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Posted by John Davies (more from John Davies) on Sat, 15 Jun 2002 11:26:20 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: roof boxes, NancyD, Sat, 15 Jun 2002 09:05:55
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What do you mean by the "best" roof box? You can buy a beautiful color-matched PackaSport box for $800 or more - that is certainly best in my opinion.

If you have a realistic money limit, I suggest you stick with Thule or Yakima. (Don't go with some minor brand sold in discount stores.) They both have a wide variety of plastic boxes that will fit your car. I really like the Yak stuff - I have 48 inch round bars mounted on my '01 Aero Wagon using Yakima rail mounts. They are very solid.

http://www.yakima.com/products/dynamic/8000118_7.html

Be aware that if you want to add a (necessary!) fairing and still be able to open your sunroof, you have to mount the bars well back, which will cause interference problems between a really long (ski-type) box and the rear hatch. I had to drill new mounting holes in my 10 cu ft SpaceBooster to move it forward about 8 inches because of this.

Yakima stuff is rarely discounted more than 10%, and shipping costs are high, so you really need to buy from a local shop. REI does have occasional 20% off sales, but they have just finished their Spring one.

These links may help you decide:

http://www.yakima.com/

http://www.thuleracks.com/thule/default.asp

http://www.sportsrack.com/ (They have stores across the USA.)

http://www.rackzone.com/Rackzone/index.icl?orderidentifier=ID1024154551953440C39 (Mail order)

http://www.packasport.com/

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