@Maximus-3 Awesome! Is there an installation video or instructions available to review? Will the sport rack being going up soon too?
Installation guides will be sent in physical form with purchase of rack! The sports rack will be up early next week!
Unfortunately no covers/soft covers work with the rack, as it uses some of the mounting locations as these do!
The cargo deck system mounts on the side bed rails. It is a "floating" platform that allows you to secure your spare, while getting use of the space in the back! The cargo deck system is just a series of corners and planks to make a deck similar to the platforms used in roof racks.
is this “water resistant”? And is it a product you will be offering? If so when is it expected to be released?
Glad to see one in the wild though sorry you had trouble. Any wider angled shots of the mounting hardware since @Maximus-3 is seemingly unwilling to provide that information pre-sale?I installed the sport rack over the weekend. The install looks easy on paper, but was a pita and took me the better part of Saturday and Sunday to get it on. I have some thoughts:
- The rack comes in 3 boxes. Components were wrapped inside each box, but still ended up with a ripped box with pieces hanging out. This resulted in destruction of the powdercoat in these areas and loss of some of the hardware through the hole in the box. So before I even got started, I had to spray some pieces with bedliner and take a trip to the hardware store
-Quality of the powdercoat is pretty poor. Lots of crinkles and runs. Looks fine from 10’ away though
- Install is tough if you have bedrails. The holes in rack brackets and bedrails don’t always match up and it is incredibly awkward holding up the brackets and bedrails and attempting to start a bolt in the factory holes. I had to dremel off some of the bedrail plastic at the tailgate end to make it fit. God bless you if you are trying to install bedrails, molle panels, and the rack. If you don’t have factory bedrails, they include rivnuts and a bolt with washers to press them in. I would highly recommend just buying a $30 rivnut tool off amazon.
- you will have to drill 4 holes in your bed
-One of the bolts they sent me was the wrong size
-The side rails for some reason are shipped in 2 pieces. There is a short piece of tubing that slides inside the 2 pieces of rail and holds them together. At least it’s supposed to. My rails wouldn’t slide completely together so there is a 1/4” bright silver piece of tubing between them. I sprayed the tubing with bedliner, but I anticipate that this will flake off quickly.
I like the look now that it is finished, but couldn’t help feeling like a year out from the announcement I’m beta testing the rack. The geometry of the rails and hardware was just a little off everywhere which resulted in having to drill out larger holes, cross threading bolts, and spinning rivnuts.For anyone on the fence, I would give Maximus another 6 months to iron out the kinks.
I was going to post a review of my Overland Rack and install in a week or two, but many of your comments are true for me too. I had some missing hardware as well (which is why I stopped the install halfway through, but Maximus did send me the hardware pretty fast) and the instructions are not put together very well at all (lots of missing detail and instructions). That said, the Overland Rack parts are all in great shape (no powder coating issues or misalignments, yet) and while the install is a bit confusing because the directions miss so many obvious points to communicate, it seems pretty easy once you figure everything. I agree that you need to mess around with the bed rails and once you are done you realize it could have been done in like 15 minutes if the instructions were better and reduced the figuring-it-out-as-you-go details. I can't comment on quality issues like you had, but I think if they packaged things better, labeled hardware better and spent a few hours more on making the instructions, it would be a huge improvement. I'm going to put up a whole post on my install and review later, as there aren't very many of them.I installed the sport rack over the weekend. The install looks easy on paper, but was a pita and took me the better part of Saturday and Sunday to get it on. I have some thoughts:
- The rack comes in 3 boxes. Components were wrapped inside each box, but still ended up with a ripped box with pieces hanging out. This resulted in destruction of the powdercoat in these areas and loss of some of the hardware through the hole in the box. So before I even got started, I had to spray some pieces with bedliner and take a trip to the hardware store
-Quality of the powdercoat is pretty poor. Lots of crinkles and runs. Looks fine from 10’ away though
- Install is tough if you have bedrails. The holes in rack brackets and bedrails don’t always match up and it is incredibly awkward holding up the brackets and bedrails and attempting to start a bolt in the factory holes. I had to dremel off some of the bedrail plastic at the tailgate end to make it fit. God bless you if you are trying to install bedrails, molle panels, and the rack. If you don’t have factory bedrails, they include rivnuts and a bolt with washers to press them in. I would highly recommend just buying a $30 rivnut tool off amazon.
- you will have to drill 4 holes in your bed
-One of the bolts they sent me was the wrong size
-The side rails for some reason are shipped in 2 pieces. There is a short piece of tubing that slides inside the 2 pieces of rail and holds them together. At least it’s supposed to. My rails wouldn’t slide completely together so there is a 1/4” bright silver piece of tubing between them. I sprayed the tubing with bedliner, but I anticipate that this will flake off quickly.
I like the look now that it is finished, but couldn’t help feeling like a year out from the announcement I’m beta testing the rack. The geometry of the rails and hardware was just a little off everywhere which resulted in having to drill out larger holes, cross threading bolts, and spinning rivnuts.For anyone on the fence, I would give Maximus another 6 months to iron out the kinks.
We would be more than happy to send you a copy of the installation guide which has a whole list of the components. I apologize if you felt we were being secretive with the overland rack as that wasn't the intention. E-mail [email protected] so we can take care of you!
Thank you so much for the feedback! I want to clear up some of the muddy details!
The bed rack is made of aluminum so it is water resistant! We offer this product right now, its just in the process of being added to our website! Give us a call at 248-821-6654!
I installed the sport rack over the weekend. The install looks easy on paper, but was a pita and took me the better part of Saturday and Sunday to get it on. I have some thoughts:
- The rack comes in 3 boxes. Components were wrapped inside each box, but still ended up with a ripped box with pieces hanging out. This resulted in destruction of the powdercoat in these areas and loss of some of the hardware through the hole in the box. So before I even got started, I had to spray some pieces with bedliner and take a trip to the hardware store
-Quality of the powdercoat is pretty poor. Lots of crinkles and runs. Looks fine from 10’ away though
- Install is tough if you have bedrails. The holes in rack brackets and bedrails don’t always match up and it is incredibly awkward holding up the brackets and bedrails and attempting to start a bolt in the factory holes. I had to dremel off some of the bedrail plastic at the tailgate end to make it fit. God bless you if you are trying to
install bedrails, molle panels, and the rack. If you don’t have factory bedrails, they include rivnuts and a bolt with washers to press them in. I would highly recommend just buying a $30 rivnut tool off amazon.
- you will have to drill 4 holes in your bed
-One of the bolts they sent me was the wrong size
-The side rails for some reason are shipped in 2 pieces. There is a short piece of tubing that slides inside the 2 pieces of rail and holds them together. At least it’s supposed to. My rails wouldn’t slide completely together so there is a 1/4” bright silver piece of tubing between them. I sprayed the tubing with bedliner, but I anticipate that this will flake off quickly.
I like the look now that it is finished, but couldn’t help feeling like a year out from the announcement I’m beta testing the rack. The geometry of the rails and hardware was just a little off everywhere which resulted in having to drill out larger holes, cross threading bolts, and spinning rivnuts.For anyone on the fence, I would give Maximus another 6 months to iron out the kinks.
We apologize for the issues you had during this install. We have technical support to help with issues of this nature available with a wide range of hours. Maybe these issues could have been resolved over the phone with one of our techs, and have made the overall experience of the installation sequence easier. If you still have any questions or anything we can assist in making better for you give us a call at 248-821-6654, and we would love to take the feedback and turn into something on a positive note! Thank you for taking the time to review our rack, we appreciate the support!I installed the sport rack over the weekend. The install looks easy on paper, but was a pita and took me the better part of Saturday and Sunday to get it on. I have some thoughts:
- The rack comes in 3 boxes. Components were wrapped inside each box, but still ended up with a ripped box with pieces hanging out. This resulted in destruction of the powdercoat in these areas and loss of some of the hardware through the hole in the box. So before I even got started, I had to spray some pieces with bedliner and take a trip to the hardware store
-Quality of the powdercoat is pretty poor. Lots of crinkles and runs. Looks fine from 10’ away though
- Install is tough if you have bedrails. The holes in rack brackets and bedrails don’t always match up and it is incredibly awkward holding up the brackets and bedrails and attempting to start a bolt in the factory holes. I had to dremel off some of the bedrail plastic at the tailgate end to make it fit. God bless you if you are trying to install bedrails, molle panels, and the rack. If you don’t have factory bedrails, they include rivnuts and a bolt with washers to press them in. I would highly recommend just buying a $30 rivnut tool off amazon.
- you will have to drill 4 holes in your bed
-One of the bolts they sent me was the wrong size
-The side rails for some reason are shipped in 2 pieces. There is a short piece of tubing that slides inside the 2 pieces of rail and holds them together. At least it’s supposed to. My rails wouldn’t slide completely together so there is a 1/4” bright silver piece of tubing between them. I sprayed the tubing with bedliner, but I anticipate that this will flake off quickly.
I like the look now that it is finished, but couldn’t help feeling like a year out from the announcement I’m beta testing the rack. The geometry of the rails and hardware was just a little off everywhere which resulted in having to drill out larger holes, cross threading bolts, and spinning rivnuts.For anyone on the fence, I would give Maximus another 6 months to iron out the kinks.
