Warrior 879 User Manual

Protecting Your Adventure Lifestyle

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QUALITY • INTEGRITY • INNOVATION • SERVICE

Warrior Products, Inc.

16850 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd

Ste. A

Durham, OR 97224

Phone [phone]

Fax [phone]

[e-mail]

JK WRANGLER/UNLIMITED SAFARI SPORT RACK

INSTALLATION SHEET

WAR 877 & 879

Important Notes:

1. Due to welding, handling, shipping, etc., the Light Bar legs may need to be “adjusted” slightly (bent in or out)
to fit correctly. A small amount of twisting will not hurt the bar. Be careful not to scratch the paint as you install
the legs.

2. The nut plates on some Jeep windshields may come loose when both bolts are removed at the same time.
Loosen both bolts, remove one, install bracket with one bolt, spin out of the way and remove other bolt. Try to
keep one bolt engaged through the windshield at all times.

3. You will likely need a second person to assist you in some parts of this installation, as the racks are very large
and difficult to handle alone.

4. Some customers have experienced excessive sway in the rear of their rack when loaded. This is caused by the
overly thin body panels on the new Wranglers, and unfortunately all of our attempts to brace the legs from the
inside have proven unsuccessful. We do however recommend that you use one of our 920A series corner plates
to help reinforce your rack.

Kit Contents:

Item

Qty

Item

Qty

869 Front Hoop

1

870 Rear Hoop

1

Front Hoop Bracket
LH

1

Rear Leg LH

1

Front Hoop Bracket
RH

1

Rear Leg RH

1

Cargo Basket (880 or

881)

1

_” Snapper Pins

4

8mm Stainless Allen
Bolts

4

5/16” x 2” Bolt

10

5/16” x 1 Bolt

6

5/16” Hex Nut

16

5/16” Flat Washer

16

5/16 Lock Washer

16

1/4" x 1-1/4" Bolt

4

1/4" Flat Washer

8

1/4" Nyloc Nut

4

Phase 1: Front Hoop Installation

1. Remove the 2 screws on the upper outboard side of the drivers side windshield hinge and install the

supplied mounting brackets to these mounting holes using the supplied Allen-head hardware. Leave bolts
loosely attached. Repeat for the passenger side hinge as well.

2. Lift the front hoop into place and slide onto the loosely mounted brackets. The light tabs should be

pointing forward.

Protecting Your Adventure Lifestyle

========================================================================================

QUALITY • INTEGRITY • INNOVATION • SERVICE

Warrior Products, Inc.

16850 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd

Ste. A

Durham, OR 97224

Phone [phone]

Fax [phone]

[e-mail]

3. Tighten the 4 Allen-head bolts that you used to mount the front hoop brackets in step 1. Finish this step

by installing the _” snapper pins supplied in the kit. For a more permanent install we recommend the use
of the included _” x 1 _” bolts, washers, and Nyloc nuts.

4. Lift the basket into place on top of the vehicle. You may need assistance to complete the rest of this

installation. Slide basket into place so that the small mounting tabs wrap around the 1” tube of the front
hoop.

Phase 2: Rear Hoop Installation

1. Remove taillights. This is done by removing the 2 screws at the inner top and bottom corners of the tail

lights. The outer 2 screws can remain attached. Slide the tail light out of place and unplug. Set aside.

2. Align the driver side leg so that the radius cut portion of the rear mount bracket sits up next to the curve

of the gas tank filler opening. Align the oval front mount bracket so that the top edge of the plate aligns
with the beveled body line just below where the vehicles top meets the tub. This will be where your rear
leg is mounted. Take mental note of its location and proceed to step 3.

3. Using masking tape (we recommend blue painters masking tape) tape off the areas behind where you just

aligned the leg. This will protect the paint and metal during drilling.

4. Align the leg into place a second time. Use a fine tip marker to mark the 5 holes in the mounting

brackets. Make sure there is tape behind the areas you are marking.

5. Drill the 3 rear most holes to 3/8” diameter thru the outermost body layer only. Drill the 2 front most

holes to the same size. If you push the drill into the second body layer, this will make a divot, so you can
see the location of some inner layer access holes you will have to drill next.

6. Using a 1” hole saw, you will need to drill from the inside of the Jeep through the inner layer of the body.

This allows you an access point to get tools onto the mounting hardware used to mount the front bracket.
Simply peel back the carpet inside to see where these holes will be coming through. These will not be
visible once finished, as the carpet will hide the holes.

7. At this point, you should have 5 holes at 3/8” diameter drilled through the outer layer of the body, and 2

holes at 1” diameter through the inside layer of the body.

8. You will now need to repeat this step for the passenger side. However on the passenger side, you do not

have a gas tank filler to reference in locating the leg. You will need to take great care in making sure that
this leg sits in the same spot as the driver side leg. This can be done by taking measurements from the
holes you drilled for the driver side leg.

9. At this point you should have all the required mounting holes drilled for the rear legs. Remove the

masking tape at this time. Warrior recommends that in order to protect these holes, you use a small touch
up paint kit from Jeep to repaint the holes. This will help deter rusting. You can further the protection to
these holes by applying some RTV style silicone sealant around the surface of the holes.

10. Slide rear hoop into the small mounting tabs on the cargo basket, oriented so that the light tabs point to

the rear of the vehicle. This step may be much easier with an assistant. With the hoop in place on the
basket, lift the hoop into place and slide onto the top of the legs. Finish this step by inserting the supplied
_” snapper pins or _” hardware into the holes where the legs and hoop meet.

Phase 3: Finishing Cargo Basket Install Steps

1. The last step of this process is to secure the basket to the hoops. Start by making sure your basket is

centered on the hoops from side to side.

2. There are 6 mounting tabs that hold the rack to the hoops. They reside 3 in the front and 3 in the rear.

With the basket located where you want it to sit, mark the hoops where the 3 mount tabs meet. A silver
marker or silver pencil works well for this.