Recently decided to take on the task of building my self a safari rack. Got the whole project finished for around 130$.. This included the metal (1" galvanized EMT, 100' 60$), 8'x4' sheet of expanded medal 35$, hardware 15$ And 20$ in paint.. The whole setup would've cost be around 1000$ to buy anything remotely similar. But custom fabrication is by far more fun!!

 

Pics or it didn't happen

 

Agreed hahaha but it still looks good!

 

That looks great!

 

Great job and suits the car.

 

did you bend the pipe yourself or buy it already bent?

how did you mount it?

 

I bough all the pipe myself with a 1" pipe bender. Because it's all EMT conduit it was much easier and lighter to work with than steel (but a lot harder to weld). I made my own mounts of some 90 degree carpentry brackets. I'll post a picture of them as soon as I can

 

dang. that looks awesome! whats the max weight it can take?

 

Haven't found a max weight.. I'm approx. 200lbs and have stood/slept on top without any sort of bending or flex.. So imagine between 300-400.

 

NICE. i need one of those racks!