Voyager roof rack

Does anyone have one? If so how do you like it and does it make noise while you drive?

Cheers

I have one.

I love it - looks awesome, especially with the wind fairing.

It does make some noise - but I dont think it is bad. Hard to grade how bad the wind noise is as I have had the rack on for 99% of the time of my ownership of my LR4. In other words, how noisy is the LR4 without it?

It is a solid rack. Easily holds the weight of my entire family (450 lbs?).

It gives the LR4 the traditional "safari" look.

I also recommend their ladder - 1 rung longer than the OEM and completes the look. Warning: it obfuscates the back-up camera!

great to hear, thanks for the feed back. Do you have any pics?

Cheers

Not great - but here is a couple.

Domoic,

Those pics are great. Did you do the installation? I can’t tell, do you have roof rails? Is there any interference with the sun roof?

Thanks

Pickasaurus said:

Domoic,

Those pics are great. Did you do the installation? I can’t tell, do you have roof rails? Is there any interference with the sun roof?

Thanks

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I agree...looks awesome! I am wondering the same thing - can I get one of these without roof racks... This is the exact one I want - looking forward to learning more!

Let me know if you find a good source. Thanks!

Regards, David

Here is a great website:

http://www.voyagerracks.com/DIIIVR.htm

I love the half-rack!

Ultimately I'd like to have a full length roof rack. Voyager's current full length roof rack makes use of the Land Rover short rails at the rear and the mounting points for the full length rails up front, but they don't offer a full length rack to make use of Land Rover's full length roof rails, (which are what I have.)

I'd really like to have a full length rack without the step-down portion at the front. A flat rack, it seems to me, would offer more flexibility with regard to how it's loaded. It would also be easier to dismount, and because it would mount both front and rear to the roof rails, wouldn't leave open bolt holes in the roof when absent.

I've taken measurements and had a preliminary conversation with Andy at Voyager Racks about having one made, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

BTW, Voyager will add accessories like Hi-Lift jack or shovel mounts for just a little extra.

Folks,

I posted pictures of my Rover Racks LR4 Roof Rack Modifications—recently done for long-distance off-road driving in Africa. Seek the following FLIKR site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59137225@N07/

I would recommend the rack and their is not much noise...a lot more at high speeds with my gas cans on top, though that is to be expected.

I am recycling the threat before from my posting on a different forum---

Here is an outline of my modifications to the Rover Rack Voyager Rack for the LR3/LR4:

1) I put plywood flooring in, and then stained and varnished it to improve the appearance and make it more dust/water resistant. The flooring addition includes a fairly (at least to me) innovative solution for mounting four fuel cans above the driver’s compartment (sun roof). The flooring is bolted to the rack where your accessory light mounting points are located, and then overlaps against the tubular steel in the rear. Because this flooring assembly is going to support the weight of four jerry cans, I reinforced it with 1.5mm steel (local fabrication) to prevent braking under load, minimizing warping, and reduce vibration under stress. It is bolted throughout and all bolting (like the four mounted for the fuel can holders) are tack-welded for ease of use (so I don’t keep dropping nuts on the glass roof when I remove things). The jerry cans are the new steel Wedco variety and the holders are the low-profile model available from expedition exchange.

2) I also had dual use jack-stand / HiLift-Jack feet fabricated out of plywood to match the flooring and mounted on the roof rack. These feet bolt directly onto the flooring from above with long-bolts and can be easily removed from the flooring due to the steel plate underneath with the usual nuts tack welded for ease of use. My shovel is fixed to the rack flooring using the hardware from Rover Racks, and the sand ladders are fixed using a combination of roof rack mounts available from OK OFF Road and my custom fabrication to bolt the whole assembly for ease of use (same deal: tack welded nuts). I am missing the hi-lift jack carrier because I am waiting for the black plastic hard case (available from jackguard) which will bolt on to the passenger side of the flooring.

3) The big innovation we fabricated were the movable/removable bolt-on assemblies I had faced with matching wood. I consider this a Rover Rack “improvement.” My overall design philosophy is for flexibility and mulit-use, with an eye for aesthetics. The original idea actually came from Rover Racks detachable bolt-on light guard assembly (what a great idea!). I did not like the prefabricated jack and shovel mounts for the side of the roof rack because I didn’t like the way they looked (I prefer cleaner lines on the roof rack rails); this along with the fact that I distrust side-mounted gear, is why I didn’t have them as part of my rack when I purchased a year ago. Yet, I really like the flexibility to either hang shovels or use the rails for tie down points if needed. The purpose of the assemblies is to provide removable locations for such uses which can be modified/changed as required (they can be fixed anywhere along the length of the roof rails or horizontal tubular steel as the shape allows it to conform to the varying height of the upper roof rack rail). I have protected the powder coat with the application of some industrial electrical tape. I would like to eventually rubberize the inside of the assembly so that it will not mar or scratch the steel tubing. Still thinking about the best way to go about that and for now the electrical tape should do the trick. There are a total of 10 pairs of assemblies: two oversize with wood facing which mount in the front portion of the roof rack (drivers compartment), four large with wood facing which mount along the second half of the roof rack, and then another four small with no facing which also mount along the second half of the roof rack. I don’t have the smaller but heavier mounts shown on the pictures, but they were used to put the shovel and hi-lift jack on the demonstration when it was ground-mounted on the bench.


Land Rover Joe

Thanks Joe that helps. The only question I have is how does the rack attach? Does it attach to roof rails? If so which ones, long or short?

Pick