Hooke Road Roof Rack Double Cab

Hello! First post but I’ve been on this forum from the beginning of. building my truck.


Has anyone tried to fit a hookeroad roof rack made for a crew max onto a double cab Tundra? The price has me leaning towards Hooke but I want to make sure things will line up.

 

If you want things to line up well, Hooke is not what you want to go with. Hooke is all made overseas then shipped to a warehouse in CA, and when you order things are drop shipped from there. If you have any issues with what you've bought (which anyone who has ordered from Hooke, myself included, has definitely had), you'll be negotiating with someone who doesn't speak particularly good English and isn't all that interested in positive customer service.

For example, my Hooke bumper came with lots of scratches and gouges and my media blaster commented that the finish was so poorly applied that most of it would come off. It took me three weeks to get Hooke to cover some of the costs of dealing with that problem.

A few weeks ago I was in my friend's Jeep and he had a metal rack that sat over the cargo area and I saw the Hooke logo on it, so I asked him about it. He said he liked it but that it took significant modifications to get it to fit properly.

What you're talking about buying will require poking holes in the roof of your truck, I would spend more money and get something made a bit better with real domestic support.

 

Victory 4x4 makes a roof rack for a Double Cab and it is also on sale right now too.
Plus it is made in USA.
I saw it when buying some bed stiffeners today and remembered your post.

 

Before you commit to a roof rack I would do some considerable searching and reading on this forum. Most roof racks involve drilling and rivnut install and can end up messing up your air bags and roof very quickly if not done properly. Victory does not have a great reputation here for this very issue.

 

Look up the spider no drill rack on here. Similar to the Victory. I didn't see it until I had a Victory sitting in my garage waiting for some free time to install it. I probably would have gone that route if I knew it existed before I ordered my Victory. Also, if you aren't very comfortable drilling holes in the roof of your truck (and working around the airbags) the install on a bolt on rack will cost as much as the rack. Juniper Overland here in Denver quoted 6 hours at $135/ hour to install a Victory for a crewmax. I looked at Hooke road stuff for awhile, before listening to all the feedback on them, they look like you get what you pay for (a front and rear bumper for $1k... probably not great quality or fitment.)

Spider No Drill Roof Rack (spiderroofrack.com)

 

Chinese steel = garbage
Chinese fitment = not even close
Chinese paint = rust right out of the box
Chinese packaging = missing and/or damaged parts
Chinese assembly = endless frustration
Chinese customer service = More frustration

Don't do it OP. Just don't

 

That Spider rack looks well thought out, other than not having the holes pre-drilled in the roof blocks, but that seems forgivable I suppose. They really should put the install manual on their website somewhere.

 

What lift and size tires are those!

 

I ordered a Rhino Rack Backbone and Pioneer platform for my CM. I believe they have a Backbone for the DC. The 60x56 platform is also on clearance at the moment on their website.

 

I would have a really hard time willingly drilling holes in the roof of my truck.

 

If you need a roof rack that bad I would get a sequoia. There is no way I would even consider drilling into my roof especially with all the airbag issues people have had. Have you considered a bed rack with a basket style or roof rack type platform?

 

First post needs a hearty welcome... Hearty welcome to the Tundra family... Nice 08 Rig...Any more pics of front and rear? Digging the headlights.

 

So buy a whole new vehicle that may not fit your needs because you are scared to drill a few holes?
Why not just do it right? Use drill bit stops, drop the headliner and use a joint knife below where holes are being drilled to protect anything that would react badly if a drill bit touched them.
The people that fuck up and damage stuff do it because they get in a hurry and don't think things through.