It's possible this applies to earlier model years since I don't know when Ford last redesigned the roof rack mounting points.
I just put a ladder up on the roof today and did a 5 minute measure job, so the results are very sketchy and I'll certainly be improving them after exposing the threaded holes and doing further tests with temporary jibs and other measuring placeholders.
But before I go down that route, has anyone already measured this out? Or does Ford provide this somewhere? I'd be really nice to have a just a simple drawing that shows all of the exact dimensions. The 2020 BEMM provides some details, but not the layout (e.g. exact spacing between the center of the bolt holes, side to side, and front to back). A quick examination also reveals extra mounting points that are close together, with a total of three at the very front driver and passenger sides, and another three at the rear.
Here's what the 2020 BEMM has on page 219:
5.12.2 Roof Racks and Load Carriers
NOTE: The number of load retaining fixtures vary
depending on the vehicle.
• Ideally, the bearing surface of the roof rack
attached should be the same as the
reinforcement inside the roof, see figure
E176163, item 7 and dimensions X,Y and r
• Ensure sealing of surfaces, for example: with
EPDM rubber material or equivalent and ensure
sealing along the bolt for preventing water
ingress into the interior of the vehicle, see figure
E176163 items 3 and 5
• The thread size is M8. The maximum intrusion
of the M8 bolt into the roof is 16mm/0.62 inch,
see 'A' in figure E176163
• Load not to exceed 79.3kg (175lbs) at individual
attachment points for local durability
• Load not to exceed 190kg (420lbs) total for
roof structure durability
• Refer to: 1.12 Load Distribution (page 20).
For guidance on center of gravity
• When removing the roof rack ensure holes are
properly sealed with sealing plugs or equivalent
water tight elements
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And just to give an example, here are the rough measurements I just took which are almost certainly off a bit, but they're enough for me to start estimating the lengths of materials I'll need, and doing some basic "this will/won't work" estimations.
Measured from rearmost outermost driver's side mounting point and moving forward, distance between points:
~0" (outer row)
~20.5" (outer row)
~39" (outer row)
~29" (outer row)
Side to side between the outer row mounting points only (not the odd extra ones at front/rear):
~54.5"
These two numbers just give me a ballpark sense of whether my rack will be physically above some part of the roof itself or pushing out beyond the edges:
Max roof length: ~112" between inside edge of raised portion of antenna and rear edge of roof (longer at roof center)
Max roof width: ~68.5"
Cheers.
Btw, here's a photo of those three frontmost driver's side mounting points. Ignore the tape measure, it's not relevant to anything here:
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I just put a ladder up on the roof today and did a 5 minute measure job, so the results are very sketchy and I'll certainly be improving them after exposing the threaded holes and doing further tests with temporary jibs and other measuring placeholders.
But before I go down that route, has anyone already measured this out? Or does Ford provide this somewhere? I'd be really nice to have a just a simple drawing that shows all of the exact dimensions. The 2020 BEMM provides some details, but not the layout (e.g. exact spacing between the center of the bolt holes, side to side, and front to back). A quick examination also reveals extra mounting points that are close together, with a total of three at the very front driver and passenger sides, and another three at the rear.
Here's what the 2020 BEMM has on page 219:
5.12.2 Roof Racks and Load Carriers
NOTE: The number of load retaining fixtures vary
depending on the vehicle.
• Ideally, the bearing surface of the roof rack
attached should be the same as the
reinforcement inside the roof, see figure
E176163, item 7 and dimensions X,Y and r
• Ensure sealing of surfaces, for example: with
EPDM rubber material or equivalent and ensure
sealing along the bolt for preventing water
ingress into the interior of the vehicle, see figure
E176163 items 3 and 5
• The thread size is M8. The maximum intrusion
of the M8 bolt into the roof is 16mm/0.62 inch,
see 'A' in figure E176163
• Load not to exceed 79.3kg (175lbs) at individual
attachment points for local durability
• Load not to exceed 190kg (420lbs) total for
roof structure durability
• Refer to: 1.12 Load Distribution (page 20).
For guidance on center of gravity
• When removing the roof rack ensure holes are
properly sealed with sealing plugs or equivalent
water tight elements
And just to give an example, here are the rough measurements I just took which are almost certainly off a bit, but they're enough for me to start estimating the lengths of materials I'll need, and doing some basic "this will/won't work" estimations.
Measured from rearmost outermost driver's side mounting point and moving forward, distance between points:
~0" (outer row)
~20.5" (outer row)
~39" (outer row)
~29" (outer row)
Side to side between the outer row mounting points only (not the odd extra ones at front/rear):
~54.5"
These two numbers just give me a ballpark sense of whether my rack will be physically above some part of the roof itself or pushing out beyond the edges:
Max roof length: ~112" between inside edge of raised portion of antenna and rear edge of roof (longer at roof center)
Max roof width: ~68.5"
Cheers.
Btw, here's a photo of those three frontmost driver's side mounting points. Ignore the tape measure, it's not relevant to anything here:
