Overall Consensus On OEM Rack?
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Are the rails moveable on that style of OEM rack?
The rails are fixed. The crossbars maybe, have not tried.
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Doubling down on what @wpage said, not only are they fixed, they also don’t have uniform rail spacing. If one does decide to try it though, order the 5th rail.
Anyone in the Northern NC, Southern VA area considering the OE rack, mine will be available this fall. Anyone who knows me also knows that I give things away for a case of beer or good bottle of bourbon. Just hit me up.
The oem roof rack is still very useful, almost limitless for my use (guess for most people : RTT, storage boxes, awning, lightings, spare fuel/Rotopax, recovery boards, side molle panels, etc.) and have the authentic LC looks
Yes. I did added the “missing” crossbar on week one. Also added couple unistrut at far front and far rear for my specific mounting points of awning quick mount/release plate
Things can be trash for someone, but “treasures “ for others
Note: fit well with Ikamper mini, but not full-size. It can be mounted but don’t like the weird look of overhang
This certainly is a timely thread to come across. Just spent some time yesterday trying to find handles to attach to side rail so I can get up there (I am lifted and on 35's) and using ZR Overland steps on rock rails then stepping on back tire to really get up there to tie down surfboard, which is about the extent of my rack use so far, although I might put Rotopax up there when needed.
However the side part to this rack seems flimsy and I wasn't sure if handles would work nor did I know where to attach exactly. But thanks to above photo by @Mopper it seems the Agency6 handles are working and I see how you attached. Are they sturdy? Could I really put 200 lbs of weight on those to pull myself up without bending the side rail?
As for general feeling about my OEM FE rack ; it serves my purpose so far, until this one issue. I have seen a few different ways to carry gas up there on these racks, as well as secure Max tracks, and most importantly tie surfboards down. Also not much noise in my opinion. But I will say with closer inspection there are some deceptively flimsy parts to this rack.
Had basic stock racks (2 cross bars) on 3 other sport utilities: jeep cherokee (first gen); grand Cherokee and 2016 4Runner. All had parallel rails and you could adjust cross bar gap wide or narrow (where you wanted). The Toyota designers must have gotten their way on this one. It looks good but lack of adjustment is just silly. 
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I haven’t used mine per se, but I do like the way it looks. Weird issue I have had, is when going through a car wash, the wind blowing at the end to dry the truck, causes the rack to shake and vibrate. Sometimes worse than others, but I don’t like it. Didn’t do that with the rails
I'd pay a decent amount of money to have my garage door one panel higher. Lucky...
@DubDub had a handle he used that I thought fit better and was bound to be cheaper (these were billet handles and overkill for a sheet metal mounted handle). I do think think the handle is functional though- I'm about 175 and I don't use it to pull myself up but as a third point of support while stepping up onto slider/door sill/tire or while "up there". Btw, RotoPax II cans are awesome and work great!
