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  • #16
    Here are some photos and dimensions.

    Roof rack is 95mm from highest point of the roof. Overall height to top of rack is 1950mm form my car (stock suspension, same profile tyres as standard).

    Here is a pic of the mounting bracket - there is a slight space above the plate mounted to the underside of the rack for a bracket, or sandwich a brackets between the plate on the rack and the bracket.

    Last pic is a poor one, but is the mounting foot on the roof. You can see the sealant I have used, but under that is the slotted hole I mentioned in the post previously where I reckon water could get in without sealant.
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    Last edited by LeadWings; 27-02-2017, 10:26 AM.

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    • #17
      Here are a couple of pics of it on the car (not the best pic sorry)
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      • #18
        Wow thanks for all the info LeadWings! Really appreciate it!

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        • #19
          Awesome information and really appreciate the photos. The rack looks the goods on your Prado ( nice colour BTW) .
          Gotta run, I'm off to buy one !
          Cheers
          SMokey

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          • #20
            Originally posted by LeadWings View Post
            They were the 3 that I wound up shortlisting – OCAM, Cane Toad and Killa. Thought about the Rhino Pioneer, but at over a grand figured I would give the cheaper versions a go.

            Cane Toad never responded, and the Killa looked a bit short at 1900 mm – though I liked the Cane Toad and Kill mounting systems.

            My experience with the OCAMS:

            1. E-bay purchase was easy and posted quickly.
            2. All well wrapped/packaged. Each mounting bracket was in its own bag so didn’t get scratched in transit.
            3. Welds/brackets/bolts etc all look good
            4. Did a parts count, and found I was missing 2 bolts. Contacted OCAM, they responded quickly and posted the bolts the next day.
            5. In the process of having the rack sitting around the shed I chipped some of the powder coating off the rack – my fault, but I get the impression the bonding of powder coat to the aluminium isn’t great. But its aluminium so should not rust.
            6. Removing the existing roof rails is easy – there is a great you-tube video someone has done. That said I broke one of the clips.
            7. There are no instructions, but a good video by OCAM on you-tube about how to mount the racks
            8. Do your research on how the feet mount to the roof. There is lots of stuff out there on leaking Toyota roof racks, they have a plastic tube the bolts go through and a captive nut under the roof. One thing I picked up is do not overtighten the roof bolts.
            9. The feet that mount to the roof come with a good rubber gasket to go under them (for both sealing and to stop scratching I guess), but the feet have slotted holes that will allow water to get to the upper part of the bolt, and therefore I suspect down the bolts into the roof. I therefore reckon you need to use a sealant of some kind to make sure your roof doesn’t leak.
            10. I got a tube of Sikaflex Auto Sealant from A-One, but when I went to use it, it had already gone off (afterwards I noted it was labelled 2013, you want a tube that is less than a year old). I wound up using neutral cure roof silastic because I had some. As the parts should not move relative to each other I am hoping this should do the job, but time will tell.
            11. I used lock tight on the threads going into the roof, even though the bolts come with spring washers. But as I say above don’t over-tighten.
            12. The mounting feet wound up all being in the centre of the slotted holes, so that tells me the roof rack was made to the correct dimensions
            13. All the rest bolted up no problem. They give you an Allen key with a ball end that is very handy.


            All up the removal of the existing rood rails and putting the OCAM on took around 3 hours, going slowly and carefully. I had a mate help lift it on so I didn’t scratch the roof, otherwise it is a 1 man job.

            I haven’t used the rack in anger yet, but certainly grabbing it and shaking it feels rock solid. And gives you a lot of real estate for stuff. When tying stuff down for corrugations I will try to always go around the cross bars, not just to the Amplimesh as I suspect the tack welds may pull off under lots of cyclic shaking.

            My main concern with the OCAM was it was 2200 mm, and I thought may be too long. Now it is on, it looks fine – is back from the edge of the windscreen. The front cantilevers ~500-600 mm from the front mounting foot, so I would put heavy things towards the back between the feet and save the front for light stuff – in my case I’m planning on putting my Maxtrax up front.

            I have been down the freeway at 110 km/hr and no noticeable wind noise/whistling etc.

            One observation is mounting extras (side awnings, shovel holders) will not be as easy as for one of the “system” racks like Rhino – mind you they charge like a Rhino for the brackets etc. I have gone to Bunnings and got some 150 x 120 galved shelf brackets I will use to mount the awning etc – will bolt them into the plates that the mounting brackets go onto.

            Re heights etc, I recon the mounted height is only slightly higher than the roof rails without cross bars. I will try and take some measurements/photos on the weekend.
            Thanks - great insight
            Damien
            2003 GXL
            2014 GX

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            • #21
              Used the racks on the weekend. Straps chipped more of the paint off. Looks like the paint is not strongly bonded to the aluminium, so be prepared for a mottled back/silver finish!

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              • #22
                Just got back from 8000km trip - Perth to Alice via Great Central road then back across Nullarbor with side trips etc - around half gravel half blacktop. Most gravel was high speed (80 - 100 km/hr). So the roof rack got a good rattling.

                My rack was lightly loaded (awning, maxtracks and FC front right fender on the return trip - long story). My mate has the same rack and loaded his up more (2 spares and a 20 kg tent).

                Racks held up fine - no bolts came loose, no cracks I have seen yet.

                My mate had to take his off after the trip - had trouble getting the bolts undone (due to galling from the red dust?).

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