It looks to me like he did a fine job, and it mounts the way HE wanted. His reasoning is sound, it mounts solidly, and he should be applauded for his efforts!

Show us pictures of the rack YOU built.

 

Woah easy, it was just a suggestion. I wasn't putting down his work, or talking crap about it. Not like I said "Wow this guy sucks" or whatever. I havent built my rack yet. Still coming up with the fund. Just putting an opinion out there for other future builds. my bad

 

Wow, that is some really nice work. beautiful job. You can tell that's quality work by looking at it. I like that it's bolted to the roof. It'll rattle less and you don't have to worry about someone stealing it. Awesome job. That's got to be the best "homemade" one I've seen.

 

Best weld I've ever seen on CF.

 

Thanks all of y'all for the positive feedback.....

As of right now i am building the tire mount for the top of the rack, mounts to the metal plate with 4 holes in the previous pictures, and still doing some planning for the off-road lights...

I would love some suggestions on how to hide the wiring and make the wiring really clean, as well as some feedback on what kind of back up light y'all would suggest...

 

How tall are the sides of your rack?

 

The rack itself is 5 inches tall, but im working on the plans for the rack and i will post them soon

 

After a well needed oil change i finally started on the lights....

 

First i started the homemade light bar, - it holds all the wires that come off of the lights, the power wires and grounds...

 

After the light var bar complete, i attached each light to the roof rack and wired them up..

 

These pictures show the grommets that each lights metal shielding will fit into and completely hide the wiring...









Will post completed pictures of finished lights, relays and switch mounting location...

 

Finally finished the lights... these pictures show the lights wired into the light bar, and how the wiring is fed down the rack mounts...

 

These pictures show how the wire loom runs down the side of the back hatch, over the top of the back bumper and under the jeep following the brake lines to the engine bay and into the hood latch grommet into the cab of the jeep...

 

These pictures show how the relays and wire loom run to the passengers side of the jeeps engine bay where the power wires are attached to the fuse/relay box.....

 

Here's where i mounted the switches for the lights (inside the center console) and how the run into the console and under the shifter and threw the firewall....