Hi All! I am looking to mount my Thule skybox cargo carrier on my Discovery. The 2004 has the fat rails so a lot of the options on eBay won't work.

Some questions:

1. Can I swap the 1999-2003 rails onto the 2004 (easily)?
2. Can I get bars that attach the the gutters?
3. Is there any safe diy options to attach to the fat rails?
4. Other ideas?

 

@Jason_B those roof rails have a very low load rating, 100lbs max I believe including the rails and box

I have a set of Frontrunner bars on mine and they go into the gutters - about 350 US they have a good load rating.

Land Rover recommends no more than about 110 - 130lbs up top when moving so there is that. But lots of folks with far more 140 to 170 lbs roof top tents roof racks etc so there is that.

 

Thanks. I am mostly just looking to put Ski gear in a cargo box so 100lbs shouldn't be too bad.

 

@Jason_B Our problem is the height it is a tall leg for the gutter racks.

But you could use a couple muffler clamps per side on the round rack and some square steel tube to fabricate a support for the thule case, but I think you need one mount towards the rear as well

Or search for cargo van rack/rails on a Discovery II they are cheap and can be made to work