[mjvarnau]

The standard Heavy Duty roof racks have a front attachment point where the charger port is located. Has anyone found a Heavy Duty roof rack that will fit the Wrangler 4Xe?

 

[Getlm00]

I am interested also. hopefully someone figured it out

 

[mjvarnau]

Garvin has shown interest, but isn't moving very quickly. Extreme Terrain indicated that they didn't thing there would be enough 4Xes sold to be worth their investment to create a new mounting plate.

 

[BionicBrandon]

I have the One Touch Skytop, and love that, but definitely need to haul SUP, kayaks, bikes. Not sure what roof racks would work since the roof fabric bunches up. It has the roof rain gutters, so maybe just extra tall feet?

 

[G_Solo]

I have the One Touch Skytop, and love that, but definitely need to haul SUP, kayaks, bikes. Not sure what roof racks would work since the roof fabric bunches up. It has the roof rain gutters, so maybe just extra tall feet?

I have a Rubicon Recon with SOT while waiting for my 4xe. I had the same issue finding the right roof rack. Yakima has rain gutter hi-rise spacers (1A HiRise Spacers) you can use to lift the bars above the fabric fold. Alternatively, without the extenders you can, depending on bar placement, still open the roof above the front seats. Gobi also makes a rack custom for the SOT (GOBI Jeep Wrangler JL 4Door Stealth Rack 40" LED Setup), however their lead time was 24+ weeks when I contacted them as each rack is made to order.

I've just seen that they do in make stealth rack for the 4xe with SOT!

 

[JeepersCreepers]

Gobi also makes a rack custom for the SOT (GOBI Jeep Wrangler JL 4Door Stealth Rack 40" LED Setup), however their lead time was 24+ weeks when I contacted them as each rack is made to order.

Gobi recently released a roof rack for the 4xe.

 

[michaelrupchurch]

Adventure Rack Systems is getting ready to release their 4XE rack system. Here's a sneak peek of the prototype.

 

[JeepersCreepers]

Adventure Rack Systems is getting ready to release their 4XE rack system. Here's a sneak peek of the prototype. View attachment 8073

Any idea how much it'll cost? I was just about to go in on a Gobi, but I really don't like their design.

 

[michaelrupchurch]

Any idea how much it'll cost? I was just about to go in on a Gobi, but I really don't like their design.

my best guess is that the base rack system will be around $2000 based on the other systems. ARS usually stocks everything, so lead times are in weeks, not months.

 

[JeepersCreepers]

Further research has revealed that Garvin already released a roof rack system for the 4xe (w/ option for one-touch power top). Who knew?

 

[Scott1945]

Does anyone have any experience with the Rhino Rack Backbone system?

Looks as though it would perform better than typical rain gutter mounted racks, and still allow you to take the hardtop off easily.

Jeep Wrangler JL Rhino-Rack Backbone and Pioneer System | Rhino-Rack US

Jeep Wrangler 4-door JL Rhino-Rack Backbone and Pioneer System

www.rhinorack.com

 

[JeepersCreepers]

Does anyone have any experience with the Rhino Rack Backbone system?

Looks as though it would perform better than typical rain gutter mounted racks, and still allow you to take the hardtop off easily.

It does require you to drill into the hardtop (which is something I'm not crazy about). Nice rack system, though.

 

[JeepersCreepers]

Adventure Rack Systems is getting ready to release their 4XE rack system. Here's a sneak peek of the prototype. View attachment 8073

For those interested: it just went live on their site today -- just in time for their Black Friday sale! Ordered!