«Great product for small price»
I just drove 1300 miles across the US with a luggage bag completely packed full of clothing tied to these bars. It was on the roof of a '97 Dodge Stratus. I only had to tighten the rack down once. It wasn't in danger of coming loose; it just shifted slightly. For the ~$20 I paid for it, it worked amazingly well.
The only minor problems were a few drops of water during a downpour where the hooks pin the weather stripping down, and that was only on one door, so it wasn't a big problem. I tied to excess strap to the bars, rather than letting it into the car, so the rain wouldn't run along it like it did for some other reviewers. The rubber feet don't stay on very well, but a little super glue will fix that.
[Saturday, October 18, 2008]
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«Inexpensive alternative to Thule or Yakima»
Ever since I sold my pickup, transporting items like long pieces of conduit or lumber or other long items that won't fit in the trunk of my 93 Buick Lesabre has been an arduous task. I had been looking for an alternative to the expensive Thule and Yakima roof rack systems since I rarely have a need for a roof rack. I ran across the Highland 20052 Superfit Bar Carrier at Amazon.com while doing a google search. Being the cheapskate that I am I went to the "popular" auction site and did a search, I ended up buying a complete lightly used Highland 20052 Superfit Bar Carrier for $10.00!!! Reading about the suggestions regarding gluing the rubber feet to the four bases of the rack in some of the other reviews here I took them to work and "supperglued" them on. A bit premature! There is a reason these rubber feet are not glued on at the factory. The rubber feet need to be OFF the 4 bases so that there is easy access through the bottom of the bases to facilatate assembly of the somewhat flimsy and very flexible straps through the various slots in each base. Once the straps are attached to each base then go ahead and glue the rubber feet on since there will be no need to disassemble the straps afterward. Since I made the mistake of gluing the rubber feet on before I had assembled the straps I had to come up quickly with a way to thread the straps through the slots in each base. I ended up using a piece of "scrap" cable tie because it was very thin and stiff enough to help thread the straps through the various slots. At any rate, The rack works well considering the low cost, It is easily attached and removed from the vehicle and I actually store the racks in the trunk since they take up so little room in the large Buick trunk. Amazon.com's price is as low as any other vendor on the web. (other than possibly getting a used set on on an auction site.) So save yourself some aggravation the next time you need to transport some long item(s) with your car and get the Highland 20052 Superfit Bar Carrier.
[Tuesday, October 07, 2008]
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«Great product for a great price!»
I bought this because my girlfriend and I had to move 1200miles and all we had was my Subaru WRX to move in! The bars fit very nicely and secured very well! Very nice product for the price!
[Monday, September 22, 2008]
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