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Jake de Villiers Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2007 Posts: 5911 Location: Tsawwassen, BC
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YosemiteBound Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2018 Posts: 327 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: pop top roof rack owners |
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Guys,
Need some help. Just picked up a skybox 18.
Now I need the rack. I have an 85 Westfalia pop top.
I can see (on this thread) that I need three pairs of the Yakima Wide Body Mounts - to drill into the pop top.
I also can also see that I need three -at least - 58" long crossbars.
But what I haven't been able to determine is what towers I need to attach to the wide body mounts. Will Q towers work?
Anything else I need (again, all I have is a pop top and a skybox).
Thanks so much! _________________ 1985 Westy Round Headlights "Liam" |
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shagginwagon83 Samba Member
Joined: February 07, 2016 Posts: 3786 Location: VA/TN
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 7:35 pm Post subject: Re: pop top roof rack owners |
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1a Yakima towers work great. You can find them on craigslist/facebook.
Also buy these brackets instead of the Yakima ones
https://campervanculture.com/shop/cvc-pair-of-west...on/[/code] _________________ Brandon
"Jo Ann" - '83.5 Westfalia EJ22e w/Peloquin
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YosemiteBound Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2018 Posts: 327 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 8:13 pm Post subject: Re: pop top roof rack owners |
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I’m intrigued! But that link doesn’t work. _________________ 1985 Westy Round Headlights "Liam" |
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RoryGirl Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2016 Posts: 768 Location: WestWorld Nanaimo BC
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YosemiteBound Samba Member
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: pop top roof rack owners |
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Okay a few things:
1) Omg this site is so inexpensive. Cheapest truck mirrors I've seen yet. $100 cheaper than cip1.com in fact.
2) What is this roof system? So confused. Does anyone use it? It's flat and square.... would a skybox even mount on it? For those that use it do you mount three bars across or two? Why is it so cheap haha. _________________ 1985 Westy Round Headlights "Liam" |
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jimf909 Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2014 Posts: 7404 Location: WA/ID
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 11:34 pm Post subject: Re: pop top roof rack owners |
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YosemiteBound wrote: |
Guys,
Need some help. Just picked up a skybox 18.
Now I need the rack. I have an 85 Westfalia pop top.
I can see (on this thread) that I need three pairs of the Yakima Wide Body Mounts - to drill into the pop top.
I also can also see that I need three -at least - 58" long crossbars.
But what I haven't been able to determine is what towers I need to attach to the wide body mounts. Will Q towers work?
Anything else I need (again, all I have is a pop top and a skybox).
Thanks so much! |
Q towers may work on a tin top with the right clips but I can't imagine they'd work with a pop-top. My guess is that Yakima will only recommend the 1A Raingutter towers.
Two bars will work fine. The Sideloader mounts are also fine (2 bolts, carriage bolt heads are not exposed, slightly cleaner, either alternative works fine).
Skybox 18, Yakima 1A Raingutter towers, two bars on sideloaders...
Skybox 18, basket, etc. on 4 pairs of sideloaders and 1A Raingutter towers (too heavy)...
_________________ - Jim
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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RoryGirl Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2016 Posts: 768 Location: WestWorld Nanaimo BC
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: pop top roof rack owners |
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YosemiteBound wrote: |
2) What is this roof system? So confused. Does anyone use it? It's flat and square.... would a skybox even mount on it? For those that use it do you mount three bars across or two? Why is it so cheap haha. |
Those are just the "artificial gutters" that your rack mounts attach to. You'll need 1 pair for each crossbar. Not so cheap now, eh _________________ 1991 Double door pop top conversion |
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jimf909 Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2014 Posts: 7404 Location: WA/ID
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 6:51 am Post subject: Re: pop top roof rack owners |
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RoryGirl wrote: |
YosemiteBound wrote: |
2) What is this roof system? So confused. Does anyone use it? It's flat and square.... would a skybox even mount on it? For those that use it do you mount three bars across or two? Why is it so cheap haha. |
Those are just the "artificial gutters" that your rack mounts attach to. You'll need 1 pair for each crossbar. Not so cheap now, eh |
Two bars with feet is $281 which is comparable to 4 Yakima 1A rain gutter towers , $199 or so and two bars...are they $40 each? Then add the artificial rain gutters. _________________ - Jim
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Do not get killed, do not kill others.
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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shagginwagon83 Samba Member
Joined: February 07, 2016 Posts: 3786 Location: VA/TN
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 7:20 am Post subject: Re: pop top roof rack owners |
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Sorry for the broken link!
But yeah so what i bought was
3x pairs of CVC artificial brackets.
3x pairs lf Yakima 1A towers
3x round Yakima bars. I think around 54-60"
With that extra weight i bought the Gowesty Hd strut assist kit. _________________ Brandon
"Jo Ann" - '83.5 Westfalia EJ22e w/Peloquin
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jimf909 Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2014 Posts: 7404 Location: WA/ID
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 7:57 am Post subject: Re: pop top roof rack owners |
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shagginwagon83 wrote: |
Sorry for the broken link!
But yeah so what i bought was
3x pairs of CVC artificial brackets.
3x pairs lf Yakima 1A towers
3x round Yakima bars. I think around 54-60"
With that extra weight i bought the Gowesty Hd strut assist kit. |
That sounds like my progression...it continued until it progressed to a high top... _________________ - Jim
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Do not get killed, do not kill others.
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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