Land Rover Discovery 3 & 4 Roof Rack
Tough Touring makes a Super Low mount , outward folded roof rack specifically for the LandRover Discovery 3 and 4, The Racks have been Specifically to suit fitment of Roof top tents and Pole less wing awnings.
Video here https://youtu.be/BY1l_zIZLLg
Our custom designed rails and Aluminum Top Hat crossbars form a super strong, low foundation for your chosen roof top tent and Awning Combination. Capable of handling typical Hardshell Tent loads on Off road environments - The Tough Touring Racks are so low they help reduce wind noise while getting the weight of the touring gear lower also helps reduce body roll and improve vehicle stability.
The Disco Once Piece Roof rails in that we supply are designed to allow pole less wing awnings to swing through their arc and be set up without fouling on the rear Wind fairing - The front and rear slats are also pre drilled to accept our Pole less wing awning brackets, giving immense twist strength and a super stiff mount point for oversized wing awnings.
Heights overall of the Roof rails are 10 -20mm above the highest point in the disco's roof skin, the top hat bar planks add 33mm to that - with a safe estimate of total rack height being just 55mm high.We would Reccommend Fitment of your awning directly to the side of the roof top tent where possible - As Clearances are tight on the Discovery and Lower Positioning of the awning can result in the awning being too low for taller people to stand under.
Some examples of reccommended fitment of awnings to tent are here - https://www.toughtouring.com.au/tent-to-awning-brackets
These Kits are also listed on our Website for sale here https://www.toughtouring.com.au/product-page/tough-touring-awning-brackets-to-suit-bundutec-bundutop
Tents are best to be fitted by adding two of the included Top hat bar planks to the rack (the Centre two) first, then mounting the other two top hat bar planks straight to the tent. The roof rack rails are designed to allow bolt up fittment from beside the vehicle. So easy install and removal of this rack is a big win for guys wanting to take the tent off and on often.
The Disco 3 and 4 Tough Touring Roof rack Kits includes:
* 2 x Super Low Roof Rack Foot rails specificly Laser cut for the Discovery roof line - Folded to either 70 'Infold' or 120 Degrees outfold.. (Foot rails have access holes at top for tools)
* 8 Oversized 75 Degree Folded Rack feet (4 Each side) -
(the 4 x Oversized feet are folded inbound ... and Pre cut to suit the Disco Factory 4 x m10 bolts..) .
*4 Black Powdercoated 3mm Solid Aluminium Top Hat bar planks - Min 1350mm - 1550mm (as per your requirements options on order details below.)
* Assorted Aluminium (laser cut) spacers
1 Tube Sikka flex Adhesive sealant
16 x 20mm Countersunk Hex Head bolts and Nyloc nuts for fastening roof planks to rails.
16 Nyloc and Hex Bolts for Bolting Rack feet to foot rails
*Unique Design means all bolts to roof rack planks are accessable from beside the vehicle for easy removal once fitted.
* 8 x 3d Printed Spacer Blocks - To Allow Oversized Rack feet (105mm wide) - The Tough Touring Spacer blocks incrase the D4 Rack strength by about Double what we have done before by allowing us to lengthen the feet - adding 5 x the steel fold section - Simply UNBREAKABLE.
All components manufactured in Australia, Sand blasted for maximium paint durability and Finished in Dulux Black Textura Powdercoat and Baked at over 500 Degrees Celcius for Ultimate durability.
Tough Touring Reccommends that these components are Fitted by a Professional Land Rover Installer.
Please tell us if your fitting a roof tent
Width , Size and length of your roof tent
We offer 4 differend width Top Hat bar planks ( roof rack planks / slats to go with this kit) If you mounting a roof top tent and awnig, a descision has to be made on weather you can install the awning directly to the tent - or sit the awning beside the tent and fit it to your rack directly.) There is a video here that may help - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LAcBvYaD3c
you need to pick roof stats that are wider than the tent and any gas struts / latches that are in the way if you wish to fit the the awning directly to the rack and seperatly to the tent. We offer the Top hat bar planks in 1350mm , 1400, 1450mm, 1550mm. The Fields below will ask you what tent you are going to install and what awning - if you know - let us know so we can help.. If you don't or your just wanting to run a tent on its own or awning on its own, Hit the "No Awning" option
Technical / Fitting
Fitting:
Tough Touring roof rails can be fitted by any roof rack fitter, or yourself if your handy. Included is a tube of Sikkaflex 221 Automotive sealant and new High tensile steel mounting bolts. Adding the rail planks is easier on the back - as the unique design of the TT roof rails allows all bolts to be accessed from beside the vehicle.
Installation
Installation:Tips on Installation are here online in Video format - https://youtu.be/PlXv-3uHB30... (no printed instructions come with the rack)
Adaptability:The Roof racks have been designed by us to to accomomodate awnings and roof top tents specifically without fouling on Vehicle wind fairings etc on most popular awning brands available toda
Our Vehicle Specific 'One Piece ' roof rail Kits for the vehicles above follow the vehicles roof lines perfectly while positioning the rack precisely around foul points / Protruding wind fairings - they have been tested with most of the awning and tent combinations listed and are the closest possible fit we can achieve.
Widths of touring gear are really important, For example - If you are running a Bundutop Standard Tent 1350mm wide ) , and wish to run a pole less wing awning independently to the tent (Ie Fitted to the rack) Please choose the 1450mm Planks option in the Product Options below. So that your tent will sit inside the Pole less awning brackets. You need to understand that in fitting roof tents behind awnings, its likely that you will have to also re-position tent latches as required.Listed on the Store page are a pair of replacement Slats to add to your roof rail while the tent is removed - You would typically require at least 4 slats to create a functioning roof rack. (The Front and Rear Tough Touring Slats remain on the rails as the tent is lifted off, two slats would go up and off still fixed to the tent, So purchase an additional 2 slats - Bolt them on while the tent is off, and fitted you would then have 4 slats back on the car for a functioning rack - (and no need to remove the awning...Which stays fitted to the front and rear tough touring slats.) You could add up to 10 in total....
As Shown in the pictures above, the Universal Rails themselves are an excellent foundation for many other rack baskes, flat racks, mounting platforms... Customers are mounting all kinds of boxes and custom made gear to them, due to their versatility and nice strong low mount.