What about the faux gutter mounts from Thule?
I have them, while not very elegant they have been 100% solid over 3 years. (I made a large backing plate for the inside)
I like Bbasso bracket plate with the thule mounts. I did bracket plates on my fixed top as well… In hind sight I wish I would have used unistrut on top of the van and mounted the rack to that, I've done a few of these this past month and it's a lot cleaner look.
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2004 E350 EB Quigley - aka MCSporty6.0
2013 Fiat 500 pop/abarth - Sold
2003 Land Rover Disco II
1997 E350 7.3l 2wd - Sold
I only wish my roof was flat.... Damm thing has more curves and contours then the walls of our E-Series!
Doing with the faux mounts was the only way to get a level way...
Insert a few choice words for the designer of my roof.
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Rob.
Current:
2001 E350 PSD w/ a bunch of stuff.
And had three other E350s...
Four angle brackets worked well for this solar install I did on a friends van. We found the four nearly perfect spots on the roof. 3M 5200 sealant / adhesive for bedding, and through bolted with backing plate. Lowest profile I could get. Also installed the two MaxAir fans. But as Rob said, these type of tops have contours in all directions!
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Ray
Beastie 3: 2002 7.3 EB Cargo: Agile TTB, CCV High Top, Custom Walk Through, Lots of stuff added. www.BlingMyRig.com
MCSporty
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