Nice!

Also, it looks like those are Yakima feet. It might be handy if you can
let us know what model they are so that people can use that info to
search craigslist/ebay.

I hadn't really considered it before but it seems like that's a huge
plus for yakima. Having the the feet accept round bars would seem to
open up a world of possibility in alternatives.

Has anyone done a similar hack for the thule? I'd be very interested in
low-cost 72" bars!

Cheers,
Harry

On 12/19/2012 11:51 PM, Dick Wong wrote:
> 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>
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>
> -Dick Wong-
> 78 Scirocco
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> 87 Syncro 2.5 (slightly crispy)
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> 12 Golf TDI
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> -----Original Message-----
> 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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