[its u its me]

Hey guys.

Simple one. Show us your roof baskets. I'm interested in knowing (and seeing) what size, brand etc roof basket your running on the Zook and what it cost.

I am the new owner of a jimny and looking at procuring one and trying to decide what size would be best suited..

[henno]

Mine came off a Jimny (Rola Vortex):

[atari4x4]

are you planning on fitting a roof basket to your sierra soft top?


x2 on the rola vortex baskets for tintops... minus the lasagna stack of roof rails & cross bars used to fit it to henno's.

[henno]

atari4x4 wrote:

minus the lasagna stack of roof rails & cross bars used to fit it to henno's.

Agreed. I am yet to come up with an elegant solution (if only it fit between the rails). I can see myself Frankensteining a set of rail clamp feet thingers to attach directly to the tray.

[atari4x4]

henno wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:

minus the lasagna stack of roof rails & cross bars used to fit it to henno's.

Agreed. I am yet to come up with an elegant solution (if only it fit between the rails). I can see myself Frankensteining a set of rail clamp feet thingers to attach directly to the tray.

must play havoc with your aero package, you need moar spoilers.

i know mine when fitted as pictured knocked nearly 10kph off my top speed & was very noticeable at 100kph when doing back to back testing.

[henno]

I did 110kph+ for an hour yesterday and I saw no noticeable affect on fuel consumption, however I did notice it being wind effected at 100kph+ and expected a dint in my fuel usage, but it never seemed to eventuate... so I put that down to placebo because I was looking for the affects.

I am torn between removing the rails and fabbing up a permanent solution or just taking the basket on and off between big trips, mainly because with those fully sick aero bar spoilers, I can actually get both kayaks on the roof. Not possible on top of the rola thinger obviously, due to the loss of 6-8 inches of width.

[Scrawny]

Haven't noticed a difference in fuel consumption with the basket on my Cruiser but definitely noticed it in my Vit. It is noisey above 90kmh

[zukenutter]

Fuel economy wise I haven't been able to record a noticeable difference. I also have the Vortex, which originally was clamped to Rola cross bars but now mine just fits directly to my roof rails via four welded on clamps.

[its u its me]

Just to clarify this isn't for a Sierra Soft Top..it's for a Jimny tin top. I am currently living in Canada and have a jimny arriving next week from Japan.

I am currently looking at roof rack and basket options available (remembering that there is nothing available for the jimny in North America). I am going to head Into a rola dealer this weekend and see if they can get the low profile sports rack listed on the Aus rola website in locally.

I hoping to get the RBXL low profile sports cross bars to try and prevent a 'lasagne' roof stack.

If they can't get the racks for a reasonable price, I may look at going down the road of removing the factory rails all together and making some custom mounts to bolt the basket directly to the roof.

http://www.rola.com.au/roof-racks.aspx

[fordem]

Since you're in Canada take a look at the Rage Black Widow baskets



http://www.ragepowersports.com/cargo-products/black-widow-roof-cargo-basket/

I have one of these, with the optional 24" extension that I switch between my Grand Vitara & my Pajero iO - it's probably too long for a Jimny, but the base basket might suit you.

[Chop]

Yakima all the way if your over there!