Roof rack recommendations?

[LCC]

Originally Posted by WagnerX5

I have the Profile 2000, on and off in a couple minutes and can be done by yourself. Well worth the money.

Is the Profile 2000 noisy at all? I am sure there is some noise, but is it bad?

[froogleyankee]

Used 50's.

[Wagner]

limited wind noise but nothing too major.

[dkl]

Originally Posted by froogleyankee

Used 50's.

Froogleyankee...just wanted to make a correction to your recommendation of using the LB50 crossbars instead of the longer LB58s. I followed your recommendation and bought some LB50s and the bars are almost flushed with the feet attachments, leaving no room for the end caps. So I went out and exchanged them for the LB58s and now they looked exactly like the picture you posted. There's about 4" extension beyond the feet attachment on each end. Therefore, I believed those Thule bars on your X are more like LB58's rather than LB50's.

[DinanX5]

I guess that's why Thule recommends the 58's on their web site...

[benathon]

I'm confused, what all do I have to get if I get the THULE's? I'm using it for snowboarding. How easy is it to install/uninstall this?

[statdoc]

http://www.orsracksdirect.com/thule-...oof-racks.html

Click the "Thule Automated Fit Guide".

[dkl]

Originally Posted by benathon

I'm confused, what all do I have to get if I get the THULE's? I'm using it for snowboarding. How easy is it to install/uninstall this?

I know it can get confusing a first, but it's not really all that bad. OK...I just bought all their stuffs for snowboarding as well. You baiscally only need 4 items:

1) Crossroad 450 Footpack
2) LB58 crossbars
3) 724 or 725 Flat top ski rack attachment depending on whether you want to carry 2 or 4 snowboards (I'll go with the 725 for carring 4 boards as it is only a $10 price difference).
4) Six pack lock cores (you'll need 4 for the feet and 2 for the board attachment)

You can also get the optional fairing a well...to help reduce wind noise, but I figured, it's gonna get noisy anyway with the boards and bindings on the roof that it might not make that much of a difference....so I skipped it.

Installation is pretty easy. The Thule website have all the installation instruction...if you want to take a quick glance at them. It took me about 20minutes to put it on because I was learning everything as I go. I would say it should take no longer than 10minutes once you get familiar with the setup.

[vendettabmw]

Originally Posted by dkl

I know it can get confusing a first, but it's not really all that bad. OK...I just bought all their stuffs for snowboarding as well. You baiscally only need 4 items:

1) Crossroad 450 Footpack
2) LB58 crossbars
3) 724 or 725 Flat top ski rack attachment depending on whether you want to carry 2 or 4 snowboards (I'll go with the 725 for carring 4 boards as it is only a $10 price difference).
4) Six pack lock cores (you'll need 4 for the feet and 2 for the board attachment)

You can also get the optional fairing a well...to help reduce wind noise, but I figured, it's gonna get noisy anyway with the boards and bindings on the roof that it might not make that much of a difference....so I skipped it.

i'm selling bmw oem base support system(roof rack) for 275$CDN shipped comes w/ optional ski holder(lockable ..also oem) check classidieds

[statdoc]

Originally Posted by dkl

You can also get the optional fairing a well...to help reduce wind noise, but I figured, it's gonna get noisy anyway with the boards and bindings on the roof that it might not make that much of a difference....so I skipped it.

Me, too. I also wasn't happy that the fairing reportedly has a chance of rubbing the paint on the roof.

Originally Posted by dkl

Installation is pretty easy. ...I would say it should take no longer than 10minutes once you get familiar with the setup.

Same with me. I spent a good 20-30 minutes figuring it all out, making sure everything was even, etc. Now when I put them on, it takes 5 minutes.