A 10 piece cost me about 2 00.
Homemade roof rack cross bars.
Diy roof rack cross bars step 1.
Using your u bolt mark where holes need to be drilled on the underside of your crossbar.
Repeat for the other side and the second bar.
Cut the bars to length.
Remember to measure both front and back.
25 diy roof cross bars step 1.
This can be very dangerous hence should be controlled.
My bars were wider at the rear of the car.
Ensure that the roof rack is in position and properly adjusted leaving good space at the centre.
Measuring and trial fitting.
Avoid drilling too deep into the roof of the car.
The bars are cut from 3 4 electrical conduit.
I used an old piece of aluminum beam from a tractor trailer to make cross rails for the roof rack on my 2003 honda odyssey.
Lay the crossbars on your side rails and grab one of your u bolts.
Using a flat head screw driver assemble the roof rails to the top of the car by sxrewing the side rails and the cross bars together.
Mount the bars to the rack.
To bolt it together i installed each bolt loosely and then tightened them up from.