Reviews: Garvin Industries Roof Racks

This rack is Much sturdier then I had expected. Installation was straight forward. If you want your Jeep to be limitless in what you can do with it, this is the way to go. I was struggling with this rack and a competitors. Garvin made the decision easy with the better cost. I am very impressed with the build quality, and am happy I made the choice to go with Garvin.

This Garvin Wilderness Rack is a great addition to the JK Wrangler Jeep. #44002 are the bracket mounts sold directly by Garvin Wilderness to attach the Roto-Packs.

As any Jeeper knows, you never have enough room for all your gear. This was a much needed option for me and I have no regrets. I rarely take off the hardtop so direct mounting to the roof was right for me. This rack is very well made and I am pleased with the roof attachment design. It arrived very well packaged and required complete assembly which while a little time consuming, was very easy. All told, from box to completed installation was about 3-4 hours. Probably would have been a lot faster but for me, drilling holes through my hard top was a bit stressful and I was really taking my time. Measure it ten times and drill once was my motto. Regardless, there is a lot of adjustment room so the rail mounting needs not be perfect, I'm just picky. The only down side is wind noise. It's not terrible but it is there. I probably need to get a wind deflector for the front of the rack.

I am a Boy Scout leader and needed room to transport gear. The Expedition rack is large and strong enough to hold a lot of gear. It fits my needs very well. It took a friend and I about 4 hrs to install the rack. The instructions provided are pretty good. We did get a bit confused while mounting the rear brackets but after that all went well. To install this rack both rear lights and the license plate holder need to be removed. Several holes need to be drilled in the rear quarter panels but with a bit of thought it is simple enough. The materials of contruction and fit are excellent. This is a very well made rack. I have compared it to Smittybuilts and several other manufacturers since I installed this rack and am convinced I made the right call. The wind noise was louder than I expected. I also lost about 1.5 mpg. After several weeks I installed the wind deflector. I gained back the lost mpg and the noise was reduced to an acceptable level. My advice - buy the wind deflector. It is also well made and looks good too. If you install the wind deflector the rack light mounts will not fit. Instead I installed lights on either side of the windshield (KC sells the mounts) and am very pleased with them.

Most of the time all of my hunting and fishing gear fits inside my rubicon, when I take the wife, some stuff has to go outside. The rack makes it easier to take a friend. Just make sure it is waterproofed.

Bought this rack a year ago. Great Rack! We load it up with our camping gear almost every month. Works great. We routinely load it with around 300lbs of gear. When the rack is empty the wind noise is more of a low rumble so does not bother us. Since the rack attach points are at the lower windshield and above rear bumper that puts the load weight at lower center of gravity which helps better than with a rack that attaches to the top of roof. Quality paint and welds. Still looks brand new. 4WD did excellent installation.

I'm hard to impress, but this was very easy to install and looks great on my TJ LWB Ribicon. Adds a lot of options for hunting, camping, and carrying jacks, tools, and more lights. I haven't tried getting the top off yet with the rack on, but the extra time it will take is worth the extra storage capacity.

CARRIED WELL OVER THE RECOMMENDED LIMIT TRASHED IT HARD, AND BARELY SCRATCHES, BRICKS, RUMBLE. PROB HAVE OVER 400LB ON IT

This trail rack was just what I was looking for. I didn't want to put a swing out tire carrier on the wrangler Rubicon. Strong enough for holding extra fuel. Even works with the CB bracket still mounted on the tire carrier! A bit pricey but well-built and designed. Garvin does also make to fit the rack a CB bracket to get the antenna up higher but I like it low just over the roof.

Work with the Ironman4x4 awning. Installed it on my Nissam Xterra 2015

The shipment arrived promptly it's the Box and continents were OK The only thing I did not like was the requirement of contacting the Carrier for shipment to schedule a date for shipping. Was a little phone tag to contact them. Otherwise the item was easily put together in an hour with installation on the vehicle.

I'm giving this 5 stars because it looks really awesome and was pretty easy to install with the right tools. Haven't had it long enough to put much weight on it and see how well it actually works.

Took 5 hours to install, didn't swear once. Instructions are well laid out, all small parts very well labelled. Really well constructed, fits beautifully and is overbuilt.

Solid rack, but very heavy. Mine is mounted to my 2019 JL 2 Door. The selection of accessories is minimal at the moment. It would be nice if there were additional mounting accessories, but overall, I'm very happy with the purchase.

Great looking rack, rugged, strong and installed quickly by the skilled and talented team at 4 wheel parts in Colorado Springs

bought this a few months ago and it is an amazing roof rack. Best feature is the fact that it tilts back so I can still take my soft top down in the summer. The rack gives a lot of leeway to mess up so it's super easy to install. the only issue is that when installing the rear lower bracket the instruction says to drill the hole 2'' from the bottom of the tub but I would suggest drilling them slightly lower, maybe 1/16 of an inch or a couple of milemeters.

Great product, looks great on Jeep. Just know that if you have an OEM full bumper, you’ll need to remove bumper for install. Very pleased with the rack, high quality.

This product was easy to install by myself. I have aftermarket rear bumpers so it makes the brackets easier to install. Give yourself a few hours and you should be able to knock this out.

Nice rack, take your time, read the instructions twice. I laid out all the bolts before assembly. I sealed the bolts top and bottom to ensure no leaks. I took it out for a ride and no noise whatsoever. I did buy the air blade as well.

This is a very sturdy rack and I am pleased with it for the most part. It had a lot of dings and marring on the metal.The directions were not great. I had to find a video on YouTube. And I definitely recommend putting locktite on the rails, they vibrate loose if you don’t.