I had the system one heavy duty racks on two of my rams. I recently put a leer 100rcc on my 13 outdoorsman. I have worked with it for a 3 weeks or so and really lovi ng the cap. I will be build a low profile slide and some narrow shelves accessable through the tool boxes. My only regret was the ladder racks, I am regurally moving material from job to job, or lumber yard to jobsite. So I called John from system one. He was really helpful, could have tried to sell me new racks, or the bedrail extension plates and new uprigjts. But no, he helped me figure out how to keep most of my parts.
Spent like 20 minutes on phone on 2 occasions, ordered 3 custom length lo profile tslot cross bars today, Shipped same day. Awesome service.
So here is the plan.
I am going to bolt two cross bars through roof of the fiberglass cap. Using 1" spacer, probable white pvc azek painted flat black. I am using 3m automotive adhesive tape to hold blocks in place while i drill and toseal block to cap, then inserting 2.5" hex head bolts into t slot under cross bar, though azek block and through cap ;and we used with wide washers and lock nots. Two bolts per attachment point. 4 total attachment points. So in total 8 bolts.
Existing side beams will bolt to two cap mounted cross bars, then two more cross bars, one over truck cab, and one with wind fairing on front of rack.
Beams are 11' long.
Couple points to consider.
1. Not sure what load rating on leer 100rcx cap is, but I will push the limits with this.
2. Just had truck and cap painted factory true blue pearl, pbu. Got rid of old man two tone paint. Everytbing is deep dark blue, except for chrome clad 20"s that came off my 03 slt. So here is the question. I want to clean up aluminum, prime with etching primer and pint racks flat black.
Any thoughtz?
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