i had thought about getting this for a long time, as a place to mount gauges because i didn't want to drill into the dash. So, i finally got it.
It was about $98 after shipping. The actual price is $79. It took over a week to receive it even though it was listed in stock. The packing was very good though. i guess i am not allowed to say where i got it from, but it's pretty easy to figure out where as there are only a few places carrying it. If you need to know specifically where, i can email you. The company the makes it is Vertically Driven Products which i think is a good company but they don't sell direct. Here is their website:
http://www.vdpusa.com/Actually, now that i think of it $20 shipping is too high as the shelf is light.
The first thing is that i had to slightly bend the brackets with a crescent wrench to line up with the holes in the self. This
MIGHT be due to the fact that the shelf shows signs of being previously installed. Some of the surface area appears that bolts were already installed---the shelf has a sort of sprayed on felt/velvet surface and one of the screw holes appears that a bolt was installed. i
CANNOT absolutely confirm that the shelf was previously installed---it may have been a test at the factory.
After the shelf was installed in place it appears to be sturdy and able to carry a lot of junk up there. The shelf is a decent gauge thickness to give enough strength yet still remain light.
1) Now, the first problem is that the stock visors do not work with the stock review mirror. i accidentally broke mine off the adhesive mount when adjusting it to try to work with the visors and will have to re-attach, but trust me----they won't work together; With the shelf you now have to fold them forward instead of backwards. And the visors now contact the windshield.
a) You could angle the visors a little back, but then it blocks the view of the mirror a little.
b) You could fold them backwards, but now they are too close to your head and affect the view.
c) You could try visors from a smaller gm vehicle. i don't want to do that. Also, even though i don't hardly use the visors i don't like the idea of leaving them off.
d) Even IF the visors work with the rearview mirror OR you want to leave the rearview mirror off, the visors are now lower and kind of affect the view. Also, as you can see the visors don't have the snap-in clip things so that kind of sag a little which further adds to the problem.
2) If you are a taller person---say over 5'10" you might very probably have visibility issues as the shelf, even without the visors, really lowers the roof-line and makes it seem like you are driving a car---which in itself is not a bad thing, but if you are taller it's probably a problem. i think the first 2 pictures really illustrate this.
3) It also comes with "Rifle-it" which is a strap that allows you to carry a rifle up there. i don't own a rifle so i can't test that function.
So i would say that if you are willing to leave the visors off or try different visors, then the product is ok for storing things and is sturdy. Unfortunately i can only give it a 2.5-3 stars out of 5 stars.
Here are a few other reviews and i wish i had read them before buying it:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?100294-Overhead-shelf-from- http://www.jcwhitney.com/shelf-it-overhead-storage-shelf/p2017549.jcwxhttp://reviews.cabelas.com/8815/523045/rifle-it-shelf-it-console-reviews/reviews.htm?sort=submissionTime&dir=ascIf you have any specific questions or need measurements i can try to provide them.
Unfortunately, i don't think i can use it because it did not turn out as i envisioned. This has inspired me to finally do the center gauge console. i know i say i'm going to do this or that and it doesn't get done. But this WILL get done.
i'm thinking of proposing that we might have some sort of raffle---where whoever donates or becomes a site supporter to the site is entered and then we have a drawing. i would send it to Chris and then he sends it to whoever wins. But we can talk more about that later.
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