Westcott Designs roof rack sag/issues

[407guy]

Newbie here but been following this before joining the forum. New 2025 LC 1958 owner now.

So as a newbie and being a dummy, can someone post a picture with the new front bracket circled once installed? I'm trying to understand how/where it is mounted.

The Westcott is on the short list for a roof rack but this thread has me pausing at the moment...

 

[surfishjoe]

 

[407guy]

Thanks @surfishjoe. But I'm not sure what I'm looking at. I thought it was placed in the front, in the middle? Am I getting it all wrong? Sorry for my confusion.

 

[Bighorn Tremor]

Thanks @surfishjoe. But I'm not sure what I'm looking at. I thought it was placed in the front, in the middle? Am I getting it all wrong? Sorry for my confusion.

I had to call them because the mysterious 4th bracket was in my mounting kit. It goes towards the front and the double stick tape goes in the roof channel. It is to keep the front of the rack from sagging. They are very helpful if you call them.

On a side note, it appears that the RCI rack is very similar but they have better, dedicated mounting posts rather than the spacer/sealant that Westcott uses.

 

[407guy]

I had to call them because the mysterious 4th bracket was in my mounting kit. It goes towards the front and the double stick tape goes in the roof channel. It is to keep the front of the rack from sagging. They are very helpful if you call them.

On a side note, it appears that the RCI rack is very similar but they have better, dedicated mounting posts rather than the spacer/sealant that Westcott uses.

Ah, so it's on the side, not in the middle of the front air dam. That was my confusion.

Thank you @Bighorn Tremor and @surfishjoe (the pic makes sense now).

 

[surfishjoe]

So that is the first bracket it doesn’t bolt down but has a 3m tape pad that sits in the channel of the roof.

 

[Chino]

Did you any of you use a torque wrench for the bolts? If you did, how much torque?

 

[gxsandiego]

When I called Westcott on any issues I got good advice. You might want to do that yourself. I know in my case I added two crossbars over the sun roof after they installed the rack. This caused major vibration. I had to re torque every bolt to fix.