Escalade Roof Rack and How to

[ranorris2]

Whats a good price to sale a full "regular" tahoe roof rack now with cross rails lol...I have no idea, I assume quite a bit less than the esky rack I paid $300 for.

 

[ChrisAU]

Whats a good price to sale a full "regular" tahoe roof rack now with cross rails lol...I have no idea, I assume quite a bit less than the esky rack I paid $300 for.

Your best bet is trying to sell them cheap locally on Craigslist. There is virtually no market for them with values that warrant shipping.

 

[Ben]

It's not like you were going to ever put a ladder on that esky rack anyways!

 

[ChrisAU]

Why don't you have one Ben?

And the cross rails take away from the look of the rails IMO. Who uses the things anyway?

 

[Ben]

Why don't you have one Ben?

And the cross rails take away from the look of the rails IMO. Who uses the things anyway?

I REALLY wanted to install it! I just don't have time right now. I've been flying a lot and trying to get spun up to deploy. I had to minimize the stuff I have sitting around and truck parts go first.

 

[Blazed]

do you think one of those esky roof racks would look good in all white?

 

[NathanJax]

do you think one of those esky roof racks would look good in all white?

White caps & black rails (instead of chrome) FTW!!!

 

[Regency]

So dope what nathan said do it blazed!

 

[felixgun]

do you think one of those esky roof racks would look good in all white?

That's how OBS Esky's came stock and it looked great. So answer is YES.

 

[Blazed]

Yea I've always thought about doing white caps black rails but I was gonna try to make everything white on this car

 

[Regency]

If your going all white everything needs to be all white

 

[Blazed]

Yah...
We will see how it goes lol

 

[NautiKev]

What years of Escalade racks will fit my 07 tahoe????? I'm dying to get one. thanks!

 

[NathanJax]

What years of Escalade racks will fit my 07 tahoe????? I'm dying to get one. thanks!

NBS to NNBS so 2000 to 2012

 

[NautiKev]

NBS to NNBS so 2000 to 2012

sweet! thanks!

 

[MACHO]

Sumo, looks great! Thanks for the thread, I will be doing the same to my black 2011 soon. Just got the esky rack from a TYF member (Pachanga02) and need to get it painted.

QUESTION for anyone that knows: Does the rubber gasket need to be removed from the chrome center portion before being painted? Can it? I pulled out one of the 4 plastic plug/ screw thingys; Not sure what you call them but they're a plug with ridges that keeps the gasket connected to the rail. It came out but its in rough shape so I stopped and wanted to find out before resuming.

 

[sumo]

Sumo, looks great! Thanks for the thread, I will be doing the same to my black 2011 soon. Just got the esky rack from a TYF member (Pachanga02) and need to get it painted.

QUESTION for anyone that knows: Does the rubber gasket need to be removed from the chrome center portion before being painted? Can it? I pulled out one of the 4 plastic plug/ screw thingys; Not sure what you call them but they're a plug with ridges that keeps the gasket connected to the rail. It came out but its in rough shape so I stopped and wanted to find out before resuming.

Np. When i painted mine i don recall removing them, but they should just peel right off.

 

[MACHO]

Np. When i painted mine i don recall removing them, but they should just peel right off.

Ok thanks. I'm going to check my local auto or hardware store and make sure they have some extra of those plastic pins and then go ahead and yank them out.

I might be over thinking it. Here's some pics on what I'm talking about if anyone else has some feedback:

The hole from underside of the rail and the plastic pin I removed

Peels back and is removed to expose the entire rail. I'm pretty sure I'm going to want to remove it before its painted...

 

[MACHO]

Update regarding my previous ^ post:

Found some replacements at Ace for the fasteners which attach the gasket to the bottom of the rail. They're called panel fasteners.

Here's the old faster removed from the hole on the left. 4 per rail.

Removed the gasket and dropped off the rails and end-caps at the painters. Hope to have it on next week!

Thanks again Sumo!

 

[wht06shee]

heres what i have found for the esky rack
http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/catalog/frameset.cfm
total came out to $377.03 ($478.01 With Cross Rails) plus $12.95 shipping.
Were did you guys get yours from so cheap??