I will be mostly hauling bicycles, but I thought the 72" bars were also overpriced, so I did this: <https://plus.google.com/photos/109269280604562976036/albums/5823843909844890977?authkey=CJHzkaypzLvnowE>

-Dick Wong-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
87 Syncro 2.5 (slightly crispy)
Third Owner
12 Golf TDI
Original Co-Owner

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 5:12 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Roof top Racks

right ..
that waswhat was an expensive part for my Yakima rack. ..
gutter brackets to attach to the Westy top ..I think 4 of them were70bucks with attaching screws.

a weight-holding rack on a westy poptop ..that's a whole discussion in itself as there's more than one way to do it.

On 12/19/2012 3:29 PM, Harry Hoffman wrote:
> forwarding to the list as I thought I hit reply-all but it seems I didn't.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Roof top Racks
> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:15:03 -0500
> From: Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@ip-solutions.net>
> To: paul gordon <paul_gordon@SYMPATICO.CA>
>
> If you are going to go with Thule kit you'll need to install a set of 
> fake gutters on the pop top for the feet to hold onto.
> The feet you want are the 387, not the 300. They are the longer feet, 
> you need them to clear the pop top.
> Yakima has a similar kit but I don't know the specifics.
> Check craigslist/eBay! You can get the whole thing for around $140 
> (top end).
> 72" bars are the way to go but they are hard to find. I think 48" is 
> the bare minimum but I can double check if you need.
>
> Cheers,
> Harry
>
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