So I did a thing and I figure I would share with you all incase anyone has been interested in doing the same. I wanted a way to mount gear (rotopax, shovel and tredpro traction boards) on the side of my ARE shell. Something similar to bed racks but I want the option to keep additional gear dust free and dry. I saw a post on one of the Facebook groups but I wanted to evolve it a bit more. The post I saw had used t-slot tracks with what looked like was ubolts or something like that with a piece of aluminum. I didn't like the look of sticking out aluminum so I worked on finding something cleaner and practical. What I did is measure my windows on the shell by height and length. They are exactly 16" H x roughly 42" L. I ended up mounting the t-slots from frame to frame (height) with about 7 machine screws and lock nuts per rail. I then used t-slot nuts and 1/4" allen nuts to mount powder coated black aluminum peg boards. My idea was to make it look like it was made that way. Doing this gave me the option to mount tred pro lock mounts and quick fist mounts for a shovel on the passanger side and gave me options for 3 rotopax mounts on the driver side. Here is the final product after I mounted everything.
Now if your interested on doing this here is some of the basics I bought. Most items in Amazon the other items at Lowe's.
T-slots
CLEAR STYLE 48 Inch Double-Cut... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MNK3D6R/?tag=tacoma3g-20
Peg board (I did have to make holes bigger)
Wall Control Pegboard 32in x 16in... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ALYYFXI/?tag=tacoma3g-20
T-slot nuts
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TWBJSE/?tag=tacoma3g-20
I used these to mount the rails.
I could have used 1" screws
And before anyone asks, I did waterproofed the holes I drilled and the total weight of the of gas Per gallon is 6.3lbs and a gallon of water is 8.34 lbs. So total weight of them all full is 41.88 lbs. I have had full trips with them full and I not have seen any wear, cracking or loosening or bolts. Hopefully it says that way.
Any questions let me know. Hopefully this will help anyone that is as equally curious in doing this as I was.
Now if your interested on doing this here is some of the basics I bought. Most items in Amazon the other items at Lowe's.
T-slots
CLEAR STYLE 48 Inch Double-Cut... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MNK3D6R/?tag=tacoma3g-20
Peg board (I did have to make holes bigger)
Wall Control Pegboard 32in x 16in... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ALYYFXI/?tag=tacoma3g-20
T-slot nuts
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TWBJSE/?tag=tacoma3g-20
I used these to mount the rails.
I could have used 1" screws
And before anyone asks, I did waterproofed the holes I drilled and the total weight of the of gas Per gallon is 6.3lbs and a gallon of water is 8.34 lbs. So total weight of them all full is 41.88 lbs. I have had full trips with them full and I not have seen any wear, cracking or loosening or bolts. Hopefully it says that way.
Any questions let me know. Hopefully this will help anyone that is as equally curious in doing this as I was.
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