JamesMC – 2013-06-06
Typically awesome Yakima
Works great on cars with factory hard-points on the roof. Fit my 2013 Subaru Impreza perfectly. Yakima round bars are much sturdier than the OEM Subaru crossbars (also made by Yakima, I believe, but pretty flimsy aero-type bars).
knowWhentoFold – 2011-02-11
>= any other rack mount method
As a former owner of a Volvo wagon with roof rails, the bare racks were noisy at speed and dropped the mpg by 2 or more. I disliked the headache of the 10 minute removal of my bars when I wasn't carrying a bike or kayak. I did a bit of research. A friend advised having rails installed and Landing pads, permitting a very fast removal and installation. My replacement vehicle is the newly redesigned Hyundai Elantra--I felt a bit nervous about having permanent hardware (by a Portland, OR rack installing firm) on a new model car, but I felt reassured by their professional approach re: air bag gas cylinders and positioning the bars so that my kayak wouldn't point up or down. I pu
Vegas Outdoorsman – 2010-04-18
A more permanent solution to the Q-tower
We had a set of Q-towers fail on an '05 Mazda 3 when we had 4 mt. bikes on our rack. After that we decided to try these for a safer mount. They work and look great, but the mounting options on our Mazda 3 hatchback left the bars too close together for our old wheel-chock and fork-mount bike mounts. Not the products fault, but wanted to mention this for other buyers.
