Bikeflyer
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I decided after a trip to home depot to get lumber that I needed some bars to tie to on my 05. Capitalizing on stock I already had, here is what I came up with....
It is composed of 1 inch diameter galvanized conduit. The fasteners are tractor hitch pins of the size to fit the pre-drilled holes in the factory rack. I simply opened the holes to the bottom of the rack, drilled the conduit to match and voila, a crossbar set. It is not as rigid as the factory sets, but it doesn't cost 100 bucks and It really is not bad. I suspended the bar between saw horses and couldnt make it flex noticably. For a plywood/2x4 lumber occasionally carrier, its plenty and only took about an hour's labor.
It is composed of 1 inch diameter galvanized conduit. The fasteners are tractor hitch pins of the size to fit the pre-drilled holes in the factory rack. I simply opened the holes to the bottom of the rack, drilled the conduit to match and voila, a crossbar set. It is not as rigid as the factory sets, but it doesn't cost 100 bucks and It really is not bad. I suspended the bar between saw horses and couldnt make it flex noticably. For a plywood/2x4 lumber occasionally carrier, its plenty and only took about an hour's labor.