Cowboy Dave wrote:Yep and you'd be right. The others then read the other bloke who posted today and somehow thought you were replying to him. Plenty of people manage to get confussed around here.
justin wrote:Hi All, just a quick one in regards to the thule/genuine roof rack as I scored a pair off a mate. Where they clamp onto the door sill should there be a piece of foam/rubber to stop them damaging the paint work as there is nothing at the moment and I cannot see any residue from anything being there before?
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GLX58 wrote:justin wrote:Hi All, just a quick one in regards to the thule/genuine roof rack as I scored a pair off a mate. Where they clamp onto the door sill should there be a piece of foam/rubber to stop them damaging the paint work as there is nothing at the moment and I cannot see any residue from anything being there before?
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Hi guys. Have searched for similar threads and can't find anything so as this is the most relevant and similar to what I'm doing/needing thought it might be ok to post here?
Have a query re: factory racks. Have a set on my new triton and unfortunately have had issues so am wondering if others have had similar.
While the stealer has actually been very good up to the moment with this and another small issue it is clear their aftermarket fitters are muppets or did a rush job on my car.
After 2 months (only used with weight 3 times) my factory racks slid down the roof last week, leaving two small scratches and two 20cm long black scuff marks . Needless to say I was unimpressed....
Like the OP I sometimes (very frequent in summer) carry a kayak (well within the 50kg limit). Funnily enough the racks slid with no weight at all on them. I have recently driven a dirt road (not that long and quite smooth really) and am thinking the aftermarket guys simply have not tightened them enough and they've come loose. The fact they haven't even put them on straight or level probably didn't help either...also pretty obvious and a bit of concern that after they had a look at them they still gave them back and I found I could move them by hand.
Stealer seems pretty happy to pay for the paint repair upon my next visit (so I guess if they shift again I'm not so worried atm) but I have a trip coming up too.
So I am wondering what others may have done or have solutions in mind?
I'm thinking:
1) there is no rubber in between roof and rack rack feet?! So it's just painted metal on metal. I am thinking scuff the feet lightly with sandpaper to take the gloss of and pop some thin rubber in between?
2) If still sliding, Go medieval on em and drill holes in the feet and pop-rivet but does not seem a wide enough area to rivet in...don't really want to do this one..
3) Get the feet replaced with genuine thule rapid 754's (what thule recommend) which appear to clamp down/tighten on the feet also.
4) Just take them off, try get my money back, and buy some Rhino rack track mounts. (the locks on the factory ones are shit anyway)
Seems to me the factory (thule) ones are a flawed design anyway in that they tighten from the top and not by clamping the feet to the roof? (i.e they 'cam' down onto the roof instead)
tuf909 wrote:I thought the arb track system was rhino shippy? If not, do you mind if I ask how much the rhino is worth?
Duck wrote:Any one have any photos of how they have mounted racks to the hard cover on the back ? I was going to drill through the cover & use a backing plate under neath to give a bit of strength, it will be for a table only, so nothing to heavy. Any photos or problems that someone else has already come across would be good.
Duck out.......
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