Titan Roof Rack ? - Page 2

John Harden · 04-09-2007, 04:39 PM

Red Rider, here's a few pics. You can't see the rock sliders really all that well. Give me a minute and I'll post a link to the thread where I posted close up pics of the sliders.

Okay, you can look here for that thread.

We have Rock Sliders!!!!!

Regards,

John

red_rider_elsinore · 04-09-2007, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Harden

Red Rider, here's a few pics. You can't see the rock sliders really all that well. Give me a minute and I'll post a link to the thread where I posted close up pics of the sliders.

Okay, you can look here for that thread.

We have Rock Sliders!!!!!

Regards,

John

thanks

I saw a titan with a roof rack similar to your but it had 4 9in lights with a baja-style bar surrounding the lights. Kinda like the offroad trucks.

John Harden · 04-09-2007, 05:28 PM

If it was on a Titan, I bet you were looking at the ProComp rack. The top of the rack is swept up and goes over the top of the lights and it would probably accommodate 8" lights or so. Trouble, is it was a concept rack that they never put into production. I heard they may be, but no word yet.

The Defender through 4X4Parts.com is the only rack out there for the Titan. You could put 8" or so lights up there if wanted as they don't come with the rack. You add them later. I went with 6"s because they're plenty bright and provide less wind resistence.

With everything on the truck I'm down to 10 mpg. Don't want to go much lower....

Regards,

John

tbizzle · 04-09-2007, 05:30 PM

i did some research last night and found out about their "plus nut" installation hardware. these allow you to mount the tracks without bolting or drilling through the roof into the headliner. anyway, i couldn't find anything about drilling locations for the roof of the titan though. so i called yakima and asked about installing the tracks on the roof. turns out they stopped researching the proper drilling locations a few years ago, and (surprise, surprise) don't have those locations for the titan.

john - regarding your comments about mounting on the structure of the roof/cage, yakima said this was a no-no for their plus-nuts. the yakima rep's suggestion to me was to contact nissan and get the locations of the structural pieces in the roof to avoid drilling into them for installation with the plus-nuts.

more to come...

John Harden · 04-09-2007, 05:57 PM

tbizzle, I talked to Yakima when I was researching it and they told me exactly the same thing they told you. If you open up the detailed service manual, you'll see the areas where the roof is supported side to side with a cross member. I still don't recommend drilling there as this area is still not near as strong as where I recommended. Crawl up there and rap on it with your knuckles and you'll see what I mean.

Plus nuts are one way of attaching the rack. Neoprene well nuts are a better choice, stronger, and by design, water tight. This is what the ORU rack I have uses. You can buy well nuts online, or at your local auto parts store. Here in SoCal, Lowes also carries them. You insert a bolt down into to middle of them and when it tightens up, it crunches the neoporene up into the hole, sealing it up and making it darn near impossible for it to tear free. Pretty slick if you ask me.

Neither of these require you to drill down to where your roof liner is as they don't require a bolt or anything to attach from inside the truck. If you drill where I recommend, you're not even above the roof liner. You're above the top of the door.

I don't think there's a wrong way to do this, particularly given how much research you seem to be doing. I'm sure it will come out just fine. I needed the structural strength of the outside area of the truck due to the weight I sometimes carry up there. For a light to medium duty application, you could probably get by with drilling into the top of the roof. Just make sure you hit those cross members, otherwise there's no strength up there and the weight of your rack may push in the roof of the truck.

Regards,

John

etalian2005 · 04-09-2007, 07:02 PM

not to be a jerk, but i just have one question, why don't you just put all your stuff in the bed/backseat?

tbizzle · 04-09-2007, 07:48 PM

no worries.

i'm looking to put a 16' canoe on the roof, and like the option of the rack for mountain bikes, etc. plus, 16' canoes don't fit too well in a 5.5' bed. the cheaper option, by far, would be the foam gunwale blocks.

also, when camping with a canoe the bed will be full of other things. maximum versatility is the desired goal.

etalian2005 · 04-09-2007, 07:57 PM

gotcha. makes sense. i figured it was just for off-road use and it seemed a little overkill...

John Harden · 04-09-2007, 07:59 PM

Also, for offroading in tough terrain you need to secure everything down real well. That's tough to do with stuff in the back seat. If its not tied down, it becomes a missile if the truck tips over, or worse yet rolls.

Regards,

John

etalian2005 · 04-09-2007, 08:05 PM

true, true.

TexTheTitan · 04-26-2007, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueridge

yakima Q towers. Go to Yakima's web sight, and it will tell you which Q clips you need for the towers. It will hook safetly between the lip of the door. You can put what ever acc. you want on it and they look good with a farring.

Why can't I find the clips I need for Q towers? Everything I see says that nothing fits the Titan.