That looks really nice!
I am still debating reusing half of my old rack or just starting fresh.
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That looks really nice!
I am still debating reusing half of my old rack or just starting fresh.
Thanks man. You all helped with the design so a lot of the credit goes to the suggestions that you guys had. I am really excited to get this out in the trails.
As for your rack sean I think you had a good looking rack. It was functional and sleek. However I understand the desire to come up with something different as well.
I was really really happy with how easy cutting and welding the angles went with my outer frame. It gave me a very straight base to work with and it didn't warp hardly at all.
I have one bar in the center that is a 16th of center and it's bugging the crap out of me. It may get fixed and it may not. I really want to put the interior back in.
Don't bother for 1/16. At work, being within .063" is a good day.
When you make (very secure) boxes, 0.0005" does not make a difference.
What would drive your OCD worse is seeing the step in the paint where you had to re-weld. Anywhere the paint was ground off (or sanded off), rewelded, and repainted will show up worse than being 1/16" off.
I have to retract the doesn't make much noise. It howls pretty good in side winds. I discovered this with the front starting to move into the desert.
Here are some night pics of the lights though.
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Looks great!
I got rid of my noises (at least as best I could) by using tape to dam up areas where I thought the noise might be coming from. Then I filled those spots with thick weatherstripping from Home Depot. It probably wouldn't have lasted more than a couple years, but it was easy to install.