Volkswagen Amarok Dual Cab Roof Rack
The Tough Touring Over cab roof rack Creates the strongest Roof top tent and awning mouting platform on the market available for the Volkswagon Amarok - tested now for over 6 years without known failure to over 150kgs - These racks are super light, low and Strong The incredible strength has been achieved by our unique 1 piece length ways folded 3mm Steel foot rail - combined with precision folded 33mm High Aluminium top hat bar planks . Weight is just 18kgs - The rack punches well above its weight for anti flex and strength.
This Rack is designed to take roof top tents and awnings with up to 150kgs in combined weight - The rack is optioned to include a flexing/articulating single plank for support over the canopy if desired.
The Kit Includes:
FEET
4 X 3mm - 77 degree inward folded roof rail feet.
8 x 5mm Grip M8 Nutserts, 8 x 3mm Grip Nutserts, Washers and 8x40mm High Tensile Bolts, 8 x 35mm M8 High Tensile bolts, 8 x 10mm Aluminium Laser cut spacers for packing out the feet for the perfect level fit up inside the Utes roof channel.,
2 x ONE PIECE ROOF FOOT RAILS -
Outwards Folded to 77 Degrees and slotted to take the FEET above - 3mm mm Mild Steel folded and Powdercoated Black. Pre - Slotted
8 x 20mm -M8 High Tensile Bolts, Nuts and Washers
ROOF BARS
3 x Your Choice of Width Roof bars / 1350, 1400, 1450 ,1550mm - Powdercoated Aluminium Lightweight Top Hat bar planks
16 x 20mm HEx Bolts and Nylocks for roof BAR planks,
OPTION: ( Articulating rubberised rear bar kit) -( Extra $100)
ABOUT
The 3 Cross bars are included in the kit Are our own Tough Touring TOP HAT Bar planks) - These slats are bolted to our roof rail system for an ultra low fitup and easy removing of the tent. Awnings are best to be run directly on the roof tent if desired using our 'Universal Awning to Roof tent Brackets' Tents up to 1600mm wide can be fitted, and at time of writing we are supporting the Hilux as well as following vehicles : Amarok , Ford Ranger, Hilux, Isuzu, Triton. Please contact us if your interested in installing this kit but your vehicle is not listed . Installation is pretty straight forward, and Tents once installed are easy to remove again... Simply unbolt the two planks from the outside edge of the rail and lift the tent and planks straight up and off. Two more Optional planks can be purchased here "top hat bar planks" if you wish to replace them temporarily while the tent is off for a fully functioning touring rack as per the black Hiulx Pictured above.
The Tough Touring Dual Cab Roof racks Kit is specifically designed First and Foremost to be fitted directly between your dual cab and a roof top tent. All our Testing Thus far has shown that Rack and Tent produce little wind noise when fitted correctly to All Tested Dual Cab Utes. No Fitting Instructions are included with the Kit, Fitting time (For Professionals) Basic Advice is given below in Tech Detail Section. Tough Touring expects racks such as this one is to be fitted by expert vehicle/rack fitters, as many Dual cabs have Air bags jammed into the roof cavities and expert fitting is reccommended for correct adherence to state road safety laws and a quality job overall...
All components manufactured in Australia, they are Sand blasted for maximium paint durability and Finished in Dulux Black Textura Powdercoat and Baked at over 500 Degrees Celcius for Ultimate durability.
Please note that Tough Touring has not taken into consideration your vehicles stability or road handling characteristics, designed for maximum strength in off road conditions at low speed.
Please adhere to reccommended vehicle roof loads where possible and drive to the conditions with safety.
Overloaded roof racks can cause dire handling effects on all vehicles, and will adversely effect your cornering and braking speeds.
Tech detail - PROFESSIONAL FITTERS NOTES
Instructions on fitting these racks are not included. If you are not a Experienced Rack Fitter complicatons with Air bags and inserting / drilling into your roof blind is not reccommended - CHECK POSITIONING OF AIR BAGS BEFORE DRILLING INTO THE ROOF. Inspection camera's etc are a very good idea. Fitting times for professionals using the Amarok Kit vary on experience from 1/2 day to up to 2 full days in the case of roof lining out / air bags / Studs present etc and fitting times vary greatly dependent on the vehicle make and model. In most cases - High Spec models also have high spec air bag / meaning the entire cavity in roof can be full of air bags. Top Hat bar planks available in 1350mm , 1400, 1450 and 1550 for outfold racks, and 1200mm ONLY on Infold Racks.
If your using the rack to install a 1350mm wide roof top tent, you would typically choose a 1350mm wide top hat bar plank to match roof top tents width, If you also intent to fit a Pole less wing awning - we would suggest you order the top hat bar planks 50mm wider (1400mm) to allow room for the brackets to sit up beside the tent. .
It is usually preferable to mount Pole less awnings directly to your roof top tent on the Amarok, as the tent gives you the required height and length to mount the awning... Not all tents can handle mounts though... Check this before you buy a tent or awning.
There is a quick video explaining the complexities of mounting an awning beside Plastic tents or soft top tents here - https://www.toughtouring.com.au/tent-to-vehicle-kits
for professional fitters Time for Installatioin should be as below:
4 Hours , Remove existing roof components, drill out existing rivnuts, replace, (in the case of Amarok , Isuzu DMax, ranger and BT 50 - add 4 additional mount positions) Then Resealing with Included Automotive Sikka, Roof rail fitting and BOlting up slats .
2 hours - Fix off RTT with 6 M8 Nutserts or through bolt into the mounting holes provided on our slats...
If Optioning in Front runner Aluminium slats - add an additional 2 hours for drilling through for the tent, tent removal, adding nutserts, tent back on then bolted up. * All Volkswagen Amarok have a particularly weak roof design, and in some models the roof does not have any roof rail insets for rack mounting at all...
*Typically - The Amarok has internally up to three airbags each side underneath the roof racks mounting position... and Headlining is nightmare to remove as they are not strong enough to flex out for inspection camera use without potentially snapping the supporting material... We would reccommend professional fitting and a signed waiver of resposibility for lining wear and tear should you be wishing to upgrade roof strength to allow M8 Bolts.
* The Amaroks Actual top roof skin is so thin - even a light elbow pressure will dent the roof. Be cautious with any pressure at all on doors / trim and any steel skin.
Angles between the Tough Touring Top Rail vary - but should match the footrail angles less 4 degreees ( If its an outfold rack, the top fold should be 80 degrees, the feet should thus be 74 degress +- 2 degrees. )
Aluminium Spacer blocks are included in the kit and these may require trimming on some models.
Black plastic Capping is now used on newer models to fill the rail cavity, (in Lieu of typical rubber strip) - There are access covers - providing good access, but too small for a large foot like our Tough touring feet... Weve found that spacing blocks can be used to get the foot flush with the cover, then install the foot over the top for a neat finish and zero cutting.
SHIPPING
More information can be found here.
WARNING ON DUAL CABS AND ROOF RACKS
Check your vehicle has Factory Mounting points under the Plastic/Rubber covers before attempting an install.
The Easiest way to check if a dual cab is ok to fit a Solid Rack too - Is to check the roof for roof raxk mounting bolt holes... 2020 onward dual cans can be the worst vehicle to deck out with rtt or pole less awings ... Possibly due to increased Safety requirements Manufacturers have litterly fillled the cavity space in the roof with airbags... To make life a little harder for Mechanics and Fitters - the roof lining is also moulded / brittle one piece solid foam and is easily damaged when removed... damage is likely duriing roof lining removal... We would reccommend newer Dual Cab Utes have Racks fitted by professionals.