$99 Walmart roof basket

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Takaaco
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$99 Walmart roof basket

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Went and picked up a cheap roof basket from Wally world. Works ok just don't open your sunroof going anything over 30mph because the wind noise created by this thig is crazy loud.

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Comes in 3 pieces and is put together with rubber sheeves to keep water from getting in and is secured with 8 screws.
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Plenty of clearance
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The cross bars are so thin that i had to place the clamps up on the side brackets to be able to tighten them down far enough
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The only problems i see is the antenna sits up against the rack so you can hear it bouncing off the rack when you hit a bump
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Takaaco wrote:The only problems i see is the antenna sits up against the rack so you can hear it bouncing off the rack when you hit a bump
Just push the antenna part-way in. (If you didn't know, it manually retracts into the roof pillar for going through the car wash, etc.)


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Just bought one also will put it one once back from offshore
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Love it!! I'm going to check for one tomorrow. Now to find something for my titanic size canoe! :D
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Follow up on the roof basket...is it holding up? Have you used it much? Happy with attachment to factory roof bars?
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ags0702 wrote:Follow up on the roof basket...is it holding up? Have you used it much? Happy with attachment to factory roof bars?
Even with the rubber covers at the joints I was still getting alot of rust. So I took the rack apart and cleaned the rust out of the tubes and sprayed alot of WD-40 inside and put it all back together. Seems to be working fine so far.

Truthfully I barely ever use it and am concidering just taking it off to improve gas milage, then just re-attaching it for road trips.
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