HAHA!! I'd rather attract the type of girls that ride and find function over form in a vehicle rather than some donut-muncher who gets hot seeing hack-sawed springs and a type-R sticker on the back of something.

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Hey I have a Yakima Rack that is on my Subaru Forester XT (turbo) and I just need the conversion pieces for a TC.. Does anyone have some real closeup shots so that I can see what I need. This is the rack that I have.

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Honestly, I think this is one of the dumbest statements I have ever read.

I could give a rats ___ about what other people thought of what and whatnot I have on my car.

It's your money, spend whichever way you want.

I dont think it takes away from the looks of the tC , I am not sayin it adds to it . But I woudl be nervous about putting a bike or anything for that matter on top of my car , ugh one slip up and you got serious scratches if not dents . But more power to ya bud

it looks atrocious, but whatever...

or a shattered roof!

"so u can tote dumb bikes around?"


dumb bikes!? hey you're dumb. BMX rules, i'm not getting a roof rack but i'm just going to lay down my back seats and put my bike in. if my bike fits in a lancer's trunk, it'll fit in a tC. plus my bike cost way more than that bike rack, i'd only trust something to hold my bike if i see it's value is more than my bike, that includes people.

I dont think he cares about what the car looks like with the rack on top. He needs to haul his bikes, i do the same but did not go that route (i use the wifes car). I actually think it looks cool. I like the look of function over form in most cases. You all need to stop caring about others car and respect others for what they have and what they do. I doubt he feels like getting bossed around by a bunch of people.

I think it looks good and nice bike! I am wanting to get a road bike really bad but they are reaaally pricey!

As of right now I put my 20" bike in the back of my tC. I would get a Yak rack in a heartbeat if it was not so expensive. (Regardless of what the no tC having **** talkers think)

For all you people who say it LOOKS bad...

Do you really think he's doing it for looks???
Take your head out of your a** and use your brain.

to be honest, I have no idea what pieces are needed, think I only got a clip for the back, other than that it fit fine. give yak a call and they should be able to help you out (there's a specific tC kit). I ended up hacksawing off 1/2" or so of the rear bolts and got rid of the plastic wingnuts in favor of normal nuts and sunroof opens fine, loads of clearance. little noisy, though, and gas mileage definitely suffers.

and no, I don't really care what people think as far as looks are concerned. ITS A CAR PEOPLE!! Even moreso, it's a CHEAP CAR! Putting a bike rack on a ferrari is a crime, and should be punished. Putting a bike rack on a 16k tC shows that Scion is hitting its target demographics and that the vehicle will actually be used to go and have fun.

When I see roof racks on cars, first thing that pops in my head is that the guy is HOTTT...Come on ladies...all that biking usually equals hard bodies and stamina...lol Anywayz, It's pretty sweet....you thinkin of painting it??[/quote]

My kind of girl!!

Nah, not painting it, only addition was a decal about the size of the Yakima of the company I work for, Iron Horse on the opposite side. Don't think it really needs to get painted as the black on the fairing matches the black on the sunroof...

(and why did this get moved??)

Dear God... please don't let me see threads I posted in a year ago...

lol... hahaha ahaha Like blowing the embers of a dead fire.

It got moved into drag coefficient because that rack anchors your car down aerodynamically... giving it a coefficient of nearly 0 or 9,999,999 depending on what you're measuring. Trust me, I took math in college.

Are we all supposed to know that if we took math in college? Yikes...

Definitely... I mean, if you were even at class...

So, does the hatch open with a bike on it? What about without a bike?

I would buy it if it wasn't so much $$$

wow, went back to this thread for the pics and realized someone left me a question. ooops.

hatch opens fine with or without a bike on it, with my long DH bike the tire rubs the hatch window on full open, but that's not really an issue. just need to close the hatch before taking the bike off.