Structuraly it seems to be working great i abuse the gutters changing out wilderness and yakima racks and nothing is coming loose yet.
The samba gutter yakima.
Its powder coated a textured black and looks sharp.
Yakima makes a very popular rocketbox that many serious westy owners install.
Most importantly though it makes reaching stuff on the roof in my case my rocketbox a snap.
Vans use rain gutter towers and hardly any other cars do these days.
The spacious 44 l x 39 w x 6 5 h cargo basket is sized for small and mid sized.
Nice custom work again.
This may be the most sensible accessory you can buy for your roof rack.
This handy super simple ladder mounts to the rear jack point on the bottom and to the rain gutter on top.
I purchased a piece of 48 x 11 1 2 x 3 4 pine project panel from a local diy store then notched two corners to fit around the poptop hinges painted and upholstered the board and added two u hooks and a.
I did some research and still have interrogation samba community i need experienced advice.
In my opinion it beefs up the look of that side of the van.
Yakima or thule artificial rain gutter.
This guy has a set of roof racks with a small safari basket installed.
Perfect for carrying luggage and other camping accessories.
That means there are a lot of used cheap rain gutter towers available.
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We then topped the roof and gutters with rhino liner.
Don t pay retail for the towers.
We offer two and three bar rack systems read more about that here.
When shopping for yakima thule type rack systems it s smart to look first at craigslist or the sports resale used gear shops.
At first they looked like the standard yakima wide body brackets but they extended all the way down to the rain gutters with little rubber protectors on the bottom so much of the rack weight transfer went to the body and not to the fiberglass top.
While really old and yellowed plastic might need something like retr0bright to bring back their color you might be able to get by with the petroleum jelly sitting in your cupboard.
This van has a set of yakima roof racks for carrying large items that can span both racks.
Volkswagen vanagon naked roof 1982 loadwarrior roof cargo basket by yakima.
When painting my 87 60 two years ago we cleaned the gutters thoroughly and then flooded the gutters with por 15.
