Mounting an awning to 10-13 TE roof rack?

Anyone with a 10 to 13 Trail, or anyone with a 10 to 13 Trail roof rack, how did you mount your awning to the stock rails?

I have an awning that I want to mount up to the stock rack, just wondering if anybody came up with some clever solutions. I know G-Zilla makes some cool brackets, but couldn't confirm if they fit the early Trail rack.

 

following. havent gone down this road yet.

 

I upgraded to LFD rails.

 

The side rails, or the crossbars?

 

Sorry the crossbars. If you do go this route you may want their wind fairing as well. If I am remembering correctly, they got pretty nosey over 70 mph

https://lfdoffroad.com/collections/...ized-crossbar-5th-gen-4runner-trail-2010-2013

 

Thanks for the info. Looks like that price is each? Those are a little spendy. And what did you do, just bolt the L brackets from the awning on to those? I might just drill holes in my stock cross bars to mount the L brackets too.

 

I am guessing so. I had bought my set 4 years ago and they were significantly cheaper.

Yeah, just 2 or 3 bolts from the L bracket to the crossbars. I have heard people drilling their stock crossbars but I wouldn't personally risk that. I guess it depends on the type of terrain you plan to see, but you may want to think about reinforcing the crossbar where you drill. I haven't had the stock rack for awhile but I want to think those cross bars were thin and hallow. Just my $0.02