Project XJ

[Jeff]

Interesting note. In my warrior products literature they site the gutter as the best place to mount a rack and to not even offer brackets for the factory luggage rack rails. Further, they go on to actually rate the rack's actual capacity using the gutters...400lbs. KM said to follow factory guidelines for the rails and that they had no specs for the gutters...in effect telling me not to exceed 150lbs on the rails....including the rack itself at a stout 65-70lbs. With a 65lb tire and wheel and does not leave much room for much else...let alone enough room for my comfort to reside. Bodyshop guys told me that the gutter is stronger then the roof itself because the gutter is a mating of 2 and sometimes 3 pieces of metal where the roof meets the sides. So seeing as the rails attach to the roof via expansion nuts, they concluded that the gutter would also be best.