Number 1 rule in engineering, " do not reinvent the wheel" In other words use as much off the shelf items as possible. That small "defect" is a small inaccuracy from a supplier. But if you feel that is not exceptable then you are more than right not to buy the best looking roof rack, not my words the mech's words in the video.
All those issues have been sorted out and there is no worries about that. Keep in mind, the installer was also offered carriage bolts with the note to use those instead of grinding the T Nuts. They chose to grind.
You should be able to mount that bar, but we cannot promise fitment/a smooth install of the light bar. Their standard brackets for the bar should be okay.
This was a very small initial issue that was fixed within 1 day of launching. The T nuts were too big and blocked one another from being installed on an extrusion with some customers due to the inconsistency of the T Nuts. Once caught, we informed all customers and provided new carriage bolts and hardware to allow for a smooth install. Do not worry, it has since been fixed and the install is easy. Completely bolt on install roof rack.
If you have rock rails you would need the rough county rock rails that would eliminate rubbing.
Ive installed mine with ZERO problems. Great product and even better customer service. Would recommend 100% to anyone
This is Mike from Middleton Motorsports, I did the install video and I just want to clarify that this install has been fixed by Trailrax but at the time we filmed this video we did not have this info in the instructions or their YouTube video (which has been changed now). We give honest reviews and installs on products that we purchase to help our customers. You can tell that they changed it by looking at the attached pictures. When I did the install it was also not a T bolt quality issue it was the front bracket assemblies that were different, there was more spacing between the bolt holes which you could see in the old video which did not match the brackets we received. I have nothing against Trailrax and think they have a great product and it is a bolt on accessory but it was frustrating when we installed it since we had to remove and install it multiple times to center the front brackets due to the issues with the instructions and their YouTube video at the time. We did get the carriage bolts in with the kit but no instructions or info on using them. We did update the video at the end to explain the carriage bolts after they got back to us about our fitment issue. The Middleton Motorsports team will always be dedicated to getting the customers honest and detailed info of any product we test whether good or bad.
An announcement email was sent out on day two of shipping the product where we had disclosed to customers that some customers were seeing this issue and we have now started to include carriage bolts and nuts for the customer so that grinding is not required. This fixed the issue and internally our team was working on the instructions and installation video in the meantime. As the customer, you should have received that announcement letting you know.This is Mike from Middleton Motorsports, I did the install video and I just want to clarify that this install has been fixed by Trailrax but at the time we filmed this video we did not have this info in the instructions or their YouTube video (which has been changed now). We give honest reviews and installs on products that we purchase to help our customers. You can tell that they changed it by looking at the attached pictures. When I did the install it was also not a T bolt quality issue it was the front bracket assemblies that were different, there was more spacing between the bolt holes which you could see in the old video which did not match the brackets we received. I have nothing against Trailrax and think they have a great product and it is a bolt on accessory but it was frustrating when we installed it since we had to remove and install it multiple times to center the front brackets due to the issues with the instructions and their YouTube video at the time. We did get the carriage bolts in with the kit but no instructions or info on using them. We did update the video at the end to explain the carriage bolts after they got back to us about our fitment issue. The Middleton Motorsports team will always be dedicated to getting the customers honest and detailed info of any product we test whether good or bad.
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-Mike
