Homemade Roof Cross Bars

This will essentially create a glue lam beam that will form the bars.

Homemade roof cross bars. Lift your spirits with funny jokes trending memes entertaining gifs inspiring stories viral videos and so much more. Ensure that the roof rack is in position and properly adjusted leaving good space at the centre. Repeat for the other side and the second bar. Drill where you marked.

You ll notice in the early pictures that four holes are drilled. After deciding on a general design in my head i headed to the hardware store s plumbing. Measuring and trial fitting. I used 5 6 pieces about 1 2in thick to make a beam about 2 5in x 5 in.

Using a flat head screw driver assemble the roof rails to the top of the car by sxrewing the side rails and the cross bars together. Jun 26 2014 discover the magic of the internet at imgur a community powered entertainment destination. Remember to measure both front and back. If you have factory roof racks that run from front to back you can build your own steel crossmembers using one inch square tubing cut to size and secured to the factory racks using carriage bolts.

The template indicates pre drilled holes which can be used to drilled holes directly into the roof of the car. We will rip this into two crossbars later liberally glue the boards and clamp them together. 25 diy roof cross bars step 1. Gather enough planks to form a board that is a little thicker than your bars will be.