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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nice looking new design- forgot to design out the wind noise, April 25, 2010
The bars and foot kit went together well and attached to my factory rack. I don't have the accessories (bike carriers) on yet. The install was pretty straight forward. Rack was on in <1/2 hour. This rack replaced my old Thule square bar version on the same truck. I can't believe the wind noise with the "aero" bars. It sounds like someone is blowing in a coke bottle the entire time you are driving above 40mph. The rubber strip is even insalled the entire bar length to cover the t-slot. I can't figure out if the noise is coming from the wind across the load bar or something else. To top off my $$$ purchase, I'll have to break down and buy the faring to see if that makes the noise better.
Overall:
-Looks really nice.
-Can't stand the wind noise on the new aero bars vs. my old square bars
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
nice looking and sturdy., August 6, 2008
pros:
1. Nice looking sleek design.
2. Increased capacity (165lbs) combined with 450R compared with 75lbs with my factory cross bars.
3. Provide wider load space than my factory bars.
4. These has T slots on top going all the way to each side so you can slide your roof rack carriers in and out much easier without totally unscrew the screws; you can't do that with the round or squared load bars.
cons:
1. Easily scrached, everything you put on needs protection (plastic spacers).
2. There is just no good ways to use the rubber strips that are supposed to cover the T slots. If you are likely to rearrange your carriers on the rack it is probably easier just not use these at all.
3. You can't cut these shorter to fit a smaller car, the cross section is not the same all the way through, there are slots at the ends for adapting to the end caps and the foots. I think there are just a few lengths there to choose from.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Works great once installed!, April 10, 2009
Ordered the Thule Fit Kit for my 2000 Mercedes E430 Sport. Had a little trouble getting the kit installed w/ the Thule RB47 Rapid Aero Aluminum Roof Rack Load Bars and Thule 400XTR Aero Rapid Roof Rack Foot Pack, it was a bit of a struggle getting the screws locked in, since I was performing the install directly on the car roof. Once I took all the pieces off, connected the fit kit to the load bars and fit kit off of the car and then loaded all the pieces together it worked. I need to buy the Thule skirt so that it blocks out the wind noise while driving. While driving there are no issues - at around 75-80mph I had no issues.
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