The Samba Gutter Yakima

Vans use rain gutter towers and hardly any other cars do these days.

The samba gutter yakima. When painting my 87 60 two years ago we cleaned the gutters thoroughly and then flooded the gutters with por 15. Its powder coated a textured black and looks sharp. That means there are a lot of used cheap rain gutter towers available. Nice custom work again.

Yakima makes a very popular rocketbox that many serious westy owners install. The spacious 44 l x 39 w x 6 5 h cargo basket is sized for small and mid sized. I purchased a piece of 48 x 11 1 2 x 3 4 pine project panel from a local diy store then notched two corners to fit around the poptop hinges painted and upholstered the board and added two u hooks and a. In my opinion it beefs up the look of that side of the van.

At first they looked like the standard yakima wide body brackets but they extended all the way down to the rain gutters with little rubber protectors on the bottom so much of the rack weight transfer went to the body and not to the fiberglass top. We offer two and three bar rack systems read more about that here. 1 pair of crossbars for roof rack 78 long can be cut to suit 1 set of four towers for roof rack locks sold separately see related products below 4 tower brackets for pop top installation 4 end caps three bar kit includes. This van has a set of yakima roof racks for carrying large items that can span both racks.

Volkswagen vanagon naked roof 1982 loadwarrior roof cargo basket by yakima. Most importantly though it makes reaching stuff on the roof in my case my rocketbox a snap. Props to heliodon samba member from berkeley for inspiring my hack particularly the idea of hanging the bed extension from the poptop frame crossbar when climbing up or down. This handy super simple ladder mounts to the rear jack point on the bottom and to the rain gutter on top.

I did some research and still have interrogation samba community i need experienced advice. Yakima or thule artificial rain gutter. While really old and yellowed plastic might need something like retr0bright to bring back their color you might be able to get by with the petroleum jelly sitting in your cupboard. Structuraly it seems to be working great i abuse the gutters changing out wilderness and yakima racks and nothing is coming loose yet.

This guy has a set of roof racks with a small safari basket installed. This may be the most sensible accessory you can buy for your roof rack. Don t pay retail for the towers. Fri jan 25 2008 10 42 am post subject.

When shopping for yakima thule type rack systems it s smart to look first at craigslist or the sports resale used gear shops.