Custom Roof Racks

Yes, the price is for us to make your roof rack and fit it to your car.

Surprisingly, no. In fact, we are a lot cheaper than some roof rack manufacturers that only supply prefabricated racking products. Even though everything is custom made, our pricing is pretty standard. In many cases, the price is only affected by a significant increase in length and width. Rail configuration doesn’t change the price.

Yes, on a tray back vehicle they can be unbolted from the headboard and in the rear of the tray. A roof rack on a well body is unbolted from the inside of the tub wall.

Every rack is custom built to your specs but there are 3 options regarding length. A standard roof rack extends up to 700mm past the cab, or shorter if you like. An upgraded rack extends up to 1200mm past the cab and is made from 46 x 3.5mm tube sleeved with 38 x 3.5mm tube. The 7mm wall thickness of the tube provides the strength and rigidity to extend the roof rack further over the cab. Final option is to extend the roof rack all the way over the cab and mount it to roof bars, provided by the customer or supplied and fitted by us. We prefer to use clamp on bars rather than fixed track variety and make custom feet for our roof rack to allow a small amount of flex between the cab and chassis. Please note it’s not a suitable solution for someone who takes their car off road.

Yes, you can. We build an internal frame inside your fibreglass canopy which we mount our roof rack to. Our frame is custom made to gain most strength and so it doesn’t interfere with storage space or windows.

We specialise in making roof racks that are strong and well supported so they are ideal for your truck. We make any kind of brackets, side steps, ladder holders and framework, including lockable cage sections and you don’t have to give us a fancy drawing to follow either. Our tool boxes are made to your specifications with the exact shelving and storage design you want. In short, we can set up your truck to suit exactly what your trade needs.

Absolutely. You tell us what you want to carry and we’ll come up with the best design to suit.

Every roof rack is custom made from scratch so if you provide us with your tent make/model or dimensions, we will build it to suit.

That’s ok, as long as you have an idea of the style of tent you will be buying, we can make it a generic rack to suit.

In most cases, yes. But, there are some dinghies that are oversized and not suited to being carried on a roof rack. We will always err on the side of caution and ensure that our roof rack design is suited to the load, so sometimes we have to suggest another solution. Most times it’s just a case of telling us the length, width and approx. weight so we can ensure that it fits and loads well. We can even supply and fit 12 volt hands free winches with loading frames to get your tinny up top with minimum effort.

Depends on what you will mainly be carrying up there. If you regularly load up lengths of material, it makes sense to leave the mesh off as its easier to load without it. And the cross bars on our racks are less than 400mm apart so they’re great for carrying smaller stuff if you don’t want the added expense of mesh. A mesh floor in your rack is ideally suited to camping roof racks where you have lots of smaller items to put up there. However, if you want to use your rack for camping AND work, we can add a full width Teflon slide to your rack to make it easier to get lengths up there.

We love an outdoor adventure, let us know what you’ll be doing and we can build your set up to suit. Canopies can be made with sleeved tube and additional gussets to increase strength and we can advise on roof rack designs that are more forgiving for off road challenges.

We have partnered with one of the best upholsterers in the business so you get top quality covers to go over your Great Racks canopy. Our partnership also ensures that the products we manufacture can be covered in the best way possible. For instance, we use square tube for the rear bar of your canopy frame because it gives the best shape under the stitching on your cover. We allow ample room for the aluminium tracking used to mount canopy curtains and we ensure high enough pitch in our centre bar to prevent water pooling on the roof of your cover. Just drop your car to us and we will take care of it all.

Black and grey are the most popular colours but there are a whole range of fabric colours available. We can add pressurising vents to the cover to help keep the dust out of the canopy when you’re travelling off road or extra zips to create another door for easy access to your fridge.
A window behind the cab can help you check on your furry friend in the back of the ute and another in the rear of the cover increases visibility.

Flyscreens are very handy if you want to sleep in your canopy. They allow plenty of air flow while keeping the mozzies out. They are made as a separate panel that can be rolled up out of the way when not in use. Or clipped to the door on a cage canopy. Canopies with a mesh roof also have the option of adding insulation to keep it cooler through the summer months.

Yes, our canopy frames can be removed. The most popular canopy frame design is bolted together so the canopy can be removed and stored easily. Other designs are fully welded as one piece so they can be removed with the cover intact.

Our cage canopies are also removable and since they are so lightweight they can be removed much more easily than some of the solid versions on the market.

It depends on what you are having built but we have free courtesy utes available so that you don’t need to arrange lifts or be stuck without a vehicle. We book jobs in and put a team of tradesmen to work so that we get you back on the road in your own car as quickly as possible. Below is a guide of time required for each product –

For any other questions you may have, call me on 0432 940 441, I’m more than happy to answer any queries you may have. Alternatively, pop in to our Great Racks workshop with your car or truck to get a custom quote on the spot.