Front Runner Rack back in stock in USA
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Front Runner Rack back in stock in USA
Interestingly enough I called Front Runner yesterday to see if they had an estimate of availability and the sales person I spoke with couldn't find any information about their shipment from South Africa. I logged onto the website this morning and both rack stated that they were available for immediate shipping. I ordered mine
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Did they end up removing those discs for you? Hoping it wasn’t as complicated as you’d said. I’m not even going to have them fix it. Just went with custom rack build from a local company that’s in the process of prototyping it now. Just told them to sheer the remaining bolt off and create their own solution lol.
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Did they end up removing those discs for you? Hoping it wasn’t as complicated as you’d said. I’m not even going to have them fix it. Just went with custom rack build from a local company that’s in the process of prototyping it now. Just told them to sheer the remaining bolt off and create their own solution lol.
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i have the front runner long rack and I love it. Installed it myself. The bolts into the roof were tough definitely had some of my ratchets skipping some teeth but if you have just a breaker bar or I’m even a ratchet and some patience you’ll be fine. It fits so much better to the truck than the shorty.
Last edited by turf63; 03-13-2021 at 11:04 AM.
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The rack is fine, my only issue is with the plastic inserts. I had to do some cutting to get them to sit flush. I also noticed yesterday that the plastic inserts warp very badly in the sun. It was raised out of the channel in the roof. I've attached some photos.
Notch that had to be extended
How it fit before cutting
How it fit after cutting
How the front fit before cutting
Warping after sitting in direct sunshine all day.
Notch that had to be extended
How it fit before cutting
How it fit after cutting
How the front fit before cutting
Warping after sitting in direct sunshine all day.
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That last photo is crazy. Is that with the rack fully tightened down and everything? Damn. I mean I live in Boston so maybe I’ll never see the temps that would do that, but if it did do it, I’d be pissed. I’d say you’re within the realm of reasonable frustration there. I didnt have to trim my plastic inserts at all. Maybe I should be thanking my lucky stars.
although it’s funny that now that I spend more time on the top of my defender. The build quality leaves something to be desired from the factory. So maybe it’s the brits and not the South Africans.
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although it’s funny that now that I spend more time on the top of my defender. The build quality leaves something to be desired from the factory. So maybe it’s the brits and not the South Africans.
🤷🏿♂️