my first mod, i needed it low to fit in the shop.
http://i35.tinypic.com/244r21g.jpg

looks good.....

i like that, where did you get it?

looks great. can i ask whats in the biohazard bottle though?

homade fatkid, and the biohazard well if i told you then i would have to,,,,,

nice! wish i have time to farbricate one for myself...

that is AWESOME
dude, how much would you charge to make me one! lol

that is AWESOME
dude, how much would you charge to make me one! lol

Ricer-X, they are 4sale!

thats a nice rack.. so if they are for sale, how much??

I may get one as well if you provide the cost and link to where to get it

Ok is this home made, bought from somewhere or had built??

its somthing he had made.... if i remember correctly

Very nice

Looks custom made at home...very nice though!

it is home made, there's a whole thread over on the new x about it.....

here you go:

http://thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=9197&highlight=ride+roof+rack


and that thing is sweet, i would love to have one myself


-john

If someone realy wants one, I have the material to make a few more, PM me $ 250 bare bones. You pay shipping,

here is the latest,
http://i36.tinypic.com/jgl577.jpg

wow, that is very cool lookin, i wouldnt mind havin one of those on my rack

$250 + shipping isnt too bad for this.
Looks like its for 2nd gen.
Also you have to give up your crossbars if you do this it looks like.

That's all sorts of bad ass.

Great rack. Super cool mod.
Bookmarking this thread for my summer mod list!

$250 + shipping isnt too bad for this.
Looks like its for 2nd gen.
Also you have to give up your crossbars if you do this it looks like.

The pic's are the gen 2 rack but I have the gen 1 as well and I will post a pic of that soon as I my buddy comes around with his or someone around Indiana stops by with a gen 1.

yes you would ditch the factory cross rails with this, they would no longer be needed.

thanks for the kind words, :wink-big:

Those are really cool! I want one!

now thats a really cool mod, i like!
not sure if i'd pay 250 for it though.

now thats a really cool mod, i like!
not sure if i'd pay 250 for it though.

I was told I didnt ask enough,

I think that is worth 250.....Yakima Loadwarrior now runs around 300 bucks.
I bought mine in 2001 when prices were around 200ish.

$250 for a rack is very fair every rack i have looked at is around $300.

Awesome fab skillz!

Just out of curiousity....how are they exactly mounted to the roof rails?

http://i40.tinypic.com/10rv4g5.jpg
the clamps (1" flat stock) bolt on under the factory tube, this pic is after a trip to LINE-X shop for a coating.

as far as price, most people dont know that the racks are made of 14 gauge cold rolled steel (not mild) and welded at every joint, I know its probably over kill but I like sturdy,
http://i39.tinypic.com/izs2ma.jpg
I dont recomend hauling a Xterra on top of your Xterra because the factory tubes are only rated for 150 lbs.

if any one wants to fab there own i do have plans just pm me and i will send them in a word doc.

do you have them for a 2002

yea I have made them for a gen 1 X . they are longer due to not having the wet box.

can you send me the plans

Seeing those pics has me all excited waiting on the sound of the UPS truck. Shipping said it's supposed to be here Wed but with the extra snow we got it might be delayed...man, Christmas is almost here!!!!!

Thanks DepHep!

You got it Fzzt, hope you like it.

Sorry folks, i'am no draftsman, this is what I came up with, I decided to post it due to all the pm's I recieved. thx for the interest and hope it helps.
http://i44.tinypic.com/2zoiwm0.jpg

Is that for a 1st gen or 2nd gen?

I believe that is for 1st gen as the one I received (for my 2nd gen) is shorter.

yep you would be on it Fzzt, 1st gen.

Man that is sweet, look's another mod for the X.

PM sent Dephep.

Dep,

I have a sun roof and from looking at the plans you posted, it looks as though there is enough room to open it. I wanted to ask if you have put one of these on a 1st gen with a sun roof.

I printed off your set of plans and asked a local guy who makes ladder racks for trucks if he might be able to put it together. I liked the light mounts that you did for Rev over at the newx by extending the 1" stock to over the side. His wiring job was awesome.

I also liked the way you extended the Rev rack with the extra box at the back. looks just right for a few petro cans. It also brought the back of the rack close enough to the rear that his lights could be angled downward a little better.

I think it would be cool to see one extend pass the front of the rails. The wind deflector could be removed and the rack could come farther forward and lights mounted in the front.

I want to see how much he charges to fab the whole thing up. I'd rather give a fellow xterra club member my money, plus I'm just down here in Bloomington, but I might be able to work out a trade for a couple of desktop machines with 17" monitors.

If you are willing to consider trade or barter along with some cash I'd prefer to have it built by the original artist.

Let me know about the sun roof working with the plans you posted and also if you are interested in barter+trade+cash.

Hey Dep, that's a pretty sweet rack; I dig how it lies low on the roof instead of up above the factory roof rails. I may contact you soon about getting one. I was wondering if it would be possible to get one with expanded metal mesh welded onto the floor of the rack.

and then the light bar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-i5lCdhvl0

Thats sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dephep

Are you still making these for sale?

here is the latest,
http://i36.tinypic.com/jgl577.jpg

I will be making one...seems much better than a load warrior. Did you make those clamps yourself or buy them?

mine will be for sale shortly as i am building a rear bumper with tire carrier and working on a project that won't allow me to use this roof rack anymore. let me know if you're interested. it's located in southern california.

mine will be for sale shortly as i am building a rear bumper with tire carrier and working on a project that won't allow me to use this roof rack anymore. let me know if you're interested. it's located in southern california.

PM me pics and a price. If the price is right I might save myself the time of building one. Thanks! :)

nice job with the light bar!

That's dope, I want one. How much does it weigh, and does "bare bones" mean you sell it without any paint?

yep just a shot of primer.

A couple questions, dephep:

- How much for basket with a lightbar? The electrical actuator isn't that big a deal to me if I can deploy it manually, but I'd like to know more about the system and it's cost.
- Is there any way to put a cross beam just behind the light bar so I could put a ski rack up there in the winter?

Bump!

Any idea if these are still for sale?

Contact the original poster (Dephep), he hangs out over on thenewx more than here and his build thread over there is just insane but gives you a great idea of all the changes this rack has gone through over the years.

Contact the original poster (Dephep), he hangs out over on thenewx more than here and his build thread over there is just insane but gives you a great idea of all the changes this rack has gone through over the years.

Does he use the same name over there?

Yup, just pm him for current build & pricing : http://www.thenewx.org/forum/member.php?u=1302

He has a website now:

http://hstrial-dephep.intuitwebsites.com/

Testimonies from other Xterra owners are all along the lines of 'the best money spent on a single mod'. I haven't read one single bad thing about them, and I'm looking to buy one for myself soon.

I have verified with Dephep that the site listed above is his so if you're in the market for a stealth rack...Go see Dephep!
Thanks Gpzguy for bringing this to our attention. :)

sorry guys been crazy with work, wrecking my bike and all, but im back and rolling. the website www.hepsdesigns.com

Just received mine - it is awesome. Now I just have to decide to DIY bedliner or Line-X

would love to see what they look like on a 1st gen???

I'll post up picts of mine this weekend.
Looks like I am going to get it Line-X'd tomorrow.

would love to see what they look like on a 1st gen???

awesome! cant wait to see it

This is on my shortlist for a roof rack. The loadwarrior is still a viable options since I can get one new to my door for just a hair over $200, but I really like the looks of this one more.

Totally worth the money even though i can weld setimes its worth the money over the labor involved. Time is money sometimes. Plus not everyone is set up to fab stuff. Way better than the Yakima ones or some other one that's not a custom fit!nice work!
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Dephep worked with me to fab up some simple brackets so I could mount some square tube crossbars on top of the Dephep rack. With the crossbars cut to width, I can mount up both my kayak and my cargo box at the same time... and they're wide enough to mount just about anything you want, bike racks, kayaks, roof top tent, whatever.

I had the rack powdercoated at a local shop for $74, including the crossbars and hardware.

Fantastic rack!

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk130/gpzguy/Depheptop.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk130/gpzguy/DephepHardware.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk130/gpzguy/SDC10029.jpg

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk130/gpzguy/SDC10027.jpg

Very nice!

I drove to Tony's place to pick mine up. And if it ever gets warm enough, I can put bedliner on it. Its a great looking product!

I saw a rack / basket on the road today. it looked like a series of round tubes that curved up at the ends, laying parallel front to back. It fit between the factory rails. Has anyone seen anything similar? I have not been able to locate it on the web.

Meddic

You mean something like this? http://www.rackattack.com/product-pages/yakima-loadwarrior.asp
If so, google 'Yakima Load Warrior'
*edit - link is just for clarification, I'm not endorsing that site at all.

No I have seen a loadwarrior, this simpler. Just a series of tubes or pipes that curved up on the ends, laid side by side fairly close. [[[[[[[[ but curved on the ends rather than squared. I believe it sat on cross bars but couldn't see that close on the freeway. The ends curved up at the factory rails. The closest comparison I can come up with is a wood rack for the fireplace. Oh well thanks anyway.