Built A Basket

[CGDoig]

Just wanting to whore a bit hah. Built a "basket" for the roof racks today. Took about an hour total after planning of course. Also a chance to whore summer mode. Even though the cars already dirty. Enjoy!

Still gonna stain it with a dark transparent stain I think, and add some metal surrounds to make it an actual basket soon too.

[kujiwara]

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I like your idea and I think the deep stained look will look maaaadddd! Install a straight tip Magnaflow and smoke some Prius in the face!lolol

[Slamtastic]

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Nice job Cam! Excited to see it finished

[witchcraftz]

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Looks good. With your car maybe a dark cherry stain would also look nice.

[CGY_GTI]

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Looks good! I was thinking about doing the same thing haha

[flipstah]

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Looking good! Weatherproof it so it doesn't curl/rot and you've got yourself a winnar!

[funkin]

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Looks wicked and a dark cherry stain would look great against your car!

[P Arkus]

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Looks great Cam!

[CGDoig]

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Thanks guys. I'll keep the thread updated as I go. Should have them finished by next weekend.

[Danaldson]

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awesome roof rack! im still deciding if i want to run the rack on my car this year or not! great creativity!

[MechEngg]

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Looks great.

However i would be the only person here to recommend against a cherry stain haha. I personally would have gone with a light maple rack with a simple sand and urethane, the cherry i feel will match your car enough, but at the same time be off just enough to bug the crap out of me. Just a thought

[CGDoig]

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Looks great.

However i would be the only person here to recommend against a cherry stain haha. I personally would have gone with a light maple rack with a simple sand and urethane, the cherry i feel will match your car enough, but at the same time be off just enough to bug the crap out of me. Just a thought

Honestly I thought the same thing. The wood I used to make it is just spruce 1x4. So its the whitest I could buy more for the reason of color selection. Basically its a trial build before I spend money on good wood for it. The whole thing cost me 8 bucks to build. (Keeping in mind I work at a lumber mill). But I probably will use maple when I re make it. But 1x4 maple costs 4.87 per linear foot.

I'm trying to find a good source to make the frame now. Proving difficult. It needs to be a strong metal for tie down reasons. Steel would be ideal but have no source to cut weld and bend it. We'll see what I can come up with.

[Geobmx4life]

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Looks like a great start...probly see it tmro when I stop by!

[jaysleeves]

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really cool...was considering something similar myself after cruising through the roof rack thread on Vortex...great job!