How To Install Rhino Rack 2500
As you may be aware, our new Ford Everest recently arrived. I'll have a thorough review on information technology for you shortly, but in the concurrently, I've commenced accessorising it, and I'm going to share the journeying with you lot.
The very first accessory that we decided to add was a Roof Rack, so we could install an canopy, and likewise acquit other accessories without taking upwards cargo space in the vehicle.
We decided on the Rhinoceros-Rack Courage and Platform for a number of reasons:
- To keep the overall height of the vehicle manageable
- The number of accessories and flexibility this platform provides
- To effectively manage weight – our arrangement (backbone and platform) weighs 31KG
The Install
Our Everest happens to exist one of the vehicles that requires the removal of the interior roof lining to allow the courage to exist installed. While this seems like a unproblematic job (and our install guys reckon that if yous are pretty handy yous can do information technology), at that place is quite a flake to it (encounter beneath for all of the parts that came out of the roof!).
Not all vehicles need to take the lining removed to install the backbone. See below for the detail:
The below cars need the interior roof lining dropped to install Backbone:
- Ford Everest
- Ford Ranger Wildtrack
- Mitsubishi Pajero
- Toyota Fortuner
The beneath require a trackmount* installed to mountain the platform:
- Toyota Hilux N80
- Ford Ranger
- Ford Ranger Raptor
- Mazda BT50
- Nissan Navara (needs rivnut installation and only available for models without roof rails)
*note a trackmount is a track that gets installed into the existing roof ditch.
The below are mounted to existing points in the roof:
- Mitsubishi Triton
- Nissan Patrol Y62
- Landrover Discovery 4
- Toyota Prado 120 (Rail removal required)
- Toyota Prado 150 (Rail removal required)
- Toyota Landcruiser 200 serial (Rail removal required if the vehicle has track)
- Holden Colorado
- Toyota FJ Cruiser
- Volkswagon Amarok
- Isuzu MUX
- Isuzu D-Max
Once all of the parts had been removed and the roof lining dropped, the existing runway were removed, leaving the roof and existing mounting holes. The new backbone runway were designed to line up with the existing holes in the vehicle, meaning there was no drilling.
Once the new courage rails were bolted in and tensioned, in our case the roof lining and fittings needed to be re-installed.
When this was compete, the RhinoRack Platform was set to install. Very cleverly, the track on the platform itself can be adjusted on the new model, which gives you the flexibility to use the platform on a different vehicle.
You but turn the rack over, and and so adapt the rail to the specification on the sheet for your vehicle, and then the mounting points volition align with the courage. It is a very clever blueprint. And in improver, it comes with a torque Allen wrench which tightens the hex screws to the right tension. They've actually idea almost this…
One time the adjustments were made, the rack can exist lowered onto the backbone, and and so a measuring tape is used to ensure that the platform sits centrally on the vehicle. One end of the rear is tightened, and then the process is repeated at the front, before remaining screws are tightened.
That's it for the install.
Nosotros also then had the Batwing canopy installed, but I'll encompass that product in another review.
Other considerations
Ane of the things that everyone needs to consider with a roof rack is just how much load the roof is rated to take, and then how much of that is taken upwardly by the roof rack / tray itself.
The Everest also has a 100KG limit. Given the platform and courage weighs 31KG, there is a 69KG chapters, which is really not a lot. And if y'all are going 'offroad', Rhino-rack reduce that spec to 49kg. Information technology is enough for a spare tyre, or an awning, or perhaps a Rooftop tent, but despite the cavernous infinite that is available, if yous put an awning on the car, you have nearly 40KG of capacity on-road, and xx off-route, which ways that if a shovel and set of max-trax become on, you're pretty much at capacity.
The plus here is that a Rhinorack system is very modular. Fifty-fifty the Batwing awning is easy to install and remove, which means that you can take that off if you have more pressing things to comport. And at 21 KG, the Batwing we installed was pretty light given the coverage it offers! In that location are some bright necktie downward zipper points, and as well smart things like folding antenna mounts, jerry tin holders and the similar which make setting your roof upwardly for each trip easy.
The best office for me is the final elevation increase. The Everest is 1.837m alpine according to specifications. Using a measuring record, the increase off this with the platform and backbone was only 75mm. And even with the Batwing canopy (installed every bit low every bit possible), the total concluding top of the vehicle was only 1.95 chiliad. The implication here is that even with a lift and bigger tyres, the vehicle will still fit under a carpark that is 2.1m tall.
Specifications:
Price (Backbone and Platform (model 52102 – 1928mm 10 1236mm) $one,657.00
Weight: Backbone and platform – 31KG
Weight: Batwing Awning – 21KG.
Weight capacity (this model) 69KG on road, 49KG off-route (Everest has a 100KG roof limit)
Install cost: Gauge $720.00 (based on a 6 hr install @ $120.00/hour)
Increase in fuel usage: with the Batwing awning too attached, average fuel usage when from 7.6l/100km to 8.1l/100km – a .5l/100km increment.
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Source: https://www.club4x4.com.au/rhino-rack-backbone-roof-rack-install/
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