I am wondering what is like to have a sunroof and roof rack on an overtrail or overtrail plus and is the loss of headroom ok in the back seat? Extra noise ?
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My boys are 6’5” and 6’3” and have no issue in my OT back seat. Also confused by the roof rack question as it has no impact on interior headroom. I have the Sherpa roof rack and a cross bar currently limits the pop up ability of the sunroof but that is easily fixed by moving the cross bar. For me personally, I rarely use the sun roof and when I do, I simply retract it backwards which is not impacted by the roof rack.
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I have a GX550 overtrail without a sunroof I am gonna replace that truck and it’s very hard to find one without a sunroof so I might have to settle for a sunroof … the sunroof takes away head room mostly in the back seat. Nothing to do with roof rack but I have a roof rack and hear zero noise wonder what it’s like with a sunroof if I have to go that route
Ah, OP’s question wasn’t clear. My comment is unchanged that my two adult sons at 6’3” and 6’5” have no issues with head room in the back seat. As for the noise w/ vs wo/ sunroof is not something I can comment on having no experience without a sunroof on the OT. Frankly the whole truck is noisy as it is basically a rolling brick. The side mirrors alone are very noisy.
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Yeah I’m gonna go with an over trail plus just to get the acoustic glass this time and will try and get one without a sunroof … but helpful info about your sons height if you get a chance send me a photo of the inside ceiling from sunroof to backseat side curious about the dip I think I read 2 inches lower from without sunroof
Will do that tomorrow.
Sorry this so long. A couple shot of the roof in the backseat with sunroof. The is lower part way back to hold the sunroof but then rises back up above the rear seats leaving what I would think is equivalent headroom to non-sunroof trucks.
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Very helpful thank you you do loose some headroom.
As for roof rack noise, the OEM rack was pretty noisy but I swapped to the Sherpa which is better. Again I find the whole vehicle noisy so it doesn’t bother me, I knew this wasn’t a luxury sedan.
Yes, some but when seated in a normal position it is the same height as the non-sunroof trucks.
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Ugg when you can pics of the Sherpa rack
Here’s the rack…
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So that rack goes right over the sunroof?
And factory rack doesn’t cover sunroof?
And factory rack doesn’t cover sunroof?
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It does but the sunroof operates normally. I currently have a crossbar spaced so that the pop up function is impacted but I only slide the sunroof back so no impact for me. The crossbars are adjustable so you can space them to allow full pop up operation.
Factory rack is more of a half rack but it’s not very aerodynamic so the noise was noticeable. And in my opinion it’s not particularly attractive either. Here is a pic with the factory rack.
Factory rack is more of a half rack but it’s not very aerodynamic so the noise was noticeable. And in my opinion it’s not particularly attractive either. Here is a pic with the factory rack.
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You’re welcome. There are other racks such Prinsu….
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