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On 14 Jun 2005 at 21:24, Wilson Webb wrote: > Does anyone have experience with the factory installed (or maybe they > were only dealer installed) roof-racks? I have one that I bought at a > show and am wondering a few things before I mount it. They were all dealer installed. > -Did they bolt into the inner roof cross-members? That would probably be best, but the dealer installed ones I've seen generally missed the cross-members. > -Did the fact that they had rubber touching the body cause it to rust > there faster? I haven't noticed a problem with rust under these. > -And last but not least are they noisy? No, but I believe you should expect some small decrease in gas mileage, as with anything like this that you mount on a car. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~