Current setup is on the roof rack of our Tahoe, I bought a $40 tire strap from Rhino Rack but the weight of the tire up there broke the welds on our cheap rack, so I just recently reinforced the whole rack with scrap tubing from my work. New problem is that the factory cross bars on the Tahoe...
Finally fully reinforced, got my spare with my new Rhino Rack tire strap and Plano 1919 Sportsman Trunk. First trip out with the upgraded rack tomorrow. More upgrades will come after this first weekend trip.
At this point i could have made one entirely out of stainless steel, i have everything i need to do it at work, tube bender, CNC lathes and mills, a welding dept, plenty of scrap material, now if i only had the time to do it all. more photos coming this week
Here’s some more recent photos of the upgrades I’m doing to the rack. The silver pieces are .065 wall stainless tubing. When I’m finished with the bottom cross supports I will re-sand and paint it. It will look like a Gobi when I’m done.
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I bought a cheaply from Walmart a few years ago before I got my Tahoe and it’s just too small for the truck. Already made the rack about a foot longer but now working on making it wider and adding lighting mounts and other goodies but pretty much have to go custom for these trucks. Wilco Offroad...
Thanks, it was cool to hear the ranger tell me to find a spot to park and hang out with a beer or wine and start a fire, nothing like that in OC, $20 to park within a mile from the beach, CRAZY!!!
From Anaheim, Ca
Purchased As-is in April '17 with 156K miles
'02 Chevy Tahoe Z71 with leveling kit
Bilstein Shocks
K&N Cold Air Intake
Custom Borla Exhaust
17" American Racing Wheels
General Grabber A/T2 Tires
42" Curved LED lightbar on front bumper
The only thing we added was the 3rd row...
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