X5 E53 with Roof Cargo box

[plyon]

The box is a Thule Alantis 1600 purchased from ebay. The racks are BMW racks for an E70 - ordered E53 racks but this is what showed up -bonus! The racks cost $175 plus tax and the box was was $449 with free shipping. I ordered decals/X5 badge off ebay and added the rear roundel leftover from an E36 hood. The front roundel is from a wheel cap. The box performed great on an recent trip up north and on the way back made it through an almost tornado/thunder storm without any water coming inside. The rain came down so hard - all the bugs were scrubbed off front! I traveled around 85 and once up to 100 with no problems and little noise - though I suggest closing sunroof inner cover- cuts down on almost all noise. I found another car on this forum with box and thought I would help out with pics and choices.