The hooks are also wider at the bottom than the hooks supplied by TracRac, to allow spreading the grip or force. To help prevent damaging the rain gutters.

Anyone who buys a restored Vanagon, should be careful how they treat their gutters.

The hooks supplied by TracRac for their TracVan Racks will not work on a tin-top.

> On Feb 26, 2015, at 3:34 PM, "Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow" <rummaging@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> These are so a custom fabricated hooks so a TracVan Rack can be put on a hardtop rain gutter.
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> The hooks never come nigh the top outer edge of the rain gutter. But instead grip from below closer to the body. This prevents bending and breaking.
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> Or at least more of it. Because my gutters were damaged by Yakima racks.
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> Still need to put a rubber material on the hooks. Haven't installed them just yet.
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