darkhorse13
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- John
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Hey everyone,
I'm a big fan of Blue Ridge Overland Gear products and run a bunch of their molle bags, pouches and a trash receptacle inside my JTR. I've been wanting an attic net in the Gladiator to carry soft goods like coats, blankets, pillows...etc since out here in CO we basically keep a puffy jacket and blanket inside the truck year round. Blue Ridge Overland Gear (BROG) offers a JL attic but nothing for a JT since our rear roll bars bend down quickly and don't provide an adequate rear mounting support for the attic net... unless you want everything sliding out the back of the net or don't care about having an extremely droopy net. I really like the quality of BROG products though and the price point for the JL attic net was too tempting not to give it a shot in the JT (knowing that I'd have to come up with a custom mounting solution).
Well... I think I found a very easy and cheap solution to make the JL attic net work (perfectly) in the JT
I simply bent up some "L" brackets from scrap steel in the garage to create rear mounting legs for the net. I attached them to the rear-most OEM torx head bolts and oriented them in the position that I found matched the front straps from a height perspective. I also chose to mount the front straps in a more forward location than BROG recommends in their JL instructions. I chose to use the more forward holes in the roll bar then drape the strap over the top of the sound bar. I did this in order to draw the entire front edge of the net closer to the speakers so that I'd run less risk of items sliding out the front upon a hard stop AND because I felt it created more tension on the overall net position for less droop when all (4) straps were cinched tight.
As you can see in the photos the net seems perfectly level with minimal droop and no rear visibility issues. There's a very slight bit of flex out of the rear legs at the bolts. I'm not sure if those OEM torx bolts are going into the metal of the roll bar or if it's all plastic? The legs themselves do not flex though, just the point where the bolt secures them into the roll bar. Finally, I like that they added the draw string webbing to the net as this will provide us a nice spot to hang damp towels overnight inside the vehicle to dry while we camp. Final finally, the net can quickly detach from the clips without removing the mounting straps if you need transport passengers. OR, I found that you can detach just the rear clips then stuff the backside of the net over the top of the sound bar to store it out of the way without removing it from the vehicle.
If you're looking for an attic net under $90 and you're willing to bend-up or buy some "L" brackets then this might be the ticket.
The "L" bracket overall length is 5.25" > this means the long portion of the leg is 4.25" before the bend > the "L" tab is 1.0" where the strap bolts down.
I'm a big fan of Blue Ridge Overland Gear products and run a bunch of their molle bags, pouches and a trash receptacle inside my JTR. I've been wanting an attic net in the Gladiator to carry soft goods like coats, blankets, pillows...etc since out here in CO we basically keep a puffy jacket and blanket inside the truck year round. Blue Ridge Overland Gear (BROG) offers a JL attic but nothing for a JT since our rear roll bars bend down quickly and don't provide an adequate rear mounting support for the attic net... unless you want everything sliding out the back of the net or don't care about having an extremely droopy net. I really like the quality of BROG products though and the price point for the JL attic net was too tempting not to give it a shot in the JT (knowing that I'd have to come up with a custom mounting solution).
Well... I think I found a very easy and cheap solution to make the JL attic net work (perfectly) in the JT
I simply bent up some "L" brackets from scrap steel in the garage to create rear mounting legs for the net. I attached them to the rear-most OEM torx head bolts and oriented them in the position that I found matched the front straps from a height perspective. I also chose to mount the front straps in a more forward location than BROG recommends in their JL instructions. I chose to use the more forward holes in the roll bar then drape the strap over the top of the sound bar. I did this in order to draw the entire front edge of the net closer to the speakers so that I'd run less risk of items sliding out the front upon a hard stop AND because I felt it created more tension on the overall net position for less droop when all (4) straps were cinched tight.
As you can see in the photos the net seems perfectly level with minimal droop and no rear visibility issues. There's a very slight bit of flex out of the rear legs at the bolts. I'm not sure if those OEM torx bolts are going into the metal of the roll bar or if it's all plastic? The legs themselves do not flex though, just the point where the bolt secures them into the roll bar. Finally, I like that they added the draw string webbing to the net as this will provide us a nice spot to hang damp towels overnight inside the vehicle to dry while we camp. Final finally, the net can quickly detach from the clips without removing the mounting straps if you need transport passengers. OR, I found that you can detach just the rear clips then stuff the backside of the net over the top of the sound bar to store it out of the way without removing it from the vehicle.
If you're looking for an attic net under $90 and you're willing to bend-up or buy some "L" brackets then this might be the ticket.
The "L" bracket overall length is 5.25" > this means the long portion of the leg is 4.25" before the bend > the "L" tab is 1.0" where the strap bolts down.
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