Roof rack - bolt to frame or clamp style??

[Brad Clark]

Those of you that have roof racks, did you make the leap towards a bolt to frame (which requires drilling through roof) or did you go with the lesser weight rated clamp style?

 

[smritte]

My question back to you is, how is your roof configured.

On my Cruiser, if I had installed mine using the factory mounts to the roof, the roof wasn't designed to hold any real weight. My side gutters are strong and I can spread the load better. Clamp to them
Cant do that on my Tacoma. No gutters. I would be forced into a roof mount.

Quite a few modern vehicles don't have gutters and some that do, are only strong enough to channel rain.

 

[Delon McFarland]

Don’t have, but always been skeptical of those clamp style roof racks. Just doesn’t seem safe if you have any sort of weight up there.