I'm going to go with yakimas.
Has anyone rigged up gas struts to the poptop???

What about backing the sideloader brackets
with some reinforcement- steel or fiberglas ?

I need to transport a kayak ~50lbs.

Paul
'87 westy
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> I got up that nerve and recently drilled holes in my pop-top to attach
> Yakima's Sideloader brackets.  It is easy and the set-up works great. You
> will also need Yakima's 1-A Raingutter Towers and croosbars.  It does add
> some weight to the roof. I was kind of surprised how much tougher it was to
> raise the top with the racks on, but it's not that bad.  Forget about those
> racks that you have to pull off to raise the top - what a pain in the A !
>
> Bryan Jones
> '91 Westy
> '98 Beetle