Overlander

I have a rooftop tent and side awning on my Ti rails. It's probably 120kg (260lbs) all up, then we have 2 people sleeping in there, so peaks around 300-350kg (660-770lbs) overnight. Nothing has broken yet but I'm also not precious about dents and damage. If anything, the feet of the factory rails are probably the first issue, as they are plastic. The rails are just some aluminium extrusions held between the plastic end legs. I made my own cross bars, but they are no different to any off the shelf ones you'd buy. I do notice that the extrusion rail now squeaks in its foot when driving over any bumps. The extra weight up high is very noticeable in body roll around corners and has dropped my fuel economy by around 1 L/100kms

Sounds like it half worked then? your panel ended up paintless... Howdy Flindersfan, I'm also from Oz with a new (to me) R50 pathfinder. The mods are happening and the offroad trails will be conquered

Hi, I'd be interested in the 3" kit if one were to become available. Otherwise I'm looking at making my own kit, but Id rather not. Can you ship it to Australia? Not in a huge rush but I could move on it quickly if needed to secure a sale. If anyone else in Australia is interested in a kit, I'd be happy to combine postage to spread the costs out, We'd just need to play a bit with the 'total declared price' to reduce customs screwing us over.