What are you going to put up there? If your going to boats up there get the longer ones. My $0.02
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:10:42 -0500, Jean-Pierre Le Cruguel <jlecruguel@aei.ca> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have the opportunity to get a cheap Thule roof rack. > I am trying to find the optimal lenght for the bar. > I do not find what I am looking for in the archives. > I have some gutter mounts, drilled into the pop top. > From the dimensions > (http://www.members.shaw.ca/bilbo/van%20diagrams.html), width goes from > 154 cm (60inches) to 180cm (71in). > Gutter to gutter is close to 60. > I guess the 58 bars are too short or it will barely make it (I think > Thule has 50,53,58 and 70 inches bars, (and smaller ones too)). > Has anyone tried 58' bars on gutters or poptop? is that long enough? > Just wondering about the extra-room (nice to handle my luggage box on > one side and windsurfing boards on the other) on the westy and the > compatibility with my passat (70' will be too wide). > > JP > Just found one of my old post on this in the archive > http://www.thuleracks.com/thule/fg_vehicle.asp > Thule says 58 will fit... > |
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