Lynch

Trying to find a nice sporty looking roof cargo basket for my '09 Express. Anybody near Denver have these with pics, who installed them etc? If I install myself where did you get yours?

Black'95

First I had to install the brackets & crossbars which I got from Van Tech.


I installed a Curt roof rack myself. I bought two extension kits for it so it would be longer and hold more flat without going too high. If I can find one more Van Tech bracket and crossbar, I would like to get it for more support in the middle because I added Aluminum diamond tread to the bottom after this picture was taken so I could use it as an observation deck platform to give me more height at events. I also added a back door exterior ladder to more easily access the roof rack which was after this picture was taken.

Lynch

Thanks for that! Didn't realize the crossbar & brackets alone stand about 7" plus the basket? I'm looking for lower profile but especially looking for full length on the roof like Aluminess ($3k yikes!)

Black'95

I made mine a little lower by cutting the crossbars a little shorter and mounting them on the underside of the side brackets instead of on top of them. I had issues with my garage door not being high enough.