I used a 3mm sheet of Aluminium - with 150mm wide Grip Tape to do the chevron pattern to make it a bit safer up top.
The sheet is 1610mm long, 1100mm wide at the front and 1060mm wide at the back. I drilled 3 rows of 5x 12mm holes from front to back - one row down the centre and one either side 30mm in from the edge.
The hole centres being at 31mm from the front edge, next 420mm from 1st hole centre, then 375mm from 2nd hole, 372mm from 3rd hole, 375mm from 4th hole, leaving 31mm to the back edge.
The holes have a 4mm clearance, but just double check the hole centres and sheet dimensions before you cut and drill as I can't guarantee that every rack is exactly the same same.
On the diagram The dimensions on the chevrons are just the lengths of grip tape for each stripe - I haven't fitted this yet as it's too wet out. Once the tape is on, I'll post some photos of the final product.
To install it, slide it in from the back below the top cross bars - the rack is narrower at the top that the sheet is. I fixed the sheet in place with 12 lashing eyes - and have 3 holes down the middle should I need them.
Materials cost me £125 for the sheet & tape and £40 for 6 extra lashing eyes. All in all, it took 45-60 minutes to do - but I had the use of a heavy sheet cutter in my mate's workshop.
Here's the final product:
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26th Nov 2007 12:35 pm
mehari
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Anyone having some experience in putting a tent on/over it ?
My tent is 140 cm wide and I must say that I'm not that fond of Windcheetah...
BenoitA second D3 ! This time with all whistles and bells (Auto, 7seats, Diff Lock, RAI, all kinds of protections, winch, Extended range tank, iPod adapter....)
First time twice the same car ! and first time third car of the same brand !
I'm loving it !
16th Jan 2009 1:25 pm
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Nice job Mr.H ..great instructions too 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
16th Jan 2009 1:28 pm
phurley
Member Since: 19 Aug 2007
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DG wrote:
Nice job Mr.H ..great instructions too
DG, the OP is from a over year ago... But you're right, they are good instructions - the layout is helping me with my rack flooring.
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Anyone having some experience in putting a tent on/over it ?
My tent is 140 cm wide and I must say that I'm not that fond of Windcheetah...
Benoit
The Expedition Rack is not super-robust. In particular, it doesn't handle point-loads very well - it flexes substantially when standing on it - although stiff flooring does help.
140 cm wide? - that's a good-sized tent. Are you planning on having multiple people in the tent? If so, I'm not sure that's a good idea, especially if you have the glass roof. Although I've not seen it happen, I could imagine that loading the rack like that could stress the mounting rails which might crack the roof.
If you don't want to experiment, poke around in the Africa section. I'm pretty sure a bunch of them have rack tents.
16th Jan 2009 1:55 pm
mehari
Member Since: 14 Dec 2005
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That's a fair statement... I indeed have the glass roof. I'm a bit concerned about the weight I'm going to put on the disco..
A 7 seats HSE Auto;
A family of 5 (OK kids are below the 100lbs mark)
A compressor fridge
The full size extended range tank (110 l)
The 2 spare wheels
the hilift and recovery material (including warn winch)
The rooftent (100lbs on its own)
and some more things... This won't be light in the dunes
Anyway I think I'll go for the Windcheetah and try to do something about the wind noise. Any nice exemples of fitting some lights on it ?
Thx
BenoitA second D3 ! This time with all whistles and bells (Auto, 7seats, Diff Lock, RAI, all kinds of protections, winch, Extended range tank, iPod adapter....)
First time twice the same car ! and first time third car of the same brand !
I'm loving it !
16th Jan 2009 4:28 pm
tanters
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Location: Oireland
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mehari wrote:
Anyway I think I'll go for the Windcheetah and try to do something about the wind noise. Any nice exemples of fitting some lights on it ?
Thx
Benoit
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I agree, looks great !
I suppose those are 6" roof lights...
BenoitA second D3 ! This time with all whistles and bells (Auto, 7seats, Diff Lock, RAI, all kinds of protections, winch, Extended range tank, iPod adapter....)
First time twice the same car ! and first time third car of the same brand !
I'm loving it !
16th Jan 2009 4:53 pm
tanters
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Not sure mate, maybe you could pm the pilot of the stormtrooper and they'll assist no doubt A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
16th Jan 2009 4:55 pm
Chicken Duck
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Sorry to drag an old thread up but were did you buy the grip tape from MrH?
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..great instructions too 
But you're right, they are good instructions - the layout is helping me with my rack flooring.
How much you thinking of?
