I have Thule regular risers on my 84 GL and the front one just barely clears
even though the rear one has lots of clearance, probably an inch and a half
at the centre.

It is above the 'B' pillar between front and side doors and had 15 thou
clearance before the lumber I pack up there bent it down to touch the roof.

On 5/21/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote:
>
> This is an idea from Jasper K. in Flagstaff, the buyer of one of my vans.
>
> He didn't want to mount a Yakima rack onto his Vanagon using the
> Yakima tower extenders so he went to the local hardware store and got
> a bunch of stainless steel washers and longer bolts.  This is the
> result:
> http://www.californiavan.com/yakima/
> A simple and effective solution.
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com