[zuk85]

Just after your guys thoughts on roof baskets, stability for travelling and what loads you usualy carry on them? also what prices you paid and sizes

we are about to move from sunshine coast to cairns. And we driving up in our jimny packed up, and was thinking about a roof basket, We have rhino roof racks on a sliding track not the stock side mount ones.

[Scrawny]

Get the aluminum Rhino Rack one, they look on the Jimny

[bnejohnsmith]

I have a rhino rack on my hardtop wrangler, it is sweet

[zuk85]

holy shit and they aint cheap to match there looks. Im looking for something more cheaper just spent 280 on towbar and have to spend 220 on spare tyre with rim.

[buzbox]

Repco have the Rola vortex racks on sale again for $199, they weigh in at about 17kg's but are heavy duty.

I mainly chuck the jerry can up there and anything else that I can't be bothered fitting in the car, like swag, camp stretcher, chairs, wet tarps. It comes in handy for carrying firewood too. It also can be used as a mounting platform for lights or awnings.

[Samurai81]

Repco dont carry the Rhino rack in NZ . They are hard to come by and run at over $400. I bought a half width Rhino rack. Can get the Oztent across my bars on one side and the rack takes all the bulky but light soft stuff in kayak wet bags.

[buzbox]

I'm sorry that you live in NZ :p

Page 5 on their catalogue.

http://catalogues.repco.com.au/portal/d ... geview=two

[godzilr]

mmm saw that Rola vortex tray in the catalogue. looks very cool and will go with my rola racks keep it in the family

[zuk85]

yea woud have to put all the stuff that could handle at least getting a bit wet. Would cover what we could with a tarp and wrap it underneath the gear.

I wonder if the fittings are universal. we have the rhino sports bars, they have the thicker cross bars for aero dynamics lol

[abclarke]

Am i the only one that likes the dodgy looking wire ones?

[zuk85]

ha ha ha nah i like them but aint they expensive also but more durable.

also just got the image in the repco cataloge to zoom basket is 1400mm x 1020mmx 120mm with universal fittings dosnt look too bad either for $199 and its a rola rack

[abclarke]

Im still a bit iffy about paying $200~ for a wire backet

[zuk85]

and the catalogue has just done me again lol its powdercoated steel tray lol :S

[godzilr]

when the time comes i'll buy those waterproof bags to put on the roof.

think they come in 3 sizes... 5/10/20lt iirc

[Samurai81]

We have that exact same Repco catalogue over here but with price differences, no eskies (of course) and no rola roof rack just the crappy Prorack range with a price difference of $100 more over here!. NZ is third world in many ways but if we wanted everything you've got in Oz all we have to do is move over there:)

[zuk85]

yea come on over then when yuou have all vacated NZ we will claim it for our own slowly happening already lol ha ha ha ha ha

[dogbox]

super cheap has wire baskets on special for $129 just the right size for a jimny

[abclarke]

Just looked em up, save $70 not to bad...

[godzilr]

pics?

[abclarke]

Supercheap website lazy ass

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online ... escription

[godzilr]

thanks sweetheart

[Rockhopper]

6odzilr wrote:

when the time comes i'll buy those waterproof bags to put on the roof.

think they come in 3 sizes... 5/10/20lt iirc

Do you remember where you can get theses bags from?? I found them online a couple of months ago, but buggered if I can find them again.
For those that are interested, I fitted my wire basket up to my Jimny yesterday. This is what it looks like.
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[gjb977]

Very schmick!

[Built4thrashing]

Lok about ebay and you will find some nice cheap baskets/roof racks. I bought one for the GV and it had some cruiser bars attached. I ended up re selling the bars for more than i payed for them with the basket.

These are the only pics i have or it at the moment.

[godzilr]

Rockhopper wrote:

6odzilr wrote:

when the time comes i'll buy those waterproof bags to put on the roof.

think they come in 3 sizes... 5/10/20lt iirc

Do you remember where you can get theses bags from?? I found them online a couple of months ago, but buggered if I can find them again.
For those that are interested, I fitted my wire basket up to my Jimny yesterday. This is what it looks like.

i first saw them on ebay. search waterproof bags. i then saw them in a BCF catalogue. prices weren't that much different.

how did you secure them to the racks?

thanks

[Rockhopper]

I mounted it to some cheap ass pro lift roof racks i got from supercheap and I Custom bent the original brackets that came with basket with a 5lb club hammer

[dogbox]

repco has the pro rack roof bars to suit jimny on special for $169

[Rockhopper]

Yeh the ones repco specify in the catalogue don't fit the Jimny, but I took the catalogue with me to Supercheap and asked them to price match and I was lucky enough that they didn't compare the part numbers. Got them for $165. Part number for those interested is x3 to suit jimny with roof rails

[zuk85]

Yea those supercheap ones aint too bad, Just hope they will fit rhino stlye racks. Will be paying supercheap a visit I think this week. Good find guys

[zuk85]

Didnt get a basket but ended up getting a water proof roof top cargo bag. $40 at mitre 10.
Will just respray with a silicon water proof spray for that bit of extra protection

and brought myself a bit of 10mm thick by 900mm x 600mm ply for a base to sit on the roof racks. $9.00

fits on the roof well just have to wait and see how it goes all packed up on the roof before we leave.