Transport your surfboard, SUP, skis, kayak, lumber, or whatever your adventurous heart desires, securely using these aerodynamic foam pads that perfectly fit the Front Runner rack slats or load bars.
Don’t risk your expensive and fragile cargo on unpadded bars. Protect against dings and scratches so you can adventure worry free.
- Quickly attach or remove the pads with the heavy-duty Velcro closure system.
- Pads secure around any standard Rack Slat or Load Bar.
- For use at the front or rear on the Combined Slat of a Front Runner Rack, secure the pads using Black Tie Down Rings / Eye Nuts - SOLD SEPARATELY.
- Use Stratchits or other tie down straps to quickly and easily tie-down your gear. Stratchits are SOLD SEPARATELY.
- Firm foam for long-lasting reliability.
- Wide 24 inch / 61 cm pads for a range of uses and extra protection.
- Made with water resistant and durable outdoor grade fabrics.
- Set of 2 comes with nylon mesh bag for neat organization when not in use.
- Can adjust to fit many other factory racks and load bars.
Note: This product is not compatible with Slimsport rack kit range.
FrontRunner Outfitters
Travel. Dream. Design. Build. Test. Evolve. Repeat.
Legend has it that Front Runner was conceived between a 1988 Land Cruiser 70 and a 1992 Mercedes G-Wagen in Botswana, around a campfire, near a majestic Baobab, amongst elephant tracks, by a handful of friends from South Africa with backgrounds in engineering, design, manufacturing and off-road racing. After suffering through numerous equipment failures on their expeditions around the world, they decided to take their shared passion for vehicle based adventure travel and dream up new, smart gear and build it stronger than… well, as they put it, “stronger than the elephants at the watering hole 1 klick over.”
And just like that, before the moon gave way to the sun, we were born.
With the gruelling African bush as a testing ground, we at Front Runner focused on a tough love approach to developing products. With both feet facing the future and little sentimentally for mediocre ideas of the past – common approaches to off-road vehicle product design were quickly jettisoned in favor of innovation, new materials, and superior manufacturing practices.
Today our products have a well deserved reputation (if we don’t say so ourselves) for quality, intelligent design, and durability. Our manufacturing facility just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa features in house laser cutting, bending and powder coating. Our CAD designed products by a team of engineers and built by skilled craftsman in our ISO-9001 : 2015 Certified factory.
Our roof racks, water tanks, tents, awnings, drawer systems and camping accessories are enjoyed, used and abused around the world by casual campers, the U.N., overlanders, NGOs, outdoor enthusiasts and extreme athletes.
That's our origin story. Share it with your friends and family. Around a campfire. And for full effect, make sure you’re sitting in our chairs, by our tents, with our roof racks on your vehicles. Just sayin’.
