Finally!

Sorry for the long time between posts.  What you see in the picture at the left is the finished Yakima roof rack on my 2013 Jeep Wrangler.

Adding a roof rack to a Wrangler JK hard top (three piece factory Freedom Top) is a bit more challenging than putting a rack on a 4-door JKX.  I wanted to keep the ability to remove any combination of panels from the roof without having to lose the whole rack.

It was also important to be able to adjust the front to back spacing of the rack to accommodate different loads.  Especially since the interior space on a JK is limited and I sometimes have a need to bring home items from the home improvement stores, I wanted to maximize the front to back spacing.  For carrying my kayak I would need to bring the cross bars closer.  When I first mounted the tracks, however, the bars could only be mounted on the read roof section.  This put the kayak towards the back of the roof with a large overhang to the rear.  I was not completely comfortable with this arrangement.

For more details go to my kayak website at: https://sites.google.com/site/herbskayak/