Date:         Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:59:30 -0800
Reply-To:     ".round.eye." <kite.wagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         ".round.eye." <kite.wagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: WTB Yakima Rack
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hey Tom - I have the Yakima gutter clamp racks on my 84, and theyre
okay, but definitely not great.  The clamp/tower assembly suggested by
Yakima for the V-Gon winds up putting your cross bar really high above
the vehicle roof, which ends up looking a little goofy, or you choose
the tower the next size down and the cross bar sits just barely above
the roof making cargo box mounting and tie down awkward.  Also, it
took me several tries to "tune" the clamp mechanism well enough to
establish a good non-wobbly clamp.  Could be a user issue rather than
product engineering but IMHO their clamping system could be improved.

Maybe Yakima has updated/improved these parts since i bought mine back
in 2002 (including finding the happy medium between too tall and too
short), but I would suggest looking into Thule racks as an alternative
to Yakima.


On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:25:37 -0800, Thomas Boyd <tomaboyd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am looking for a Yakima Rack for my 91 GL.  If anyone has one laying around they would like to part with, please let me know.
> 
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