AmitZissi Posted July 3, 2024 Share Posted July 3, 2024 Hello to yall Im in Australia atm and I own a R50 pathy which never let me down so far. I have a setup of a bed for camping built inside of my car though it takes a lot of space so I wish to fit roof racks. I did everything in my power to find a fitting solution as my R50 has factory track with supposedly fixed points but I found no solution. Even in a roof rack friendly land like Australia So I was wondering if anyone faced the same problem and found a solution for a backpacker on a budget other the costume made racks? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R50JR Posted July 3, 2024 Share Posted July 3, 2024 2 hours ago, AmitZissi said: Hello to yall Im in Australia atm and I own a R50 pathy which never let me down so far. I have a setup of a bed for camping built inside of my car though it takes a lot of space so I wish to fit roof racks. I did everything in my power to find a fitting solution as my R50 has factory track with supposedly fixed points but I found no solution. Even in a roof rack friendly land like Australia So I was wondering if anyone faced the same problem and found a solution for a backpacker on a budget other the costume made racks? Thanks in advance Post a pic of your roof cross bars. You should just be able to buy a cheap basket and secure it to the crossbars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted July 3, 2024 Share Posted July 3, 2024 Someone posted pictures of a unistrut (?) rack they'd made for an R50 a while back. Looked hell for stout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmitZissi Posted July 4, 2024 Author Share Posted July 4, 2024 11 hours ago, R50JR said: Post a pic of your roof cross bars. You should just be able to buy a cheap basket and secure it to the crossbars. I dont have any kind of crossbars, I have factory tracks. Tried to post a picture but it's too heavy, I will try again later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted July 4, 2024 Share Posted July 4, 2024 Had a look. NPD shows part numbers for crossbars between the factory side rails. Two different crossbars are listed, as well as a crossbar kit. (I didn't check whether they're different with/without the sunroof, can't imagine why they would be.) Naturally the singles are discontinued, and the set is out of stock. You might get lucky at a wrecker, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaton Posted July 15, 2024 Share Posted July 15, 2024 Check and see if there are sliding nuts in the tracks. If they are they are there, you can bolt a homemade basket to them. I made one from electrical metal tubing(emt) pretty cheap. Very little welding is required and its very strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commodorehat Posted July 17, 2024 Share Posted July 17, 2024 Check out this post: I did this on mine and has worked out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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