it was installed by the p.o., using the fake rain gutter bits attached directly to the fiberglass.  it was done using the rubber patch and some silicon glue, i've never had a problem with them.  i don't see how attaching to the real rain gutter would work, unless you never pop the top.  garry lee has a pretty cool setup, too.

> Subject: RE:      Re: Roof Rack width survey
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:47:10 -0800
> From: robyn@trainwire.com
> To: aarondpearson@HOTMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> Hi Aaron,
> 
>   Which Thule rack feet did you end up using with your Westy, and are they attached to the pop-top or the roof gutters? I'm sort of in the market for a rack, and many look good, except I already have a bunch of Thule accessories which won't really fit anything else, AFAIK. So, I'm leaning strongly towards a Thule solution.
> 
> Robyn
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Pearson
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:04 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Roof Rack width survey
> 
> d.o.t. regulations state that the bars can't go past the side-view mirrors.  78" is okay, i measured it.  I had 78" yakima bars on my syncro 7-pass.  i thought they looked cool, with the short towers.  I never utilized that extra length for any roof-rack purposes, but you can do pull-ups off them- a useful trailhead parking-lot diversion.  my westy has thule square 66" bars, i wish it had the big ones.
> 
> aaron
> '87 syncro westy ej22
> 2009 4wd pop-top routan
> 
> > Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:48:52 -0600
> > From: aquasheck@HOTMAIL.COM
> > Subject: Roof Rack width survey
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I'm putting together a Yakima Roof rack for my 88 vanagon and was wondering if people are favoring the 66" or 78" bar lengths - looks like both are acceptable since the towers curve in a touch.
> > 
> > the overall width of a vanagon is 73 inches right? - sort of leaning towards the 78", for aesthetics if nothing else.
> > 
> > -Ben
> > 
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