look.

@AdventureLab Even though I can't currently use them with my BAK X4S rolling tonneau cover, would it still be a cost savings to get the cross bars on sale now and order the 10" risers to go with them when you're done developing them? Last update I saw on them, they were compatible with the...

If you are just wanting to install the MOLLE panels, they are not needed. Those brackets are needed if you have MAXTRAX recovery boards you want to mount to the MOLLE panels.

Thanks for the quick reply. I mocked up a flat mount for cans using CAD (Cardboard Aided Design), which pairs with straps for securing against the MOLLE panels. I was planning on sending it to you in the future to see if it was something you could make.

Before I finish checking out, is this mountable to the molle panels or just floor mount? Also, is there a way to make these bungee connectors work with the small holes in the molle panels? Are they strong enough for small ratchet straps?

I was thinking they might attach like that. Thanks for the confirmation!

Any concerns of left and right racking when taking turns? It's looks really solid, but I've never seen them in person before. How far up do the risers go into the cross bars and how are they attached?

How thick is it at the mounting location closest to the glass ? That's like a foot from the glass, so I'd imagine that it would be thinner in diameter at that point.

Go ahead and put me down for a set of full height risers then as well! I'm planning on getting 3 of the 10" and then 2 sets of full height risers when they're available. 10" for a tent and full height for the canoe.

How much height did you accommodate for the rolled up cover? Also, does the lateral reinforcement plate attach to the outside of the crossbars, so it is useable with 2 and 3 crossbar configurations? It looks like this design would be easily adaptable to full height bars as well then? 🤞

Think it would work for a canoe with a single full height cross bar over the bed?

Glad I could help. I have plenty of cardboard to make some more templates to check again if needed this afternoon. 🤗

I think that you could pretty much leave the design as you showed it in the video. It looks like it would be usable for 2 or 3 cross bars.

What kind of fuel economy and wind noise impact are incurred with the roof rack?

@AdventureLab I did a cardboard mockup and it didn't seem to work. It did not clear the rolled up cover at the bar location closest to the rear window and the angle was not steep enough to align with the mounting location and not block the rolled up cover. Some of the contributing factors...

Is there a load bearing difference for static load between 2 or 3 cars or is the max static load ultimately limited by the bed and j braces and not the number of bars?

I'm at a karaoke bar right now, but when I get home in a few hours I'll roll it up and see how the measurements work. Where on the side rail would I align the part of the drawing designated as angle 3 at the base of the upright?