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There have been a couple of threads on this topic in the past but I thought I would share my solution which I completed last night.
I'd looked around for Kayak handles but couldn't locate any locally. However I did find some "comfort grip" push bike grips in the local discount store for NZ$6.99 for two. These are symetrical high density foam. I located some 7/8 inch OD black plasic pipe and cut this to slightly shorter than the length of the foam grips so when the end caps were pushed on they sat hard up against the foam. I had to buy twice as many hand grips 'cause each on only came with one end cap
The end caps were drilled out with a 10mm drill to allow space for the 32mm wide nylon webbing to pass through. As others have discovered the mounting bolts for the speaker bar in the back of the 4 door JK are perfect for mounting the webbing straight to (just push a hole through the webbing with a Phillips head screw driver to preserve the integrity of the webbing. For the front passenger grip I took a turn around the roll bar, and through the inside of the two slot plastic buckle.
So far the finished product looks pretty stock and seems to do the job.
Sorry for the low quality phone camera photos, let me know if you woudl like better ones
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There have been a couple of threads on this topic in the past but I thought I would share my solution which I completed last night.
I'd looked around for Kayak handles but couldn't locate any locally. However I did find some "comfort grip" push bike grips in the local discount store for NZ$6.99 for two. These are symetrical high density foam. I located some 7/8 inch OD black plasic pipe and cut this to slightly shorter than the length of the foam grips so when the end caps were pushed on they sat hard up against the foam. I had to buy twice as many hand grips 'cause each on only came with one end cap
The end caps were drilled out with a 10mm drill to allow space for the 32mm wide nylon webbing to pass through. As others have discovered the mounting bolts for the speaker bar in the back of the 4 door JK are perfect for mounting the webbing straight to (just push a hole through the webbing with a Phillips head screw driver to preserve the integrity of the webbing. For the front passenger grip I took a turn around the roll bar, and through the inside of the two slot plastic buckle.So far the finished product looks pretty stock and seems to do the job.
Sorry for the low quality phone camera photos, let me know if you woudl like better ones
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