Eezi-Awn k9 Roof Rack Mounting Feet
When it comes to Overlanding, your roof rack is your trusty steed, carrying the weight of your adventure and ensuring that you're fully equipped for the wild journeys that lie ahead. In the realm of overland roof racks, one name stands out for its unyielding strength and reliability: the Ezi-Awn K9 Roof Rack Mounting Feet. These mounting feet aren't just accessories; they're the backbone of your overland setup. we're about to take a deep dive into what makes the Ezi-Awn K9 Roof Rack Mounting Feet the ultimate choice for your overland roof rack needs. Whether you're a seasoned overlanding pro or just starting your off-road expeditions, understanding the importance of these robust mounting feet is the key to elevating your overland camping experience. So, fasten your seatbelts as we explore the unparalleled strength and durability that these mounting feet bring to your overlanding adventures.
Video Transcript
Hi, I'm Paul with Equipt Expedition Outfitters, and today I want to talk to you a little bit about the anatomy of the Eezi-Awn K9 roof rack system. Rail mount feet are a component of the K9 rack systems. K9 rack systems are modularly based component systems to mount to just about any vehicle, whether it's gutter mount, rail mount, or specialty mount. When I mean rail mount, I'm talking about the K9 rail that Eezi-Awn uses to mount to vehicles that don't have gutters, for instance, the Land Cruiser 100 series or 200 series, fifth-gen 4Runner, and a myriad of other vehicles that are out on the market that don't have any gutters to clamp up to. But we can take a factory rack off of a vehicle or mount simply to a roof of a vehicle, mount the rail to that roof, and then we attach feet to there and then a platform on top. But today I want to specifically talk about the K9 rail mount foot.
As you can see down in front of me, I have a bunch of feet, but right in this area here we have four feet that vary in height. All of them work the same but for different applications. We have a 40 mm foot, which is our shortest, 50 mm foot, 65 mm, and 90 mm. Different racks have different applications.
So I wanted to show you what the anatomy of that foot is. It is two pieces with a lot of hardware on there. The top is a stainless steel component with two bolts and nut systems here. These fit in the t-slot of the cross brace on the bottom of the K9 roof rack. This component over here is the base that slides into Eezi-Awn's proprietary K9 roof rack rail, and it's made out of cast aluminum. It's drilled and tapped for 6 mm bolts. The design is interesting; it's almost circular in shape with a slot on the bottom. This design allows it to pivot when tightened down, to better orient itself to the angle of the mounting rail on top of the roof. A lot of the rail out there is just flat, and you're not able to make a lot of adjustments to the angle of the roof. This system gives you the ability to adjust the base to the angle within the rail. The rail system is a round extrusion, and this slides into here and tips back and forth depending on what you need.
What I also like about this is that on each one of these top pieces, whatever the size may be, you have some slots in there. This allows you to not only elevate or lower the foot to what you need but also gives you the ability to adjust if there's any arc or camber in the rail on the roof line. You can adjust that to make sure that the fitment is correct and accurate. Depending on the height of the leg, you get a little bit more of a slot. You notice on the 90 mm here we have quite a degree of adjustment, a little bit less here, and of course, the smaller you get, the less you do.
The typical application for most of the racks out there is the 65 mm foot. The reason for that is so that the rack elevates high enough to go across the arc of the roof line on the vehicle, so this is our most common foot. For low-profile rack systems that have a really flat roof like a fifth-gen 4Runner, we can go with the 40 mm foot. In an interesting application, if you take these three feet here and use it on an FJ Cruiser, the roof of an FJ Cruiser has an incredible arc. What we're trying to do is put a flat platform on an arc. We use some 65 mm at the front, 40s in the middle, and 90s at the back to take that egg-shaped arc out of it, in essence, on top of it. We can use them in a variety of applications and opportunities. It's a great solution, incredibly strong fitment of a roof rack on your vehicle.
If you have any questions on this, please reach out to us at equipt1.com. I'm Paul with Equipt, thanks for your time.
