...and here is what I did:
1) I bought the Coleman Safari Rack (thanks for the tip, Etlsport!). However, with our stock Yakima rack, the mount points didn't quite line up with the Coleman rack, so I had to shorten the tubes by 3/4 of an inch. Now it fits perfectly, and was a h3ll of a lot cheaper than the Yakima or Thule basket.
2) Finished installing Tone's frame mounted hitch receiver and wiring harness. What a BEOTCH, but it looks sweet! Thanks Tone!
3) Bought a ScanGuage II from Tone also, and embedded it below the lower DIN slot. It looks REALLY good sunk in here, and fits totally solid. I cut the rectangular slot out with my Dremel, making the project pretty easy. But, the Dremel left the opening a little rough around the edges. I took some black rubber tubing I found at Home Depot in the plumbing section and split it down the side to make a little "frame" for the top, if you will. But I am not to happy with that either. Do any of you have any ideas for an actual frame or some sort of trim that would work here? I want to finish it off nice and make it look more stock.
I also made some time this lazy Sunday morning to update my VX Madness site, so check the pics and mods sections for some new stuff.
Thanks,
Bart
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