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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 12:40 PM
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I bought a roof basket from craigslist for my 2004, wondering if anyone else has had to come up with a way of mounting it to the existing rack, im trying to think of some ideas on how i should do this, are there parts you can buy or do you have to fab something?

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Old Jan 13, 2014 | 04:09 PM
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Check Thule or Yakima
 
Old Jan 13, 2014 | 04:33 PM
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Check Thule or Yakima
checked out the Thule site, this basket is a thule, they want 300 for a mounting kit, no thanks! lol only paid 30$ for this basket. i am guessing im going to have to make something using parts from home depot or something because spending anything more than 20-30 more is out of the question, id prefer to just not have a basket at this time.

If anyone has had to fab some mounts let me know what you did
 

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I used ubolts to mount mine and it works like a charm. They held so well it ripped the factory rack out of the roof when I caught it on a limb!!!
 
Old Jan 13, 2014 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by rexmburns
I used ubolts to mount mine and it works like a charm. They held so well it ripped the factory rack out of the roof when I caught it on a limb!!!
good idea! got any close up pics? would love to see your setup up close and know where you bought the ubolts ect at.

thanks man! i think this is the best idea.
 

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