Land Rover Discovery 4 Platform Roof Rack with Foot rails
Tough Touring makes a Touring Platform roof rack specifically for the LandRover Discovery 3 and 4, The Rack itself is as Low, Light and Strong as we can build it, It utilises the Landrovers inset M10 Roof bolts for enormous load strength.
This Kit includes the Platform as well as the long ' backbone' style foot rails that the platform sits on - If your discovery 4 has factory 'Tracks' already fitted, you are better off installing this kit here - as its slightly lower, cheaper and easier to install and revert the car to factory if taking the rack off in the future... https://www.toughtouring.com.au/product-page/land-rover-d4-platform-rack-to-suit-factory-rails
STRENGTH AND PERFORMANCE OFF ROAD
This is a Heavy Duty rack - Capable of handling Very Heavy loads on Off road environments - The Tough Touring Racks are so low they help reduce/ minimise any body roll and help maintain stock vehicle stability. Each East west Cross Plank is Slotted on the tops and side - to allow maximum accessory fitment and easiest on and off tie down of your gear - Rated Eye bolts can be fitted inset inside the platform roof line for 'slide on' panels and or boards without protrusions... handy and fast tie down versatility being the goal.
ADDING AN AWNING
The Roof Racks are shortened at the rear to allow awnings to swing through their arc and be set up without fouling on the rear Wind fairing - also providing a covering effect of the wing awning (If Fitted) preventing rain ingress into the rear cargo area. Tough Touring Also manufactures Pole Less awning brackets specifically to suit this rack. More on these here - 'Awning to Rack brackets'
HEIGHTSHeights overall of the platform base is around 20mm above the highest point in the disco's roof skin, the thickness of the platform itself adds 50mm to that - with a safe estimate of total rack height during garaging adding just 80 mm higher than the empty roof.
WIND NOISE AND THE DISCO 4...
The Discovery 4 is among the quietiest vehicles on the road, it also has a wind compressing 'hump' - part of its rich off roading DNA... For the Uninitiated -' East West' Cross bar rack Such as the Tough Touring Platform rack designs have been manufactured by numerous companies in the past - In General this design allows maximim strenght and versatility for fittment of equipment that is on and off the vehicle frequently. On the Negative - It also adds to the racks wind noise levels.
The Facts are that 'East west 'style racks do suffer higher wind noise levels than 'North south' rail designed racks. (North South racks tend to be light duty racks common on popular on road vehicles too ).
The Tough Touring D4 rack comes with a small Resonation Silencer strip which can be added to the front of the rack to remove Hum or resonation at speeds over 80kmph ...
We have found that the addition of a 42'-50" Light bar infront of the rack minimises any resonation, and works just as well as a wind deflector, quietening this Platforms East west bars down a lot at highway speeds.
Please understand that adding a full size rack to your vehicle will add some wind noise.
Loaded racks tend to be quieter than empty ones.
For an East west Cross bar rack - This one is the quietest one we've tested. Its impressively quiet overall when running a light bar or resonation deflector. If installed Bare - and your doing a lot of Hwy KMS - Resonation can be present at even 80Kmph and the hum is quite irritating. Please use the included deflector.
The Disco 3 and 4 Tough Touring Platform Roof rack Kits includes:
* 2 x Super Low Roof Rack Foot rails specificly Laser cut for the Discovery roof line - Folded to either 75 'Infold'
* 8 Oversized 80 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..) * New M10 HEX bolts
* ABS Plastic 10mm Spacer Blocks x 8
* Wind Deflector / Anti Resonator (Bolt on)
*1 x Black Powdercoated 2mm Aluminium Touring Platform (PRE ASSEMBLED) 1350mm x 2100mm - Universally slotted to accept common Unistrut mounting tabs on every plank and upward facing surface
* 10 x Unistrut mounting tabs + Bolts for Fittment of Platform (Combination of m8 )
16 x 20mm Countersunk Hex Head bolts and Nyloc nuts for fastening roof planks to rails.
*Unique Design means all bolts to roof rack planks are accessable from beside the vehicle for easy removal and Fitting once fitted.
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.
Please tell us if your fitting a roof tent