implayaz9

Wanna see some Roof Racks!!! Post em up with Specs!!! i.e. Brand name etc.

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cierrecart

Yakima.
When I first put it on. Looks quite different now though.

silverevo05

iTrader: (1)

Looks different how

Good or bad???????

Anyhow I've read Yakima racks are better for the xb than the thule but I see thule everywhere and have no Idea why if te Yakimas are better

cierrecart

Wheels, vent visors, smoked sidemarkers, front plate, lots of new stuff on the rack etc.



I prefer Yakima because of the round bars. The rectangular bars on the Thule stuff tend sag over time. Plus, with the round bars you can rotate stuff like ski button downs back so they provide less resistance.

SquallLHeart

yeah.. i just helped a buddy install a Yakima rack yesterday on his xB... just bought the necessary individual parts and put it together.

looks pretty sweet... we set the back bar back further so he'd have more room for the big boxes he needs to have.. followed necessary directions, and came out looking nice

will try to get pictures of it the next time i see him.

Bossman

Ah yah the Yakima....I'm going to be taking a surf class at my college next semester and Im going to need a rack. Im just bummed that there really isn't a 'secure' locking mechanism for surf boards, only tie downs and from what I have read- no one is really fond of them on their xB. If only they had the same 'clamp' just as the snowboards do. Any help for a good surf board holder would be killer. thanks
-G.

cierrecart

The only company that makes a locking surfboard holder is RV Inno, but as far as I know, it only works with their system.

1epoXyBox

Here ya go:



Yakima Rack. The board is nicely secured by rack pads bought off ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/CAR-OR-SUV-RACK-...QQcmdZViewItem

Bossman

^^^ very awesome! thats what Im gonna need next semester. Now these straps though, anyone can un-do them correct? Im wanting one that locks just to make sure it's not stolen. Hell I live in OC but everyone likes to steal yet they're filthy rich

1epoXyBox

^^^^^^Unfortunately, they cannot be locked. Even if it did lock, they can still cut the straps.

lowbox

here are some pics of the one i made, you will have to scroll down past the VW stuff to see them http://asthewrenchturns.blogspot.com/

Reactor

To LOWBOX: Very boxy rack! Nothing wrong with giving the box a little bit of the VW touch. Nice.

ignatiusaids0o

I ordered my Thule rack about 2 days ago. Oh yes the pics will be up shortly

bkelly23

Man, I love Racks on Boxes.

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RedneckwithanxB

imlookin tocustom fit a safari rack from a wrangler up there because of my second job... i do construction with my dad...

Jessicagmz

Love this pic

silverevo05

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Does anyone put the fairings on their racks.

I read it makes alot of wind noise without the fairings

GreenEnvy06

Yakima.

HoTBoX009

ignatiusaids0o

I've got more pictures but I'm impatient.

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