I just finished installing the Sherpa Storm rack on my truck as well as their Crows Nest rack on my shell (RSI SmartCap). It was a bit intimidating drilling holes in the roof of my brand new truck. I found that I didn’t love the look of where the front of the wind fairing on the rack met my roof (mostly because of the white, on a black or lead foot truck it wouldn’t bother me) so I ended up installing a 57” KC Highlights Gravity Pro 6 light bar.
Also the RSI Smartcap is a bit narrower than the cab of the truck, and it tapers to a narrower width at the back of the cap so the Crows Nest rack not only extended past the sides of the cap, but it interfered with the side windows when they are flipped up. What I ended up doing to resolve this was marking the width that would clear the windows and dropping a chock line at the angle of the cap, then I cut and re tapped each cross bar. It was a bit of extra work but now the rack fits perfectly and both side windows are able to open fully without hitting the rack.
Overall I’m happy with how it turned out, both look and functionality wise as I now have over 11ft of flat storage space on top of the truck for whatever may need to go up there (I have a fly fishing raft I plan on transporting up there, as well as any lumber runs for future projects around the house). The only downside is there is a fair bit of wind noise from the KC lights on the front when driving 70+mph. They sure are bright though!
Also the RSI Smartcap is a bit narrower than the cab of the truck, and it tapers to a narrower width at the back of the cap so the Crows Nest rack not only extended past the sides of the cap, but it interfered with the side windows when they are flipped up. What I ended up doing to resolve this was marking the width that would clear the windows and dropping a chock line at the angle of the cap, then I cut and re tapped each cross bar. It was a bit of extra work but now the rack fits perfectly and both side windows are able to open fully without hitting the rack.
Overall I’m happy with how it turned out, both look and functionality wise as I now have over 11ft of flat storage space on top of the truck for whatever may need to go up there (I have a fly fishing raft I plan on transporting up there, as well as any lumber runs for future projects around the house). The only downside is there is a fair bit of wind noise from the KC lights on the front when driving 70+mph. They sure are bright though!
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