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I bought the Saab roof bars to use on my 03 Aero. I've used them for two years and I don't like them. They are black metal with a couple of small dowel-like things that fit into holes in the roof above the doors.
The tightening mechanism on these bars is pretty poor. You turn an allen-head bolt, which is supposed to cinch the footpads in. It's way too easy to over-tighten, which will punch through the weak, cheap plastic bar caps. I've had to dismantle the things and kind of jerry-rig new cap ends from big metal washers, which works better.
I find the bars also creak and groan under load. In my case the load is a 17-pound bike -- not that much. I wish I had bought some other rack with a different mounting system.
posted by 72.1.169...
Posts in this Thread:
- Saab roof racks, KKAero, Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:12:21
- Re: Saab roof racks, Arc Wagon, Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:17:53
- Re: Saab roof racks, JeffSm, Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:15:20
- Re: Saab roof racks, Davecl
, Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:44:04 <-- Viewing This Message - Re: Saab roof racks, Allan, Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:06:58
- Re: Saab roof racks, westernny, Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:05:54
- Re: Saab roof racks, Ian Glenday
, Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:53:46
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