Roofrack???

[ElChanclo]

How secure are those roof cargo boxes from theft? Any noticeable decrease in mileage?

 

[Deviate]

Though I went Thule, I was heavily inspired but this thread in my purchase a roof box, so figured I’d share some photos.

Sooo, how many headers have you taken on the bars? Yours dont seem to stick out too bad so thats a plus. I had to cut mine down, couldn't deal with it.

Car looks good!

 

[Devin]

Sooo, how many headers have you taken on the bars? Yours dont seem to stick out too bad so thats a plus. I had to cut mine down, couldn't deal with it.

Car looks good!

I cut mine down too. The 60in was way too long. Unfortunately the markings on the bars are useless now.

 

[Devin]

How secure are those roof cargo boxes from theft? Any noticeable decrease in mileage?

You can get locks, but if someone wants something bad enough they'll take it.

I can't tell you specifics about mileage but I can say that with over 1000lbs of passengers and baggage in my car with the roof rack going an average of 75 I was getting about 21mpg in a 3.3.

 

[Deviate]

I cut mine down too. The 60in was way too long. Unfortunately the markings on the bars are useless now.

I left about a .25" past the foot on mine. I even sucked it up and left them on the car when i did it, box too. Really just wanted a cleaner look in my eyes.

My stickers are still good. I picked my rails and feet up from a member so they were marked for me.

 

[stefanode]

How secure are those roof cargo boxes from theft? Any noticeable decrease in mileage?

Actually, I don't think they are that secure, I believe Thule only has a few different keys in all their equipment, meaning if I lose the key I can reorder one without requiring a locksmith, so anyone can do that. For me it's not a big deal because I usually just use it to store my snowboard and gear on my way to/from the mountain, so it's never unattended for a long period of time with anything of value in there. TLDR; I wouldn't leave anything valuable in there.

As far as fuel economy, I got a 3-4 MPG hit with the box on there. I took a much bigger hit once the weather got warmer, because I got the car in the winter and now I can open it up a little with the summer weather/tires and that's way worse than the roof box.

Sooo, how many headers have you taken on the bars? Yours dont seem to stick out too bad so thats a plus. I had to cut mine down, couldn't deal with it.

Car looks good!

Funny you ask, I've not taken any, I didn't think it stuck out too much, until a friend was putting something in there back seat and BOOM, she hit her head so hard it shook the car.

Thanks for the compliment, I love this car, the looks and the performance!