Found out that a Renogy Solar panel is perfect horizontally mounted on the roof of an XL. Used the beef bar towers on the sides (cut down slightly) and a small spacer between the panel and tower mount.
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so this set does not have the solar panel attached to the beef bar in any way , correct?
That is correct. Not attached to the beef bars. And it still sits below the height of the beef bars as well.
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very clean setup
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really like the pass through you have there
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Yeah I just hate the wires on the outside so tucked in them as far in the corner as possible.
A guy could also use the @jedgar brackets for this panel and achieve the same thing. Also be a lot less expensive for mounting if one has the beef bars 
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This is a very nice set up. Exactly what I’m looking for. Looks like the other solution posted here has the panel slightly above the rack. I do like the set up with the original bracket cut down. How did you purchase the side mounts only?
Thanks for taking the time to share
Perry G
Here is the link. They can be purchased via the spare parts on the GFC website.
Hey Josh, thank for the info I could not track it down on the web site. I do have a new V2 of the bars. They are great for carrying everything. I love this set up as my bars are set up fare appart to carry my Canoe. This allows me to place the panel without a bar.
Cheers,
PerryG
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Is there any reason not to use something like joining plates for 80/20? I probably wouldn’t trust them with as much load as the beef bars but for solar panels, mounted close to the roof with little lateral load, I’d think they’d be fine.
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For me it was for the aesthetics and I wanted the side plates to match my beef bars. Cleaner install was more important to me.
I’m sure a guy could make them work.
DHC_Josh, Could you please share your experience with the panel mounted this way? Have you had any issues? I would like to do something similar. I do not have beef rack bars, and I would prefer to mount a panel or two without them since I have no other need for the beef. I may get some heavy snow load on the panels, so I need them to be well supported. Are the frames of these panels strong enough to be supported only on the ends?