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Written by Kevin Stoelb
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Sunday, 26 June 2005 |
So, you are interested in putting some roof racks on the Daihatsu Feroza / Daihatsu Rocky / Daihatsu Sportrak. Through a little experimentation, I came up with this setup. The only drawback, you need to find another daihatsu owner who wants to do this as well, otherwise it can end up costing about US$80 more than you want to spend...
Face it, these racks are pretty expensive to begin with. What you need:
1. The cross bars
2. One set of 5-inch towers (4 come in a box)
3. One set of 7-inch towers (see, now you see why you need another friend with a rocky/feroza)
4. One set of Artificial Rain Gutters (4 come in a box, you need 2 for this install, so you can split with the friend)
5. Four larger washers than what come with the gutters, you will see what I mean when you go to install the gutters
5. Locks (if you don't want your racks walking off)
6. Any accessories you want for your rack, like a bike rack or a ski rack, etc.
7. About 45 minutes, and a few cold drinks
I didn't put up all my pictures, as this page would take a very long time to load, so, if you need any more explanations/pics, please feel free to email me at:
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. Enjoy!
1. This is where the artificial rain gutters will eventually be. Note, you will not be using the small, retangular piece of metal, just the gutter, the seal and the bolts.
2. You need to remove the rail, it is easy to do, just remove this screw...
3. And this screw. You will be able to put the rail back on afterwards :), so keep the screws handy.
4. This is how you remove those caps you see from the first picture. Remove this one, and the one to the left of that bump on the left side of the pic (doesn't Daihatsu make finding this location easy :) ). You will probably need to go to the hardware store and get 4 larger washers to use for installing the artifical gutter. DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN THE SCREW, YOU WILL CRACK THE FIBRGLASS TOP!!!! Go ahead and install the gutter, it should end up looking like the next picture. After you are done, you can put the rail back on inside. It may be a tighter fit, but it should go back on.
5. This is how the artificial rain gutter looks installed. Yes, it is at a slight angle. Notice the bolt heads don't stick up that much, your window will slide over it. If you are worried about water getting in, you can either caulk in the gap between the rubber seal and the metal gutter, or you can get some rubber dome washers to replace the rubber seal. If your window starts rattling on the metal, just affix a flat piece of rubber to the metal gutter, it will quiet that noise right on down.
6. This is where I have my front rack mounted. Yes, the front top will open :). Note the larger towers up front, this is to match the hieght of the rear rack.
7. Here is what the rear should look like with the rack on the gutters. This tower is smaller so there is no "stair-step" effect going on. Almost perfectly level, I think at most a half-inch off.
8. Here is a full view shot, yes, I am ready to go skiing...ignore the fact those are Yakima ski holders, I am just borrowing them :). Although this does bring up an interesting point...Yakima's stuff will adapt to a Thule rack, but not vice versa. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 31 October 2005 )
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Hi I like what you did. I went one stage further. I have built my own to the original daihatsu specs. It looks great and has some improvments over the original.
regards
Glen
Posted by Glen, on Tuesday, 04 July 2006 at 10:19
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