As many of the E-Series Tower owners are aware, they only came with wakeboard racks. I considered purchasing aftermarket fingers and just bolting them up, but myself and others are weary of throwing expensive custom boards in hard plastic/Aluminum racks.
Sooo...I made my own out of the original wakeboard rack and added the most protection possible. Here is what I did for others wanting to something with maximum protection for high end boards.
Started by cutting out the middle finger and the old hooks off the outer fingers
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From there it allows for a 1" ID PVC pipe (12" long) to fit over the outer fingers. (It will be snug fit)
After taking some measurements from current surf racks on the market, I needed to reduce the distance so I stepped it up and slid a 1.5 OD PVC on the bottoms finger only over the 1" ID pipe to make it a little bigger and more robust.
I then purchased surfboard 18" rack pads that are designed to fit on roof racks. Slight modification to allow for it to fit over the PVC. Then had some spare Seadek laying around that I used to wrap around the center of the gap for the board rail to rest against. (Not shown in photo)
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After all was said and done it cost me $80 to do both sides. The fit is snug for SoulCraft boards and doesn't require any straps or bungees to hold in place.
Sooo...I made my own out of the original wakeboard rack and added the most protection possible. Here is what I did for others wanting to something with maximum protection for high end boards.
Started by cutting out the middle finger and the old hooks off the outer fingers
IMG_0496.jpg
From there it allows for a 1" ID PVC pipe (12" long) to fit over the outer fingers. (It will be snug fit)
After taking some measurements from current surf racks on the market, I needed to reduce the distance so I stepped it up and slid a 1.5 OD PVC on the bottoms finger only over the 1" ID pipe to make it a little bigger and more robust.
I then purchased surfboard 18" rack pads that are designed to fit on roof racks. Slight modification to allow for it to fit over the PVC. Then had some spare Seadek laying around that I used to wrap around the center of the gap for the board rail to rest against. (Not shown in photo)
IMG_0493.jpgIMG_0495.jpgIMG_0494.jpg
After all was said and done it cost me $80 to do both sides. The fit is snug for SoulCraft boards and doesn't require any straps or bungees to hold in place.
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