Fab Fours Sport Rack and possible tonneau cover options

[erikthetex]

I recently purchased the Fab Fours Sport Rack https://fabfours.com/product/jeep-jt-sport-rack/ and took off the soft tonneau cover that came from the dealer. The rack is fantastic...

The kicker is I got spoiled with the soft tonneau cover having that extra covered storage space.

I'm now mulling over what to do... install some Decked drawers (feels restrictive and would limit overall capacity)? Or maybe try to find a tonneau that works on the inside rails?

The bar has an edge that runs the length of the bed:

But the tricky part looks like it'll be up front because of this slight overlap and the width of the poles...

I reached out to BAK to see if maybe the rolling Revolver X4 would work and they stated it won't because of the bracket system (I see it now that I found some pics of the install on amazon (didn't think to look there!)).

The Sport Rack works with the mopar trail rail anchor system - it hugs the edges nicely and has a lip that goes under and down the side, using the same mounting spots. I'm wondering if I can get away with a tonneau cover that sits within that space, so long as they have some "tolerances" built in with the fit. The posts up front don't exactly protrude aside from that 2" span of hang over for the vertical bar joint.

Would any of you have recommendations about what may work here? Have any of you come across "flush with the top of the bed and inside the rails" options that don't chew up too much space?

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[erikthetex]

As I'm thinking about this and doing more research, it's clear there's going to be issues with anything clamping to the side of the rails unless I were to cut openings for clamps in the fab fours rack side rail.

I may have to settle for Decked or something @Maximus-3 showed off in here https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...3-gladiator-build-sema-2019.24098/post-440971 if they actually release it in the near term....

 

[Aubie]

I was already planning the decked system for my gladiator and was wanting to see the sport rack on one, not including the website, to see how it would look. I like the look of the sport rack and will be adding it to the list.

 

[Deadeye]

Have you thought about hitting up some sort of marine upholstery place? They could probably rig you up something nice, cheaper than decked.

 

[Armsbearer]

I recently purchased the Fab Fours Sport Rack https://fabfours.com/product/jeep-jt-sport-rack/ and took off the soft tonneau cover that came from the dealer. The rack is fantastic...

The kicker is I got spoiled with the soft tonneau cover having that extra covered storage space.

I'm now mulling over what to do... install some Decked drawers (feels restrictive and would limit overall capacity)? Or maybe try to find a tonneau that works on the inside rails?

The bar has an edge that runs the length of the bed:

But the tricky part looks like it'll be up front because of this slight overlap and the width of the poles...

I reached out to BAK to see if maybe the rolling Revolver X4 would work and they stated it won't because of the bracket system (I see it now that I found some pics of the install on amazon (didn't think to look there!)).

The Sport Rack works with the mopar trail rail anchor system - it hugs the edges nicely and has a lip that goes under and down the side, using the same mounting spots. I'm wondering if I can get away with a tonneau cover that sits within that space, so long as they have some "tolerances" built in with the fit. The posts up front don't exactly protrude aside from that 2" span of hang over for the vertical bar joint.

Would any of you have recommendations about what may work here? Have any of you come across "flush with the top of the bed and inside the rails" options that don't chew up too much space?

Looks awesome. Is the sport rack installed right on top of bedside plastic trim?

 

[erikthetex]

Looks awesome. Is the sport rack installed right on top of bedside plastic trim?

That's correct - it's just sitting on the bed edge.

I should have circled back to this thread as I ended up getting the @Maximus-3 cargo deck system and I'm anxiously anticipating the follow-up to it that creates a more sealed configuration. I really like the deck system so far. The one thing that kinda made me bummed out was that the mounting bolts for each panel require tools - it's not a big deal but I thought there'd be some handles on each one to make it easy to move the panels around.

 

[yanchiou]

I came across this looking for a tonneau option for the fab fours sports rack

This is a rugged ridge retractable nodded to fit around the rack

 

[Free2roam]

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...ystem-coming-this-september.47434/post-773459
Check out this rack!. Tuwa Pro.

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