Westcott Design Roof Rack on 1958

[dastan360]

Finally received and installed the Westcott Design roof rack. AMA

 

[DalKruiser]

How long did it take to install?
Did it come with instructions on how to remove an existing rack?
How much height does it add?
Do you have a sunroof? Does it have enough clearance for the tilt feature?

 

[dastan360]

How long did it take to install?
Did it come with instructions on how to remove an existing rack?
How much height does it add?
Do you have a sunroof? Does it have enough clearance for the tilt feature?

About 3 hours, having a second person definitely help and speed up the process.
No manual instruction but they have a 8 min video on their website. Pretty easy to follow.
About 48/50lbs I believe. The overall package was 70lbs but contains a lot of dead weight. Very well packed and shipped.
For what they told me 400lbs motion weight and 700lbs stationary is the max load.
I don’t have a sun roof but I believe there is enough clearance for the sunroof to tilt when opened

 

[spakins]

Great look! How much additional wind noise?

 

[dastan360]

Great look! How much additional wind noise?

Not much to be honest, unless you are driving against 45-60mph winds . During normal days you don’t even feel it’s there

 

[stec06]

Is this the lowest profile aftermarket rack so far? I really like the wind deflector on this one vs the Prinsu. Kinda thinking about getting the Westcott or Sherpa at this point...

 

[dastan360]

Is this the lowest profile aftermarket rack so far? I really like the wind deflector on this one vs the Prinsu. Kinda thinking about getting the Westcott or Sherpa at this point...

That was the reason why I got it to be honest they claim to have a better mpg also due to the low profiles compared to the competitors

 

[l-c]

DM incoming, @dastan360

 

[haejuck]

Looks great, do you know the general dimensions of the rack (especially curious how much height it adds)?

 

[dastan360]

Looks great, do you know the general dimensions of the rack (especially curious how much height it adds)?

Weight is ( if I recall correctly) about 60lbs, box was 75lbs. But the rack goes literally 98% of the roof. Sorry I sold it ( including the car) otherwise I’d measure it for you