Driving Line VOLUME IV ISSUE 4 | FALL 2018 | Page 25

PRINSU DESIGN STUDIOS TOPRAC
Story and Photos by Ali Mansour
If you’ve followed our ’08 Toyota Tacoma build over to Moab, Utah, for the annual Easter Jeep Safari, we other bulky steel roof racks on the market, PrinSu offers
the years, you’ve likely seen the truck progress from a installed a CX series bed cover from A.R.E. Since we low-profile aluminum racks that are functional and
more crawler-centric build into the expedition one that opted for the roof-mounted track system, we also had room stylish. For our Tacoma’s 5-foot bed, something as
it is today. As more long-distance trips become the to expand our gear-holding capabilities. simple as a roof rack means we can haul more toys
norm and camping becomes a common occurrence,
and gear with us as we like. While you can see the
we’ve adapted the truck to better fit our needs. Just To take full advantage of our new bedcover, we
before taking off for our 5,000-mile round-trip adventure picked up a Toprac from PrinSu Design Studio. Unlike
full install video and article at drivingline.com, we’re
hitting on the highlights here.
For when we want to haul around our Cascadia Vehicle Tent, we simply
attach PrinSu’s low-profile mounting feet. These bolt to the crossbars and
can be added with the rack on the truck by removing the crossbar bolts on
one side. While installing the tent on the roof is a two-person job, bolting it
up only takes about 15 minutes. For the price and quality of the rack, we’re
extremely happy. The fact that we can now quickly and easily set up camp
in remote places is wonderful. On a more practical front, having a place to
secure larger items such as our bikes has been great. Even making a quick
lumber run is now much easier.
The crossbars offer two channels on the top and one per side, giving you plenty
of options to mount accessories. These bolt to the 3 / 16 -inch 5052 laser-cut aluminum
side rails, making for an extremely rigid yet lightweight setup. To secure the rack to
the A.R.E. top, PrinSu sends threaded rail inserts that simply slide into the channels.
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