stock roof rack

[Felipe4x4]

hello all...well i had a question about my roof rack...one rail was broken and i found a rail at the junk yard...but after i installed it i took a closer look and felt it was too flimsy...i want to put a basket on the roof and wasn't sure if it would do the job...are the stock rails for a 93 ok to keep for the basket with stuff in it or should i find solid rails? and which rails should i look for?

thanks for the help....

[Slartibartfast]

The cross rails are a little sketch, but maybe you could hook the basket directly to the roof rails?

[nunya]

Add rails from more racks! It's what the cool kids do!

[Desert89]

It depends on how much weight you think is going to go up there. I had a good 200 pound on mine only supported by the cross bars and it held up fine for a 100 mile trip.

[vagabond]

The cross rails are a little sketch, but maybe you could hook the basket directly to the roof rails?

that's what I did, pulled the end caps and slid the caged nuts out and ran 2 1/2 in bolts through them, had to cut the bolt heads in half for clearance then had to use spacers to keep the basket off the roof, works great only bad thing with all I had loaded up there it cut my mileage by almost 3 miles per gal, it's like stacking a small brick wall on top of a large brick wall.

So instead of the lab getting the back half of the pathy he's back in his crate and luggage is back inside