POLL: Do you like the 2019-2020 T4R TRD PRO Roof Rack?

Is it me or is it insane how tight the screws are on the bars? Is their a certain tool made for these things?

 

just take a pair of pliers to them then tighten by hand.

 

Was trying to not f em up but I'll try doing that with a towel.. thx

 

try grabbing the inner parts of the knob. should be fine.

 

So I was able to break them free using vice-grips and a rag do I didn't f the plastic screws up. Tightened by hand and I just lowered the front after measuring the clearance of the board. Cuts it close on the back rail but it does fit. Thanks for the help

 

are those ski racks?

 

Yes.. either 6 sets of skis or 4 snowboards

 

First thing I changed on mine. Crap weight limit and way too small to be useful

 

Need to update your avatar

 

lol true

 

Like that blue

 

Me? Tandem automotive / OffRoad. Side step / kick out design is what sold me

 

Baja makes a basket now. lol, now I dunno if I should keep the darn pro rack
https://www.bajarack.com/store/4Run...t-Rack-fits-factory-rack-2019-2020-p163231214

 

Theres a thread on this here... And I think you might be too late for the group buy discount.

 

Do you have any photos with gear loaded on? Would like to see what/ how you are strapping it down.
Thanks!

 

this looks good vey functional

 

Looks good but $725?? No thanks.

you can sell the pro rack for 300-500. 725 + 500 gets you a good full rack

 

It should have come like that in the first place

 

only gear which has been up there is my christmas tree. i admit, i dont store anything up there.

 

so it's a basket in a basket?

 

Like making an order at KFC. Don't forget the biscuits!

 

Ha ha! I think I will post on a different thread to get some photos of people actually using the rack and what they used to secure everything.

 

It's useless IMO, but you know what they say about opinions

 

Yeah, I agree, even the standard roof rack isn’t that functional and looks like something off of an old timey station wagon from the 70’s or 80’s. There are lots of great after market options for anyone needing to put stuff on their roof that come with attachments, and accessories to make it easy.

 

I like it okay, just depends on what you use a rack for. I can certainly see reasons why you'd want a full rack or a different rack for certain purposes, a roof top tent for one. But, it does look different and is kinda cool for that reason, if you dig its road warrior looks. I haven't had any trouble using it for my large Pelican gear storage boxes, traction boards, and some other normal things, so for me it works fine (not that a Gobi or something else wouldn't work even better). I will say that I don't think the 4 crossbars that it comes with are sufficient, and I think this rack would work much better with one more crossbar, though I haven't yet found out where to get one or even if they are available a la carte (so far online I can only find the whole entire rack for sale). My wife does finance at a Toyota store, so I"m going to have her ask the parts guys if they can order an extra crossbar for it. Would I have preferred a full flat rack? Yes. But this one works just fine for my purposes, so I'm not sure I'll bother replacing it...

 

so. Liked for some things but as pointed out - so short as to be useless for ladders, lumber, etc.
Got one of those "OEM look" kits off ebay and extended mine forward. Extra load bars make for a decent 'bed' now on the lower lever. Upper level I can load with long items, boxes, etc. I guess adding extra feet ups the 'load limit' - which seems way conservative...
Thule boxes and other rack mounted items clamp on easily enough - extended length lets me move things around more.

 

all the cross bars are removable and configurable.

 

this look great. do you have more pictures of the top. how did you connect the parts?

 

Thanks.
Made couplers out of delrin. Not quiet simple tubes as the kit bars have flats on the ID. True OEM tubes don't. I have a machine shop, so easy for me to do.
I did put in 8mm rivnuts for the new front pad locations.

I have a surplus of cross bars now and have them all on it. Need to weed some out

 

looks amazing. Now that there are six mounting points, are the front ones bolted down like the others?