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Old Aug 8, 2019 | 10:31 AM
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Anyone know of a US based distributor for LeTech’s roof rack that is cheaper than VikingOffRoad’s 7k+ price tag? G63 specific.

I found a California based company that supposedly fabricates the racks in house for about $4500 but they listed “Eurocar” as the brand. From what I gathered, Eurocar is a China based manufacturer, in which case I’d just chance the 3k price tag vs the CA company.
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Anyone know of a US based distributor for LeTech’s roof rack that is cheaper than VikingOffRoad’s 7k+ price tag? G63 specific.

I found a California based company that supposedly fabricates the racks in house for about $4500 but they listed “Eurocar” as the brand. From what I gathered, Eurocar is a China based manufacturer, in which case I’d just chance the 3k price tag vs the CA company.
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Originally Posted by SLWWGN
Anyone know of a US based distributor for LeTech’s roof rack that is cheaper than VikingOffRoad’s 7k+ price tag? G63 specific.

I found a California based company that supposedly fabricates the racks in house for about $4500 but they listed “Eurocar” as the brand. From what I gathered, Eurocar is a China based manufacturer, in which case I’d just chance the 3k price tag vs the CA company.

Is your application the G463 A? '19+? If so, Viking's price on the Letech is quite a bit less than the G463 pre '18, quote, "The roof rack is $4,223.34. Ladder: $483.60" Possibly because it is a more efficient design than the old one which mounted to the rain gutters.
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Is your application the G463 A? '19+? If so, Viking's price on the Letech is quite a bit less than the G463 pre '18, quote, "The roof rack is $4,223.34. Ladder: $483.60" Possibly because it is a more efficient design than the old one which mounted to the rain gutters.
Unfortunately it’s for a 2017. I did have some luck with a couple of fabrication places. They basically can mimic a similar design as LeTech for about half the price. I’m likely to just go that route.
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if you find a good manufacturer I'd be interested in a rack/ ladder....
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if you find a good manufacturer I'd be interested in a rack/ ladder....
I’ll post here once I hear back from the two fabrication companies. One is Lyfe Motorsports out in Utah and the other is Lake West Fabrication in Wisconsin. The Baja ladder design seems to be the best out of all the options out there though.

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I’ll post here once I hear back from the two fabrication companies. One is Lyfe Motorsports out in Utah and the other is Lake West Fabrication in Wisconsin. The Baja ladder design seems to be the best out of all the options out there though.
Did you ever hear back from them?
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