Came to the discussion late, but had to throw my two cents in. Bring back the rain gutters! They are much better than factory rail racks because you can move the racks back and forth over just about the entire roof. Perfect for changing the distance to accomadate an Arctic Hawk, or a Tchaika, or a queen size mattress and box spring. My last vehicle was a Jeep Cherokee, maybe the finest kayak carrying vehicle ever made: gutters whole length of roof for wide adjustment, roof not too high to get them up there, but still a capable four by four with plenty of clearance, straight six with plenty of low end tourque, thousands less than comparable vehicles. Finally wore out the Cherokee. Now have Jeep Liberty (with Yakima cross bars). Still a couple thou less than comparable vehicles, but: Roof is too high, wife can no longer help get the boats up. Factory rack rails only cover about three quarters of length of roof (why is this???), not providing the spread I like for the AH (fine for Tchaika). It works, but not nearly as good as the Cherokee. And forget the queen size mattress and box spring. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Came to the discussion late, but had to throw my two cents in. Bring back > the rain gutters! They are much better than factory rail racks because you can > move the racks back and forth over just about the entire roof. They also make fitting of rack legs easier. And they make doors more rain-proof. It must have been some designers' plot against us, consumers, with all this gutter-less models :-) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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