99SevenFan

Hi All,

Crazy idea that’s been on my mind - Has anyone tried to make or modify a vintage-style 911 roof rack to fit a 997? Rennline and Car-bone make some really sweet racks that I’m itching to modify for the top of my 997.2.

Any ideas on what it would take to make it work? I was thinking you could use Thule feet to the stock mounting points and modify the rack to attach to those somehow.

Hella-Buggin'

that is cool. i used to have one like this on my beetle as a teenager.

scadams

I think the idea is pretty dope. I’ve got the Thule AeroBlade rack. You’ll probably need some brackets made so that the rack fits the Thule mounts.

So you have reference, I took the following measurements:



Bar bolt mount distance: 3”


Front-to-rear mount bolt distance: 28-3/4”


Front left-to-right distance between top of mounts: 40-1/2”


Rear left-to-right distance between top of mounts: 37”

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Cattywampus

Oh man, better get my safari build going! That rack is cool.

99SevenFan

Thanks for the measurements. I think the front would align nicely as they are the same width (roughly), but the back is much narrower.

scadams

NP. If you need any more measurements or reference pics just let me know.

Bomba

Love this idea.... Following....

Red997C2S

Anyone successfully modded or found a vendor selling one for 997?

Graufuchs

I have personally been asking @Rennline to make one for the 997. They asked for new projects about 6 months ago and this was a top request by people.

Red997C2S

Thanks, missed that thread. I'd buy it from them in a heartbeat.

9972455

Has anyone actually modded this for a 997? I'd really like to do so but have never done a project like this.