scoobycarolanNC
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I owned 2 ford explorers before my JK & the one thing I didn’t consider until it was too late was that my JK had a soft top. So there I am freezing at the dealership in February and I’m stripping the roof my roof rack off of the explorer and realize that I can’t mount it to my JK.
When I saw the pre-release photos of the JL with a Mopar roof rack I was ecstatic. It was one of the main reasons I jumped into the JL and got a hard top as well. I still have my specialized canoe rack in the shed and I’m finally going to get to mount it.
If you’re going to put a roof rack on the Mopar version is the way to go. It’s the Thule Aeroblade setup with a Jeep logo & It comes FULLY assembled. It’s even set to the correct width already for the JL roof. It took 30 minutes to install versus getting 12 boxes of separate crap to put together.
The list price is $295 & on top of that there’s a 15% off Mopar accessories coupon in the Jeep Owners website. Here’s some photos of just the bars setup. They have T slots & there is no perceptible noise difference. It’s pretty sweet. I’ll follow up with my canoe setup when I finish everything.
(Not sure why the photos rotated. They look fine on my iphone. Any help there?)
When I saw the pre-release photos of the JL with a Mopar roof rack I was ecstatic. It was one of the main reasons I jumped into the JL and got a hard top as well. I still have my specialized canoe rack in the shed and I’m finally going to get to mount it.
If you’re going to put a roof rack on the Mopar version is the way to go. It’s the Thule Aeroblade setup with a Jeep logo & It comes FULLY assembled. It’s even set to the correct width already for the JL roof. It took 30 minutes to install versus getting 12 boxes of separate crap to put together.
The list price is $295 & on top of that there’s a 15% off Mopar accessories coupon in the Jeep Owners website. Here’s some photos of just the bars setup. They have T slots & there is no perceptible noise difference. It’s pretty sweet. I’ll follow up with my canoe setup when I finish everything.
(Not sure why the photos rotated. They look fine on my iphone. Any help there?)